Pike Road in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Ray Cemetery

Est. 1849

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 27, 2014

1. Ray Cemetery Marker

Inscription. John W. Ray, his wife, Martha; their infant son; and her fifteen-year-old brother, James R. Conyers, moved to Mt. Meigs from Greene County, Georgia. He and his older brother, Isaac Ray, owned extensive landholdings along Vaughn and Taylor Roads. These early settlers were devout Missionary Baptists. John W. Ray assisted in organizing Antioch Baptist Church, the first church of any denomination organized in Montgomery County, in 1818 at Mt. Meigs. John W. Ray, James R. Conyers, and members of the Ray, Conyers, Nicholson, Handey, and Relfe families are buried here. Among them are veterans of four wars: Dr. John C. Nicholson, Surgeon I AL Cavalry Regt, Civil War; his uncle, Vincent Cogburn, veteran of the Mexican War; Mason Handey, Navy, World War I; and John Robert Relfe, Captain, US Army, World War II.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2006 by the East Montgomery County Historical Society and the Handey Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.

Location. 32° 20.282′ N, 86° 7.865′ W. Marker is in Pike Road, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It can be reached

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from Briar Lane 0.1 miles west of Ryan Road, on the right when traveling west. Travel for 50 feet of beginning of private driveway, then grass road to left of fence. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 160 Briar Lane, Pike Road AL 36064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Antioch Baptist Church (approx. 2 miles away); Georgia Washington School (approx. 2.1 miles away); Taylor Field (approx. 2.1 miles away); Ulibahali (approx. 2.4 miles away); Grace Episcopal Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pike Road School (approx. 4.1 miles away); Town of Pike Road Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.2 miles away); McLemore-Taylor Cemetery (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pike Road.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chantilly Plantation (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been permanently removed).

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Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 27, 2014

2. Ray Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,231 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on July 30, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 27, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.