Rose Hill Cemetery Association Records

File — Box: 1

Identifier: Coll-174

Staff Only

In December of 1990 Linnie Brooks Mills donated the deed and abstract to Rose Hill Cemetery, and the initial charter of the Rose Hill Park Cemetery Association, 1913-1957 to Special Collections and Archives at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Dates

1913-1957

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (A collection of the abstract and deed to Rose Hill Park Cemetery) : The condition of many of the papers are fragile, but readable.

Abstract

Follows the purchases and ownership of the Rose Hill park land the loans, deeds, and successions. Holds value to historical make up of Corpus Christi.

Biographical/Historical

The Cemetery on Rose Hill Park was charted by the state of Texas and made as a modern cemetery to receive perpetual care in 1914. The Cemetery has hosted several regionally historic commemorated monuments such as a memorial to lives lost in a 1919 hurricane. Through the decades the price of perpetual care increased over the allotted funds.

Arrangement

Arranged into three folders Rose Hill Park Cemetery Abstract of Title Rose Hill Park Cemetery Warranty Deed Rose Hill Park Cemetery Ledger

The abstract follows chronological order of ownership

Arrangement

Rose Hill Park Cemetery: Abstract of Title Rose Hill Park Cemetery: Warranty Deed Rose Hill Park Cemetery: Ledger