Whitehouse in Marion County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Whitehouse Cemetery Grounds
Photographed by Billy Clemmons, June 8, 2024
1. White House Cemetery Grounds Marker
This land was originally part of Land Grant claim of Capt. Joseph Burleson War 1812/Creek War under Andrew Jackson. By 1820 the Forks of the Buttahatcha Primitive Baptist Church was founded on the ridge to the NW of this site.
Capt Burleson promoted his kin and fellow soldier families to join him here. He built the old Burleson Trace to connect the Cheatham Road from near Old Houston, into Larissa (now Lynn), to Natural Bridge and then to this place. Capt. Burleson in 1832 went to Walnut Creek, Bastrop County TX, and participated in TX independence (a nephew, Edward Burleson was a General in TX Army and VP of the TX Republic).
First burials here were members of the "Forks" church. By 1850, Green Haley, relocated to a home just south off the entry road. Haley established the Christian Church, named Whitehouse Church of Christ nearby. The current Whitehouse church was built in 1916. It was about that period that the remaining members of the "Forks" church chose to merge with the Whitehouse church. Today, this site is a center for many families. Several veterans of the Civil War are buried here, and a surprising number were Union Soldiers.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.
Location.
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Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. 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 territory 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Buttahatchee Cemetery (approx. 5.8 miles away); The Free State of Winston / Natural Bridge (approx. 7.2 miles away); Byler Road / History of Natural Bridge (approx. 7.8 miles away); Haleyville Ice Company (approx. 9.1 miles away); Benjamin Wallace Roden, M.D. (approx. 9½ miles away); The Byler Road (approx. 9.6 miles away); The Honorable Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. (approx. 9.6 miles away); City of Haleyville, Alabama (approx. 9.6 miles away).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2024, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 369 times since then and 75 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 8, 2024, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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