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
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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. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 34° 7.395′ N, 87° 44.092′ W. Marker was in Whitehouse, Alabama, in Marion County. It was on Haley's Road 0.1 miles south of U.S. 278, on the right. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 15011 Haley's Rd, Haleyville AL 35565, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in North Alabama. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 8 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Whitehouse Cemetery Grounds (within shouting distance of this marker); Buttahatchee Cemetery (approx. 5.8 miles away); The Free State of Winston / Natural Bridge (approx. 7.2 miles away); Natural Bridge Park (approx. 7.2 miles away); Yankee Trace (approx. 7½ miles away); Bald Rock / Rock House (approx. 7.7 miles away); Byler Road / History of Natural Bridge (approx. 7.8 miles away); Byler Road Displaced by the Railroad (approx. 7.9 miles away).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has been replaced with the linked marker, which has differences in inscription.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2024, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 99 times this year. Last updated on August 24, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. Photo 1. submitted on June 8, 2024, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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