Location: SB-C050 Jones Family Cemetery USGS point3193-223 or 224, Verify correct USGS pt. & Cem. Jones Family Cemetery Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Commission with Kay Parker McCary, Weldon McDaniel, and M. Doer website, Rootsweb: 311606N-0935156W. “Jones #1 - From the Courthouse in Hemphill, Texas take FM 83 (Worth Street) East one block to State Hwy 87. Go South or Right on Hwy 87 for 5.5 miles to the intersection of Hwy 87 and FM 2426, turn West or Right onto FM 2426 and go 1.1 miles to the intersection of a gravel road US National Forest Road 136 on the Right. Turn Right onto USFS Road 136 and go 1.1 miles to a dim woods road on the Left. Go 0.2 mile on the dim woods road to the cemetery on the Right. The cemetery is well kept and has a new wire fence around it. Two graves marked with concrete blocks, no names or dates. About 14 graves. Cem. Index.” GNISTHC site visit MB 7-31-04: Pineland, Tx area. FM 2426 W from Pineland to Jones Cem. Rd, approx 1.0 mile E of intersection with SH 87. Jones Cem Rd gravel then 2 lane dirt road with signs to cem. About 1.10 mile, then left on dim dirt lane curiving into woods, following signs, about 0.25 mile. Small cemetery, tall fence, small arched entryway. Formal site, locally caste markers, grave house, wooden sculptural forms, oberlisks. Caste markers from 1880s include marbles. Grave house, reinforced original structure with modern timbers. Ceiling, picket fence, internal toys and flowers. Original cem. fencing still in place, reinforced with tall new field fencing. Large Gardenia shrubs, like small-trees as markers on most graves. Also stumps of earlier hardwood or Cedar marker trees, Spirea. Some floral grave materials. Obvious evidence of visitation. Surrounded by commercial timberlands, heavily wooded. Approx 0.16 acre. GPS 31.15.07.45585N –93.51.52.18889W. Quad 3193-223 or 3193-224, verify USGS.Medium risk of endangerment: remote, small, in dense timberland, nat’l forest, subject to logging, but maintained, visited, fenced, named access lanes. 3193-231 Local historyGNIS.
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.