Souls Chapel A.M.E. Church Cemetery

Whitman, Texas

Location: Souls Chapel AME Church Cemetery: On TxDoT, unknown. THC site visit 3/22/04: Whitman Community, Near Jackson Creek. Formal church and cemetery site along roadside. Cedar landscape trees. 13579 Whitman Road. Diversity of formal markers, some locally caste. Abundant floral materials, recent burials. Veterans. Some slight erosion. Site larger than what is currently mowed. Adjacent to pastures and wooded areas, farm-ranch community. Approx 0.71 acreGPS 30.15.44.32767N –96.12.41.25509W Quad 3096-142Low risk of endangerment, associated church, maintained, still in use.

Source: RIP Fields Table

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

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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