Location: Whitehead Cemetery — Recorded: POLK0l, POLK02—Parsons; R. Peebles: “3.5 miles E of Barnes just off FR 1745.” Polk Co Tx Cem/website, J. Muson and B. Evins: “Location: From Barnes, East on FM 1745, go 3.5 miles to Caney Loop, turn right, 0.1 mile turn right on Whitehead Rd., road ends 0.1 mile at Historic Whitehead Home, Cemetery is about 100 yards behind home in fenced pasture. Permission should be obtained as this is private property. State Historical Marker at Homesite in front of Cemetery. About 32 graves, one unmarked. Index, earliest 1911.” Topo Zone map in this file. GNIS L. Moore: “From Barnes, E on 1745, go 3.5 miles, right, 2 miles.” Private propertyPermission requiredUS Veterans of WW I (?) Milt. Pol. Masonic emblemTHC site visit MB 7-20-05 w/ C. Pritchard: Barnes, Tx area. FM 1745 to E Caney Loop, 0.05 mile to old sign post without sign (Whitehead Cem Rd), R to house and gate, approx ___ ft. Cem is behind house approx ___ ft., house is maintained dog-trot house with THC marker. Fenced with diversity of formal markers, obelisks, commercial markers, fieldstones. Some graves have both early and more recent marker. Cedar and Crape Myrtle marker trees. Additional Crape Myrtles at corners. GPS and NOTES PENDING3094-343Low risk of endangerment, on map, sign on road, maintained, may still be in use, at residence.
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.