Historic Cemetery

Foster Cemetery

Texas
Location: N of Sycamore on Mae Griffith land. Foster Cemetery is northeast of Decatur in the Sycamore Community area. From Decatur go north on Fm Rd 51 and turn left on CR 2535. In about a mile you will pass the Sycamore Church on the left. Continue on 2535 for 1.5 miles until the road makes a sharp left turn. Just past the turn there is a cattle guard gate that has an oil lease sign saying "May Griffeth". Go through this cattle guard and take the pasture road to the right. You will go through 2 large double-hung pasture gates and see some cattle pens on the left. Just past these pens turn left in the pasture and go up the hill. The cemetery is at the top of the hill to the left.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Wise County Historical Commission; Gregg, Rosalie, History of Wise County: A Link With the Past, 1987; Rootsweb-Wise County Cemeteries North Texas

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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