Historic Cemetery

Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery

30 TX-147, San Augustine, Texas 75972
Location: Pleasant Hill Cemtetery The The Handbook of Texas Online. http:--www.tsha.utexas.edu-handbook-online-articles Online., cemetery AT Pleasant Hill, 8 miles NW of SA.THC site visit MB 7-13-05 w/ K Skillern, church found, still in use. USGS site indicated, ambiguous. FM 711 about 5 miles NW of San Augustine to CR 203, S for 1.6 miles to church, then 0.5 mile to access road to old church site, cemetery. May be overgrown, may have been destroyed by logging? VERIFY with Garrner Funeral Home, San Augustine, Tx. Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery. Approx 1 acre, estimated boundary. SA-C168. Pleasant Hill, Tx area. GPS 31.35.11.45726N –94.13.31.17137W. USGS 3194-412. © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.High risk endangerment, associated church but old church site appears overgrown, no longer in use.

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.

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