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Many of our cemeteries are on private land.  Please, be considerate of land owners property and ask for permission to enter before visiting.  If you are visiting a remote and overgrown cemetery be aware and cautious of snakes.   

If you are aware of cemetery vandalism or desecration, contact the Trinity County Sheriff or local police department.

Protection of historic cemeteries is, however, a shared responsibility. Notification must be made in order to protect these irreplaceable cultural resources. Cemetery desecration is a continuing problem in Texas and throughout the United States. Destruction occurs in many ways, including the illegal removal of human remains, damage from roaming livestock, encroaching development and construction, vandalism, and theft of grave goods and funerary objects.

Access Section 711.041 of the Health and Safety Code states that any person who wishes to visit a cemetery that has no public ingress or egress shall have the rights for visitation during reasonable hours and for purposes associated with cemetery visits. The owner of the lands surrounding the cemetery may designate the routes for reasonable access. Section 711.0521 further states that interference with ingress and egress is a Class C misdemeanor. Health and Safety Code section 711.012(b) provides the Texas Funeral Service Commission the authority to write rules to support section 711.041 of the Health and Safety Code. These rules present a course of action that may be undertaken in cases where access to a cemetery is refused. See Title 22, Part 10, Rule §205.2 of the Texas Administrative Code. The court decision in the case of Davis v. May, 135 S.W.3d 747 (Tex.App.–San Antonio 2003, pet. denied), affirmed the trial court’s judgment granting descendants the right of ingress and egress to a private family cemetery surrounded by a single landowner.

Abandonment The fact that the remains of the dead buried in a cemetery have not been removed and that tombstones mark the places of burial is sufficient to show that the cemetery has not been abandoned. Michels v. Crouch, 122 S.W.2d 211 (Tex. Civ. App.– Eastland 1938, no writ). In Markgraf v. Salem Cemetery Assn., 540 S.W2d 524 (Tex. Civ. App.–San Antonio 1976, no writ), the court decided that land outside a cemetery fence was not abandoned because several graves were still evident.

ENDANGERED cemeteries are those which do not have a known cemetery association affiliation.  These cemeteries are located on private property and may or may not be maintained by property owner. 

Contact:  Susanne Waller, tchcmuseum@windstream.net, regarding historical cemetery designations and markers. 
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Cemeteries by Name and/or Name Changes

 

 

ANDERSON-ELLIS CEMETERY  Updated February 25, 2010

 

Beasley Cemetery see PERRY-BEASLEY CEMETERY, Apple Springs

 

Bell, "Rich" Plot-REINTERED AT THE HUNTSVILLE CEMETERY, WALKER cO.

 

Bennett Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery  This cemetery is extremely large.  Some computers may experience slow download times. 

Updated: Sept 24, 2019

 

Bennett Grave-ENDANGERED

 

Benton Cemetery-Endangered

 

Blackshear Cemetery-Endangered-Historic Texas Cemetery

 

Boggy Slough Burial Plot-ENDANGERED Updated  May 3, 2005

 

Bohemian Cemetery-ENDANGERED A found cemetery! Updated  May 3, 2005

          

Boontown Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery  Updated April 20, 2016

 

Burke Town Cemetery see BURKETOWN CEMETERY

 

Burketown Cemetery

 

Calvary Cemetery HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY Updated: Jan 8, 2023

 

Carlisle Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery  Updated: July 30, 2007

 

 Cedar Grove Cemetery see TRINITY CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY

 

Chita Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery  Updated: July 27, 2017

 

County Line Cemetery endangered

 

Craddock Cemetery Endangered-Historic Texas Cemetery

          

Davy Crockett National Forest Site Endangered A found cemetery!! Updated  May 3, 2005

          

Dean Cemetery ENDANGERED-Historic Texas Cemetery Two signs at cemetery read: John Dean Cemetery Updated April 2004

 

De La Fosse Cemetery-ENDANGERED (Cemetery is in Polk County)

 

Dorn, Nora Family Cemetery   (Black) ENDANGERED

 

Durdin's Graveyard see TAYLOR CEMETERY

 

EAST GATE CEMETERY --

 

East Prairie (Possum Walk) Cemetery  Updated June 3, 2010

 

Ellis Prairie Cemetery  HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY Updated November 13, 2019

 

Erickson Cemetery   ENDANGERED Updated May 10, 2005

 

Flat Prairie Cemetery/Foster Cemetery 

          

FLAT PRAIRIE BLACK CEMETERY/FOSTER CEMETERY

 

Foster Black Cemetery see FLAT PRAIRIE BLACK CEMETERY

 

Foster Cemetery see FLAT PRARIE CEMETERY

 

French Cemetery see FRENCH MEMORIAL CEMETERY

 

French Memorial Cemetery  ENDANGERED Updated March 2005

     

Glendale Cemetery   Historic Texas Cemetery This is a large cemetery and a large file. Updated September 2014

 

Glenwood Cemetery Historic Texas Cemetery  This is a large cemetery and a large file. Updated March 2005.  

