Historic Cemetery

Moore Family Cemetery

Milam, Texas
Location: SB-C103 Moore Family Cemetery AKA ?? Moore’s Chapel Cem. Moore Family Cemetery Sabine Co Hist Commission with Kay Parker McCary, Weldon McDaniel, and M. Doer website, Rootsweb. (no descript.) Check for website updateTHC site visit MB 8/06/04 w/ W. McDaniel: Milam, Tx area. Associated with Moore Church. From intersection of SH 87 and SH 83 near Hemphill about 6 miles N on 87 to Moore Lane to E, just N of Clara Dr. Turn right or E on Moore Lane past church, approx 0.1 mile to driveway to brick house. Access permitted but check at brick house or at house just next to church. Go thru pasture gate to W side of house. Straight thru pasture gate, stay right along E fenceline about 670 ft. to partially cleared pasture area making a circle drive access. Fenced formal and uniform cemetery, some local casting. Some floral. Mounding.Moore Family Cemetery Approx 0.11 acre. SB-C103. Milam, Tx area. GPS 31.25.31.04607N –93.50.09.74234W. Quad 3193-234. © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Low risk of endangerment, on unrelated private property but has associated church, still in use, fenced, maintained. 3193-234 Private property Local history.

Source: RIP Fields Table

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.