Owens Cross Roads in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

John C. Grayson Family Cemetery

Madison County

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022

1. JohnC. Grayson Family Cemetery Marker

Inscription. John C. Grayson, a Virginia-trained surveyor, came to the Big Cove area before it opened for U.S. settlement. In 1807, he assisted U.S. Surveyor Col. Thomas Freeman with a survey to avoid a dispute among the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations and the settlers who had already. built on the land. Listed in the First Territorial Census of 1809, Grayson received choice lands in the area. He also served as Justice of the Peace. As captain (later major) he raised troops for the 7th Regiment, Territorial Militia for community defense. He was a trustee for the Greene Academy in Huntsville. He and 12 others chartered the Flint River Navigation Company to provide barge transport for farmers' crops to the Tennessee River.

The first known Grayson family burial was in 1810 and the last family burial occurred in 1876. There are approximately 40 graves, including nine Grayson family members and one slave. Among the remaining burials are many community victims of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, who were welcomed for burial by descendants of John C. and Sarah Carter Grayson.
Listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register in 2010
Marker erected in 2012 by the Grayson Family

Erected 2012

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by The Grayson Family • Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1807.

Location. 34° 38.196′ N, 86° 30.126′ W. Marker is in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, in Madison County. It is at the intersection of Hidden Lake Drive SE and Old Big Cove Road, on the right when traveling west on Hidden Lake Drive SE. Marker is at entrance to Hidden Lake subdivision. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Owens Cross Roads AL 35763, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022

2. John C. Grayson Family Cemetery Marker

of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (approx. 3.4 miles away); Site of Ditto's Landing and Town of Whitesburg (approx. 5.4 miles away); Hermes Guided Missile (approx. 5.8 miles away); Burritt Museum (approx. 6.1 miles away); Trough Springs (approx. 6.2 miles away); Schrimsher Farm (approx. 6½ miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps (approx. 6.7 miles away); Robert Fearn Home (approx. 6.8 miles away).

Also see . . . John C. Grayson. Biography and genealogy of Grayson and his family. (By William Sibley, RootsWeb) (Submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 813 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.