Location: Shiloah Church Cemetery--AAPolk Co Tx Cem/website, near Moscow, no descript. [S of Mowcow off Hwy 59 at Y of Hwy 62.] L. Moore: “From Hwy 59 E on Hwy 62 for 0.2 miles, at right.” THC site visit MB 1-22-05: Moscow, Tx area. Shiloah Methodist Church Cem. AA. US 59 E on SH 62 for about 0.2 miles, on right, adjacent to large brick new church, also adjacent large elegant original 19th c. historic frame church no longer in use. Churches and cemetery approx 425 ft. from SH 62. Large fenced formal site, ell-shaped, with considerable diversity of formal markers over time, dates including mid 1800s. Formal markers, large and small, obelisks, carnes, caste and masonry slabs, curbing, commercial mortuary stones, fieldstones, local professional castings, metal funeral markers, and mounding, also unique carnes with color and embellishments, some very large. Some multiple markers on single graves. Photo enamels. Some fallen markers. Huge marker trees and shrubs, including Oaks, Cedar, Gardenia, Irises. Abundangt floral and decorative grave materials. Recent burials. US veterans.Approx 2.10 acres. GPS 30.54.20.59847N –94.49.30.05567W USGS 3094-334Low risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, associated church, on map, still in use, near roadway.
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.