Historic Cemetery

Macedonia Cemetery

Broaddus, Texas 75929
Location: Macedonia Church Cemetery TxDoT 1958 San Augustine Co hwy map. USGS; Rootsweb; A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Parsons 1988; USGenWeb SOURCE: McXie Whitton Martin. N of Broaddus for 6 miles. SH 147 abt 3 miles N, turn R on Macedonia Rd, 3 miles, cem. on R, large. THC site visit MB 5-27-05 w/ K Skillern: Broaddus, Tx area. SH 103, S on SH 147 for 4.4 miles to CR 319 E. Go E and S on CR 319 for 1.9 miles to hill, original area of now very large cemetery. On road, fenced, pavillion at old church site. Fenced, formal, with considerable diversity of markers, including obelisks, vertical metal markers with glass and paper names intact, also locally caste markers, some fieldstones, several petrified wood markers. Several large Cedar marker trees, many stumps of previous marker trees. Pavillion and maintained privy. Macedonia Church Cemetery. Approx 1.96 acres. SA-C028. Broaddus, Tx area. GPS 31.19.29.29099N –94.14.05.57111W. USGS 3194-142. © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Low risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, on map, on road, still in use.

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.

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