Near Main Drive/New Hope Highway, 0.2 miles south of Johnson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
New Hope Cemetery By 1813-14, white settlers were coming in 1arge numbers following Andrew Jackson's Fort Deposit Road. Most were squatters on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. When the land began to be sold by the government in 1830, Robert . . . — — Map (db m191686) HM
On Ikard Road, 0.3 miles north of Nebo Road, in the median.
John Whitaker, born 1761 in Pitt County, NC, was a Revolutionary War Soldier and established this cemetery. He and his second wife Winnie sold their land in Pitt County in 1801 and migrated to Rowan County where Winnie died, then to Mulberry, TN . . . — — Map (db m71341) HM
On Beth Road just west of New Market Road (County Road 100), on the right when traveling east.
For 53 years Madison County operated an establishment one-half mile to the south where the indigent, lame, and unfortunate were housed in a series of log buildings. Each year a superintendent and a physician were appointed to care for their needs. . . . — — Map (db m154290) HM
On Winchester Road south of Old Mountain Fork Road, on the right when traveling south.
"A holy place: symbol of eternity. strength, and stability within the wilderness."
One of the earliest known Cumberland Presbyterian campgrounds in Madison County, Mount Paran Cemetery is the resting place for many of the county's pioneer . . . — — Map (db m154293) HM
On Hidden Lake Drive SE at Old Big Cove Road, on the right when traveling west on Hidden Lake Drive SE.
John C. Grayson, a Virginia-trained surveyor, came to the Big Cove area before it opened for U.S. settlement. In 1807, he assisted U.S. Surveyor Col. Thomas Freeman with a survey to avoid a dispute among the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations and the . . . — — Map (db m191681) HM
Near County Route 63, 0.2 miles south of County Route 53, on the right when traveling south.
This African American Cemetery was located on the plantation of William K. Paulling (est. 1836). Oral histories given by the surrounding African American community indicate that Paulling Place Cemetery has been in continuous use since the days of . . . — — Map (db m203661) HM
Near County Road 54 at County Route 59, on the right when traveling west.
Interred in the north section of this cemetery were many slaves who had labored on Faunsdale Plantation since its founding in 1843. The earliest identified burial in the black section of the cemetery is that of Barbary (Harrison), a house servant on . . . — — Map (db m72965) HM
On County Road 54 at County Route 59, on the right when traveling west on County Road 54.
1844 - Dr. Thomas & Louisa Harrison gave acre of their Faunsdale Plantation for a log church designated Union Parish.
1852 - name changed to St. Michael’s Parish.
1855 - slave artisans Peter Lee and Joe Glasgow built Gothic Revival-style . . . — — Map (db m72964) HM
On Alabama Route 28, 0.1 miles west of Jefferson Road (County Road 57), on the right when traveling west.
established as
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
by Elder James Yarbrough in 1820
with 27 charter members.
By 1834 it had 150 members.
Church among the oldest in Demopolis area.
Buried in church cemetery are John Gilmore, Reuben Hildreth and . . . — — Map (db m72974) HM
On County Road 63 at Bee Lane, on the left when traveling north on County Road 63.
Constituted June 6, 1821 from the fruits of labor of the venerable Solomon Perkins, For four years after their constitution they enjoyed almost a continual revival. Home of Miss Willie Kelly, a missionary to China from 1894 to 1936. This church was . . . — — Map (db m72968) HM
On Bee Lane (County Road 38) 0.1 miles east of County Road 63, on the right when traveling east.
Following the Civil War and emancipation, newly freed African Americans, who had worshiped in the Bethel Church in McKinley while enslaved, established their own Bethel Church in a wooden house at the rear of the current church site. In the . . . — — Map (db m72969) HM
On Shiloh Church Road (County Road 82) 0.6 miles north of County Road 55, on the left when traveling north.
The original building was located about three miles east of the present site near the village of Shiloh. It was used as a union church until it became a Baptist Church in 1842. A new building was erected at the present site and the first bodies were . . . — — Map (db m72970) HM
On U.S. 278 at milepost 66,, 0.2 miles north of Road 2, on the right when traveling north.
Side 1
Pikeville, designated as the first permanent county seat for Marion County, lies along General Andrew Jackson's Military Road. Earlier temporary county seats were mostly along the Tombigbee River in what was Mississippi when the . . . — — Map (db m96485) HM
On Haley's Road, 0.1 miles south of U.S. 278, on the right.
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 . . . — — Map (db m248366) HM
Near West Main Street (Alabama Route 205) at Lombardy Street, on the right when traveling west.