 

Hickman Cemetery ENDANGERED

 

Hickman Place, On Old-ENDANGERED

 

Hill Cemetery  ENDANGERED Updated June, 2004

         

Holly Cemetery  Updated December 2007

         Historical Marker

 

Indian Burial Grounds see PINE HILL CEMETERY

 

Inman-Mason Cemetery (Lost cemetery)

 

Johnson/Tullos Cemetery

  

Josserand Memorial Park Cemetery (Black)

 

Lacy Cemetery  (Black) Updated Sept 21, 2022

 

Lane Prairie Cemetery see HILL CEMETERY

 

Lester, Child, Plot ENDANGERED  Updated: May 10, 2005

          

Lost Places (Graves and Cemeteries)

 

Mc Bride Scrub Creek Cemetery Lost cemetery

 

McClain Cemetery (McClain) ENDANGERED

 

McClain, Zid Cemetery ENDANGERED

          

 Millican Chapel Cemetery see MILLIGAN CHAPEL CEMETERY

 

Milligan Chapel Cemetery ENDANGERED

          

Moore & Rogers Cemetery ENDANGERED

          

Moore Family Cemetery Historic Texas Cemetery 

 

Mount Zion Cemetery Historic Texas Cemetery  Updated April 22, 2010

 

Native American or Pine Hill Cemetery Lost cemetery

 

New Church Cemetery 

 

New Prospect Baptist Church cemetery see THORNTON CHURCH CEMETERY

 

New Zion Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery Updated April, 2005
 

Nigton Cemetery  (Black) Updated April 2005

 

Old Railroad Street Graves Lost cemetery

 

Otis, Israel, Family Burial Plot  (Black)  ENDANGERED

 

Parker Ridge Cemetery (Black)  HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY

 

Patterson Plot ENDANGERED

 

Pennington Cemetery  Updated Jan 23, 2019

 

Pennington Cemetery (Black)  Added May 4, 2004

 

Perry Cemetery, ENDANGERED Glendale area

 

Perry Cemetery, Apple Springs see PERRY-BEASLEY CEMETERY, Apple Springs, TX

 

Perry-Beasley Cemetery  ENDANGERED Apple Springs area

         

Pleasant Hill Cemetery see BENNETT CEMETERY

 

Possum Walk Cemetery see EAST PRAIRIE CEMETERY

 

Randolph/Potts Cemetery ENDANGERED

          

Red Branch Cemetery see WHITE ROCK CEMETERY

 

Rice Cemetery Historic Texas Cemetery
 

Saron Cemetery   Updated June 3, 2010

 

Scrub Creek Cemetery see MCBRIDE CEMETERY

 

Skains Chapel Cemetery ENDANGERED

         

Skains, William Henry, Family Cemetery ENDANGERED Updated July 18, 2004

 

Smith, John Cemetery  ENDANGERED (Black)

 

Smith, Roy Grave  ENDANGERED Updated May 10, 2005

 

Sumpter Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery Note: Sumpter is fully integrated.  Updated October 2004

 

Sumpter Cemetery  (Black Section) Added October 2004        

 

Taylor Cemetery  Historic Texas Cemetery Updated July 2005

 

Teeter Family Burial Plot ENDANGERED

 

Thomas Grave ENDANGERED

 

Thomas, Rev. Harry Family Burial Plot  (Black) ENDANGERED

 

Threadgill Family Plot ENDANGERED Historic Texas Cemetery

         

Thornton Church Cemetery

 

Thornton Family Plot ENDANGERED

 

Trevat Cemetery  Updated April 7, 2011

 

Trinity Cedar Grove Cemetery Historic Texas Cemetery Updated March 2, 2010

                   

Trinity Community Cemetery  (Black) Added September 8, 2004, Updated June 29, 2010 

 

Tullos Cemetery see JOHNSON-TULLOS CEMETERY

 

White Rock Cemetery  (Black) ENDANGERED

 

Wiggins Hill Cemetery -- Lost cemetery

 

Wilkey Tombstone has been returned to French Memorial Cemetery

 

Williams, Chriss, Burial Site  (Black) ENDANGERED

 

Williamson Cemetery see NEW CHURCH CEMETERY

 

Zion Hill Cemetery  HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY Updated April 30, 2019

       
 

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