Location: SB-C021 Wilson -Halbert Family Cemetery AKA Halbert-Wilson Cem. AKA Wilson-Halbert Cem. NOT AKA Joel Halbert NOT AKA Fox HillUSGS point3193-234 Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Commission with Kay Parker McCary, Weldon McDaniel, and M. Doer website, Rootsweb: “ - From the courthouse in Hemphill take Hwy 83 East 1 block to Hwy 87. Go North or left 7 miles to Milam. At the intersection of Hwy 87 and Hwy 21 in Milam continue North on Hwy 87 1.5 miles. Go West or left on Wilson Cemetery Lane. Take the right fork at 0.6 mile, continue 0.3 mile to the cemetery at the end of the road. 3 graves, 6 marked with rocks. First 1860, last 1995. Cem. Index.” Tx Funeral Serv. lists in Milam. Tx Co Hwy map on-line off side road from Hwy 87 north of Milam THC site visit MB 8/04/04: Milam, Tx area. [SEE above driving directions] US 96 N of Milam, left, W on Wilson Cemetery Road, then 0.5 to Y, stay right, then another Y, stay left about 0.3 mile. Site about 1500 ft. from roadway. Fenced formal site. Still in use. Diversity of formal markers, obelisks, local castings, many fieldstones. Cedar marker trees, also Oaks, with Roses, and stumps of earlier large hardwood or Cedar marker trees. Some floral. Masonic, Eastern Star emblems. Approx 0.26 acre. GPS 31.27.29.62578N –93.51.05.09302W. Quad 3193-234Medium risk of endangerment, remote area, but fenced, maintained, still in use. Evidence of visitation. 3193-234 USGS only.
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
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