Location: Evans Prairie Cemetery—AATxGenWeb: Texas Landmark “301753N 0960729W Courtney” Tombstone-TxDoT map. Tx Funeral Serv Comm: “Negro, Evan Prairie Cem on Holle Lane.” THC site visit MB 1-21-05 w/ A Hartstack: Washington, Tx area. Near Roberts Place Cem., off FM 1370 to Holle Lane to Boenker, 0.1 mile to gate, then approx 3,600 ft. from gate at roadway. Site may have additional access route via surrounding pasture roads. Private property. Access near Roberts Place Family Cem. Large fenced site, formal markers, considerable diversity over time, including obelisks, carnes, curbing, slabs, commercial stone and locally caste markers, a few homemade markers. Photo enamels. Some unique steel pipe and able grave fences. Some floral grave materials. US veterans. [About 1,500 SE of fragile Roberts Place Family Cem]Approx 1.77 acres. GPS 30.17.53.84633N –96.07.29.95515WUSGS 3096-141Moderate risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, still in use, on map, but remote and near large planned subdivision development.
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.