Lowndesboro in Lowndes County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery
Lowndes County
Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 2, 2024
1. Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery Marker
Frances Lewis II (1768-1837), a planter, was the first soul to be interred in this family cemetery. Lewis was born a British subject in the Colony of Virginia and migrated to Alabama in the 1820s. The fathers of both Frances Lewis II and his wife, Mary Dixon Hall Lewis (c. 1783-1870), fought in the Revolutionary War. Their daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Lewis Smith (1818-1893) married prominent physician Dr. Hartwell Vick Smith (1806-1878) in the mid-1830s. The respected Lewis and Smith families settled in Lowndesboro where they farmed, reared their families, established businesses and churches, practiced medicine, legislated, and founded educational institutions. Many of their descendants continue to live in the area.
Listed in the Alabama Cemetery Register on August 20, 2021
Erected 2022 by Family of Watkins Johnston.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is August 20, 2021.
Location. 32° 16.311′ N, 86° 36.639′ W. Marker is in Lowndesboro, Alabama, in Lowndes County. Marker is at the intersection of South Broad Street (County Road 29) and Cross Lane, on the right when traveling north on South Broad
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lewis-Smith Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lowndesboro (approx. half a mile away); Lowndesboro, Alabama / Lowndesboro Business District (approx. 0.6 miles away); History of the Lowndesboro School (approx. 0.8 miles away); CME Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Our Confederate Soldiers (approx. one mile away); Elmore Bolling (approx. 1.2 miles away); Viola Liuzzo (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lowndesboro.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 2, 2024
2. Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery Marker
Cemetery is 300 ft east of the marker. Please respect the private land.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 2, 2024
3. Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery
Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 2, 2024
4. Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 41 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
