Historic Cemetery

Woolam Family Cemetery

Texas
Location: Woolam Family Cemetery USGS; Rootsweb; USGenWebSource: K. Skillern and H. NobleSOURCE McXie W. Martin, 1993. Six marked graves, more unmarked graves. FencedTHC site visit MB 5-27-05 w/ K Skillern and H Noble: Denning, Tx area. US 96. W on SH 21 for 8.5 miles to CR 256, S to CR 257, R for 0.3 miles to overgrown lane on left, currently has household garbage. Co Rd Commissioner located cemetery, says will clear access road. Small fenced formal site, formal markers including obelisks, with two fenced interior plots, one decorative iron, one steel bar curbing fence. One large Oak, may be marker tree. Approx 6 graves. Overgrown with vines and reegrowth saplings. Woolam Family Cemetery. Approx 0.02 acre. SA-C020. Denning, Tx area. GPS 31.29.57.25336N –94.15.39.67282W. USGS 3194-134. © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Moderate to high risk, access road and fenced, markers intact, but overgrown, area used for dumping.

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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