White City in Autauga County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
White City Cemetery
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2020
1. White City Cemetery Marker
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White City Cemetery. . In 1870, Marbury Lumber Company donated land for the White Pond Methodist Church and Cemetery. It is believed that the first burial in the cemetery, marked only by a pile of bricks, took place that same year. The earliest marked grave is of Thomas Marsh who died in 1883. Lewis and Elizabeth Deramus donated additional land in 1897; Paul and Dovie Coker donated more land in 1927; and Rev. Alex L. Joiner donated the last parcel of land in c. 1929. The Methodist Church owned and supervised the cemetery until August 2004, at which time they transferred ownership to the White Pond Baptist Church.
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register , Marker erected in 2007 by Friends of White City Cemetery
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In 1870, Marbury Lumber Company donated land for the White Pond Methodist Church and Cemetery. It is believed that the first burial in the cemetery, marked only by a pile of bricks, took place that same year. The earliest marked grave is of Thomas Marsh who died in 1883. Lewis and Elizabeth Deramus donated additional land in 1897; Paul and Dovie Coker donated more land in 1927; and Rev. Alex L. Joiner donated the last parcel of land in c. 1929. The Methodist Church owned and supervised the cemetery until August 2004, at which time they transferred ownership to the White Pond Baptist Church.
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register
Marker erected in 2007 by Friends of White City Cemetery
Location. 32° 38.823′ N, 86° 36.047′ W. Marker is in White City, Alabama, in Autauga County. It is on County Road 21 south of County Road 20, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker
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is at or near this postal address: 1901 Co Rd 21 N, Prattville AL 36067, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
4. White Pond Methodist Episcopal Church formerly owned and supervised the cemetery.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2020
5. The nearby White Pond Baptist Church now maintains the cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,155 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 25, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.