The City of Albertville is named for Thomas Albert, buried here with his wife Sarah Sappington Albert and daughter Sarah. They had three other daughters -- Martha, who married James C. Miller,the city's first postmaster, Elizabeth, and Mary. Albert . . . — — Map (db m143214) HM
On West Main Street (Alabama Route 205), on the right when traveling west.
The West Main Street Cemetery was established in the late 1850’s by the Jones Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which was located nearby. Among notable persons buried here are: Thomas A. Albert (1796-1876), for whom Albertville is named; W. . . . — — Map (db m225620) HM
On Shoal Creek Trail NE, 0.1 miles east of North Main Street (Alabama Highway 69), on the left when traveling east.
A congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church North erected a log church, possibly named Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, adjacent to this cemetery in 1883. The church served as Arab's first school. The earliest marked grave is 1883, though older . . . — — Map (db m42594) HM
Near Brashiers Chapel Road, 0.1 miles east of Cobb Road, on the left when traveling east.
Brashier's Chapel community was named for Hiram Brashier who emigrated from South Carolina in 1885 and settled near the present day Brashier's Chapel Cemetery. The oldest grave dates to 1866 and is for Mary Tuttle, the maternal grandmother of . . . — — Map (db m83810) HM
On Fry Gap Road (County Route 48) 0.1 miles west of Rock Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
Located on the hilltop 500 feet southwest of here. Fry Cemetery typifies rural valley-and-ridge community cemeteries of the 1800s. The Fry family emigrated from Virginia to this area when it was still part of the Mississippi Territory. Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m85851) HM
On Shoal Creek Road at Brentwood Lane, on the right when traveling east on Shoal Creek Road.
The church was founded on March 14, 1886 by charter members R.J. Riddle, Julie Riddle, W.J. Wright, A. M. Preston, W.B. Scott and F.E. Scott. It is named after Shoal Creek, which rises up less than a mile from the church grounds and empties into the . . . — — Map (db m68785) HM
On Old Bethel Road, 0.2 miles north of County Route 111, on the left when traveling north.
Organized by 1847 as one of the first churches on Sand Mountain. First meeting house erected 1855; buildings at present site constructed about 1885 and 1927. Preachers included Samuel Tyler, Levi Isbell, Jacob K. Dowdy, James R. Isbell, James R. . . . — — Map (db m85853) HM
On Browns Valley Road at Robert Circle, on the right when traveling north on Browns Valley Road.
Bodine Cemetery is located 100 yards south of here in an area of Brown’s Valley set aside in the Indian Treaty of 1816. James and Catherine Butler Bodine moved to these rich farm lands from Sevier County, Tennessee where their French ancestors . . . — — Map (db m210724) HM
On Iberville Drive north of Cadillac Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
This park and bird refuge dates from the Mississippian Period (AD 1100 to 1550). Native Americans, who roasted oysters and fished in adjacent Dauphin Island Bay, visited the shell mounds for centuries. From excavations carried out in 1990, . . . — — Map (db m122350) HM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m162406) HM
On Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue at Cassidy Street, on the right when traveling north on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue.
Catholic Cemetery, established in 1848 by Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile, with purchase of five acres on Stone St., now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Significant for its circular pattern original section has three concentric rings of graves . . . — — Map (db m112224) HM
Near Gayle Street at Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1862, while Alabama was a State among the Confederate States of America suffering invasion by Union forces, the City of Mobile designed this Square 13 of Magnolia Cemetery as "Soldier's Rest" for Confederate Patriots who were casualties of the . . . — — Map (db m87210) HM WM
Near Virginia Street, 0.1 miles east of South Ann Street.
This memorial is dedicated to the gallant crew of the CSS Horace L Hunley and their commander 1st Lt George E Dixon
Co A 21st Ala Inf CSA who
perished on the attack on
the USS Housatonic Feb 17 1864 — — Map (db m86251) WM
Near Virginia Street at Owens Street, on the right when traveling west.
Jewish Rest, also known as the Old Hebrew Burial Ground, is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Alabama. The land was purchased on June 22, 1841 by the congregation of Sha'arai Shomayim Umaskil el Dol of the Needy), Alabama's first and longest . . . — — Map (db m212911) HM
Near Virginia Street, 0.1 miles east of South Ann Street.
National Cemetery
Mobile National Cemetery was established in May 1866 on 3 acres of land in Magnolia Cemetery. The City of Mobile donated the land to the federal government. The Cemetery was divided into four sections with a central . . . — — Map (db m86914) HM
On Holt Road (Local Route 1800), on the right when traveling north.
Oaklawn Cemetery is believed to have begun in 1876 as a local family cemetery plot, became a community cemetery by 1879, and expanded into a formally organized cemetery in 1931. Historical and burial information indicates this cemetery primarily . . . — — Map (db m159478) HM
On Government Street (U.S. 90) at South Scott Street, on the right when traveling east on Government Street.
