Historic Cemetery

Parrish Cemetery

Livingston, Texas 77351
Location: Parrish Cemetery R. Peebles: “13.3 miles E of Leggett on FR 942.” Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “Location: From Highway 59 at Leggett take FM 942 East 12 miles to Parrish Cemetery Road, take a left and the cemetery is on the left hand side of the road. You can see the cemetery from the highway. Surveyed by the Leggett High School Gifted and Talented Students as part of a community service project. Date of survey was October 24, 1999. Contact these students at smitchell@leggettisd.com for information on this project. -- Carolyn Willson and Angela Black. About 60 graves. Index, some rock markers, oldest 1878.” GNIS. L. Moore: “From Hwy 50, Leggett, R on 942, go 12.5 miles, left 0.5 mile.” [Topo Zone map CRs in file] CSA; US Veteranss of WWI and WWII, and possibly later warsTHC site visit MB 3-01-05GPS and NOTES PENDING3094-342.

To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.

The Historic Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.

A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or agency may submit a request for designation.

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