Orange Beach in Baldwin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Orange Beach Community Cemetery

“Bear Point Cemetery”

— Baldwin County —

Orange Beach Community Cemetery Marker, front image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David J Gaines, February 6, 2014

1. Orange Beach Community Cemetery Marker, front

Inscription.
(front)
The property where the cemetery is located was part of a Spanish Land Grant issued to the Suarez family prior to the War of 1812. In 1925, a United States Land Patent was confirmed and issued. The property has been in use since the days of Spanish West Florida and perhaps even before this time. The cemetery was previously known as Bear Point Cemetery because of the bears that inhabited this end of the island. The property changed ownership man times until the Low and McKibbon families donated it to the Orange Beach Volunteer Fire Department (OBVFD) in 1979. The OBVFD currently owns the approximately one-quarter acre community cemetery and their Board of Directors operates it under strict guidelines. (Continued on other side) (back) (Continued from other side) There are many unmarked and early graves in the cemetery. Stories have been passed down of those buried here including an entire unnamed family that died of fever and also of two unknown sailors found in a shipwreck on the beach. This cemetery does indeed hold notable community leaders including Civil War soldiers and other military veterans, the first

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area operator of the U.S. Mail Boat service, the first Postmistress of Caswell (an early community now part of Orange Beach), early boat builders and boat captains including the Walker fleet (noted co-founders of the Orange Beach Charter Fishing Fleet). Also buried here is one of the early career Fire Department Captains. The OBVFD performed a ground penetrating radar survey to confirm grave locations and occupancy. The OBVFD Board additionally passed a resolution regulating the cemetery. These regulations and guidelines are recorded in Baldwin County Probate Court.

Erected 2011 by Orange Beach Volunteer Fire Department Board.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1812.

Location. 30° 18.127′ N, 87° 31.427′ W. Marker is in Orange Beach, Alabama, in Baldwin County. It is at the intersection of Canal Road (Alabama Route 180) and Pensacola Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Canal Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Orange Beach AL 36561, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

Orange Beach Community Cemetery Marker, back image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David J Gaines, February 6, 2014

2. Orange Beach Community Cemetery Marker, back

this marker is on the Gulf Coast

and in the Mobile Bay area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

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 New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tampary (approx. 1½ miles away in Florida); Josephine (approx. 1.9 miles away); Perdido Pass (approx. 2½ miles away); Bay Circle (approx. 3 miles away); Orange Beach, Alabama (approx. 3.2 miles away); Orange Beach Municipal Complex (approx. 3.7 miles away); Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail System (approx. 3.7 miles away); Daphne United Methodist Church (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Orange Beach.

Orange Beach Community Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David J Gaines, February 6, 2014

3. Orange Beach Community Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2014, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,919 times since then and 160 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 6, 2014, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.