Historic Cemetery

Redford Place Cemetery

a.k.a. Judd, Judd St. Cemetery, Memorial Gardens

White Settlement, Texas
Location: Driving Directions:At the intersection of White Settlement Rd. and IH 820, go 0.2 miles east on White Settlement Rd. At S. Redford Ln., go 0.2 miles south. At Rowland St. go 0.1 miles east. The cemetery is located southwest of the intersection of Rowland St. and S. Judd St.The original headstone(s) have been broken into several pieces. The fragments have been embedded in a concrete slab that covers the cemetery. White Settlement Historical Society maintains the cemetery and has erected a marker listing the individuals interred there.

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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