Historic Cemetery

Maryland-Davis Cemetery

Texas
Location: Maryland-Davis Cemetery AAUSGS; Rootsweb; USGenWeb THC site visit MB 7-12-05 w/ K Skillern: S of SH 21 on FM 3409 extending to CR 227 to CR 335, a sandy lane at Y, 4.0 mile to CR 337, approx 0.7 mile to second Y, stay left, cemetery visible at bend in road. Adjacent to clear cut logging area. Fenced, maintained, still in use, diversity of formal markers, slabs, commercial markers, metal funeral markers, homemade markers, engraved fieldstone markers. Several large Oak marker trees. Several graves marked with a broken brick combined with PVC pipe and flowers. Abundant floral grave materials. US veterans. Maryland-Davis Cemetery. Approx 0.57 acre. SA-C038. Sandy Creek area. GPS 31.27.48.87890N –94.14.08.96683W. USGS 3194-143. © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Low to moderate risk of endangerment, fenced, on map, still in use, visitation, maintained, but adjacent to clear-cut logging area.

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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