Location: SB-C016 McGown Family Cemetery-Davis Cemetery AKA McGown-Davis Cem.USGS point3193-233 McGown Family Cemetery, aka McGown-Davis Family Cem. Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: “– From the Courthouse in Hemphill take FM 83 East 1 block to Hwy 87. Go North or Left on Hwy 87 for 7 miles to Milam. Take Hwy 21 West or Left 3.0 miles, turn North or Right onto a gravel road, go across a cattle guard and 0.2 mile to the Cemetery. (This gravel road is just past the intersection of Hwy 21 and Hwy 103 and follows the eastern boundary of a pasture.) There is a Historical Marker. Another marker present also says: “McGown – Davis Cemetery … cemetery is maintained from the estate of Ida Kirk Lewis.” This is probably the most beautiful, well kept cemetery in Sabine County. 88 graves. First Oct 1842 Last 1999. One rock marker. Cem. Index.” Sabine Co. Hist. Marker: “…McGown Cemetery's earliest known burial, that of pioneer Anne Kyle (d. 1842) occurred five years after the formation of Sabine County. … George Washington McGown (1799-1859), a Sabine County justice of the peace during the Republic of Texas era, .... Civil War veterans buried here include McGown's son Andrew Henderson McGown (1824-1904), who served four terms as Sabine County sheriff, and neighbors William (1833-1918) and Perry (1841-1927) Browning, … McGown Cemetery continues to serve the descendants of Sabine County pioneers. LOCATION: 3 mi. W of Milam on SH 21, then .4 mi. N on unmarked cemetery road -- Erected 1998.” THC site visit MB 6/28/04: Geneva, Tx area. Off SH 21 N on PR 0.3 mile, McGown Cem2. Lane, across 2 cattle guards, thru pasture to hill top. Steel gates. Formal fenced site, tall Laurel hedge at front. THC marker. Memorial marker in hedge with brick walls, about 90 ft. from front entrance. Marker trees include Redbud and very large Oaks and Hackberry. Marker shrubs include Laurel, Boxwood, Ligustrum. Formal markers, diversity over time, including curbing, slabs, obelisks, benches. Some fieldstones. US veterans, WoW, Masonic, DRT markers. Approx 0.8 acre. GPS 31.26.45.63231N –93.53.28.32580W. Quad 3193-233.Low risk of endangerment, THC marker, memorial marker, fenced, maintained, still in use. 3193-233 Local history notesTHC Markers as McGown and McGown-Davis, 1998.
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.