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SB-C067 Brookeland Cemetery, Old THC site visit MB 6/07/04 Adjacent to Brookeland (New)3193-223 Brookeland Cemetery, Old Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: “Town of Brookeland.” (Website photo tour of cemetery. Old and new, combined 380 + graves, some unmarked. )THC site visit MB 6/07/04: In Brookeland, Tx on Old SH 8, just W of Old SH 96, W of current SH 96. End of road, across from Brookeland Church of Christ, adjacent to Camp Jack Brooks of Galveston Boys and Girls Clubs, also private residence. Small road, Willis Cotrell Dr. divides Old Brookeland and New Brookeland cemeteries. Sign on roadway. Partially fenced. Very formal site on knoll over where earlier access road used to be, original entrance to the N now overgrown. Diversity of formal markers over time, large and small. Obelisks, spries, curbing, slabs, also some fieldstone. Photo enamels. Stone and unique wood benches. Large Cedar marker trees, also Crape Myrtle and large Gardenia marker shrubs, some Lilies, Irises. San Augustine grass. Some floral grave materials. DRT, DAR, US veterans. Some CSA. Approx 3 acres. GPS 31.09.23.34921N –93.59.45.53865W. Quad 3193-223.Low risk of endangerement. Municipal site, maintained, still in use, adjacent to new cemetery. 3193-223 Local history notes |
