Historic Cemetery

Bowman Cemetery

a.k.a. Village Creek Cemetery; Bauman Cemetery

Mineola, Texas 75773
Location: This cemetery is located on the south end of Campbell Lake on County Road 452 2miles off F.M. 1253. Just south of the Jamestown Community, between Pine Lake Ranch and Kaleo Lodge. Behind a large steel barn to the north on a hill surrounded by large trees. There are many grave marked and several only marked with an unreadable metal grave marker.

Source: Local history; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Smith County website; Tombstone-Rootsweb

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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