Alexander McKeithen Family Cemetery

Alexander McKeithen Family Cemetery. Elmore County. The Alexander McKeithen family for which it is named, played a significant role in the history of Old Autauga County. Alexander's father, Archibald McKeithen settled in an area that became part of the village that became Robinson Springs. A member of Robinson Springs Methodist Church, Archibald owned a great deal of property surrounding the village. When he died on March 3, 1847, Archibald's son, Alexander McKeithen (1800-1880), inherited a portion of the property on which he built a plantation home he called The Columns and established a family cemetery. The oldest marked grave is that of Alexander's son, Thomas McKeithen , who was killed in action in 1862 during the Civil War. (Continued on other side). , (Continued from other side). January 2, 1834, Alexander McKeithen married Mrs. Elizabeth Callie Smith Foreman in Autauga County. Alexander and Callie had several (1) Dr. Arch Smith McKeithen (1838-1893), a Prattville area physician, who served with the Prattville Dragoons during the Civil War; (2)Mary P. McKeithen (1838-1882), wife of Alfred Y. Smith, (3) Thomas McKeithen, killed in 1862 during the Civil War and buried in the cemetery; (4) James Daniel McKeithen (1852-1928), buried in the cemetery; (5) Kate McKeithen, wife of C.R. Williams of Montgomery; and (6) minor /infant children, also buried in the cemetery. Alexander McKeithen died in 1880, and his wife, Callie, died in March 1889. Both were buried in the family cemetery at The Columns. Alfa Properties, Inc. later purchased the Alexander McKeithen family property and developed it into a residential subdivision in the early 2000's. As part of the project, Alfa Properties Inc., surveyed the cemetery and portioned it in a separate accessible lot on Hastings Hollow., Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Registry on August 7, 2024