Historic Cemetery

Eddings Family Cemetery

Texas
Location: SB-C013 Eddings Family Cemetery USGS point3193-233 Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: From the Courthouse in Hemphill, Texas go West on State Hwy 184 (Main Street) for 2.1 miles to the “Y” intersection of Hwy 184 and FM 1592. Take the Right at the “Y” on FM 1592 and go 8.0 miles to the intersection of FM 1592 and State Hwy 103. Continue across Hwy 103 on FM 1592 for 0.8 mile until you reach a stop sign. Here you will join FM 1, turn North or Right on FM 1 and go 3.8 miles until you reach Eddings Lane. Turn right on Eddings Lane and go 0.8 mile until you reach the cemetery on the right. The cemetery has a cyclone fence. Additional information added in parenthesis. * This information from J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book. We did not find this marker. 10 graves. First 1888 Last 1936 Cem. Index.” Sabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: Location: “Off FM 1, north of Rosevine.” THC site visit MB 6/28/04: Rosevine, Tx off SH 1, 0.8 mile on Eddings Lane. Turns off about 0.7 mile N of intersection with FM 1592. Small fenced cemetery, formal makers, little diversity over time. Two Live Oak marker trees. Very large stumps of perhaps Cedar, Oak or Pecan trees, previous marker trees. Also Crape Myrtle. About 300 ft. from large vernacular farmhouse, barn and outbuildings. Ajacent to roadway. Some floral grave materials. Approx. 0.5 acre. GPS 31.26.43.49484N –93.58.52.52160W. Quad 3193-233Low risk of endangerment, still in use, maintained, fenced.

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.