Near Gurley in Jackson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Clay Cemetery
Jackson County
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson
1. Clay Cemetery Jackson County Marker
Inscription.
Clay Cemetery. Jackson County. Bettle V. Adams deeded this plot of land on September 2, 1926 to K.D. Bostic, Walter Conyers, L.H. Dill, Thomas Douglas, Jeff Gilbreath, Lucy Griffin, Americus Harrison, Braden McCrary, and Willie Ross who served as the Clay Cemetery Committee. This plot, which was once part of Clay Plantation, had long been a burial site. The oldest burials are unknown because rocks without names or dates mark many gravesites. The earliest marked grave is for Rev. Jake Davis who died in 1910. Mrs. Adams deeded this land to honor the wishes of her relative, Virginia Clay Clopton, widow of US Senator Clement Claiborn Clay. Senator Clay was the son of Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay.
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register in 2013
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Bettle V. Adams deeded this plot of land
on September 2, 1926 to K.D. Bostic, Walter
Conyers, L.H. Dill, Thomas Douglas, Jeff
Gilbreath, Lucy Griffin, Americus Harrison,
Braden McCrary, and Willie Ross who served
as the Clay Cemetery Committee. This plot,
which was once part of Clay Plantation, had
long been a burial site. The oldest burials
are unknown because rocks without names or
dates mark many gravesites. The earliest
marked grave is for Rev. Jake Davis who
died in 1910. Mrs. Adams deeded this land
to honor the wishes of her relative,
Virginia Clay Clopton, widow of US Senator
Clement Claiborn Clay. Senator Clay was the
son of Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay.
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register in 2013
Erected 2013 by Gurley Historical Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is September 2, 1926.
Location. 34° 41.961′ N, 86° 21.303′ W. Marker is near Gurley, Alabama, in Jackson County. It is on Herefordshire Road east of Hereford Rd, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Herefordshire Road, Paint Rock AL 35764, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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 original Cherokee Nation, 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 7 miles of
More about this marker. The cemetery is located in the middle of a corn field. The cemetery is located in Jackson County but the only road to it comes out of Gurley in Madison County.
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, 2025
2. Clay Cemetery Jackson County Marker
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, 2025
3. Clay Cemetery Jackson County Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