Established 1819 by city of Mobile for yellow fever victims. Buried in raised tombs are Spanish and French citizens of early Mobile, and many pioneer Americans. — — Map (db m86409) HM
On Bay Bridge Cutoff Road, 0.1 miles north of Chin Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Old Plateau Cemetery, known as the Africatown Graveyard, is the final resting place of enslaved Africans, African-Americans, and a Buffalo Soldier. The burial ground dates back to 1876, sixteen years after Africans arrived on the Clotilda . . . — — Map (db m86308) HM
On Dauphin Street west of South Claiborne Street, on the right when traveling east.
(front side)
The origin of this Cathedral was established on July 20, 1703, by Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrieres de Saint Vallier, Bishop of Quebec at Fort Louis de la Mobile, the city’s first permanent settlement. The Bishop also . . . — — Map (db m117245) HM
On Virginia Street, on the right when traveling west.
"The markers in this
memorial area
honor veterans whose
remains have not been
recovered or identified,
were buried at sea,
donated to science,
or cremated and the
ashes scattered" — — Map (db m188002) WM
Near Old Shell Road (County Road 70) east of Cosgrove Drive, on the right when traveling east.
The earliest known graves are those of John
and Elizabeth Miller, the children of Francis
William Miller who emigrated from Sweden and
Jane Thompson who emigrated from Ireland.
Miller family descendants settled the area
between Spring Hill and . . . — — Map (db m226740) HM
New Hope Gardens, also known as Wheelerville
Cemetery is located in an unincorporated area of
Mobile County known as Wheelerville and named
for Simeon Wheeler, an early settler of the area
from South Carolina buried here in 1874. The
first . . . — — Map (db m226737) HM
On Moffett Road (U.S. 98) at Sun Valley Drive, on the right when traveling west on Moffett Road.
This cemetery was
established in the 1800s
as a final resting place
for the Crawford
Community loved ones.
The Lord family donated
the cemetery property
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, April 30, 2009 . . . — — Map (db m116933) HM
On Wulff Road, 0.2 miles south of Moffett Road (U.S. 98), on the left when traveling south.
Semmes First Baptist Church is the oldest church on record in this area. Originally named Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. W.P.H. Judd and D.S. Myers organized the congregation in 1872 in a small log cabin, not far from the present site. Reverend Elias . . . — — Map (db m232094) HM
On Perryville Road south of County Road 30, on the left when traveling south.
The Puryearville Methodist Church began as a society near Burnt Corn in 1820 and was located here c. 1830 to c. 1943. Richard C. Puryear deeded 2 acres of land on March 25, 1843 to Isaac Betts, George Watson, William Black, Joel B. Walden and Thomas . . . — — Map (db m47699) HM
On Shiloh Street south of Perdue Hill Road (County Road 23), on the left when traveling south.
This cemetery, established in 1884 in Jones Mill, is among
the oldest in this part of Alabama. Constructed in 1884,
Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church is the oldest building
still standing in Frisco City (formerly Jones Mill).
The Bodiford, Busey, . . . — — Map (db m247521) HM
On Wright Street (County Road 38) 2.6 miles west of South Butler Springs Road (County Road 7), on the right when traveling west.
North of Salem Cemetery and the former church was the site of Price's Hotel, the first place to spend the night on the Federal Road after Greenville. Mr Price was also the stagecoach driver for this section between Greenville and his hotel. Mrs . . . — — Map (db m84986) HM
Near Folmar Parkway south of Bill Joseph Parkway, on the right when traveling south.
(Side 1)
Abner McGehee
Born Feb. 17, 1779 in Prince Edward County, VA, nephew of John Scott, founder of Alabama Town which in 1819 joined New Philadelphia to become Montgomery. Reared in the Broad River area of northeast Georgia, . . . — — Map (db m70936) HM
Atop this hill lies Fair Prospect Cemetery, established in the 1840s as part of Fair Prospect Church. Land was donated for the church and cemetery by Benjamin Mitchell (1765-1848) and his wife Jane Scrimpton Mitchell (1775-1850). The location of . . . — — Map (db m54735) HM
On Old Pike Road, 0.1 miles north of Cedar Pines Road, on the right when traveling north.
(Obverse)
The Jonesville Community on Old Pike Road in Mathews, named for wealthy landowner George Mathews from Olgethorp County Ga.
was designated by the Montgomery County Commission on October
16th, 2007 to honor the life and legacy . . . — — Map (db m68716) HM
On Wares Ferry Road (County Route 64) 0.4 miles east of Dozier Road, on the left when traveling east.
Augusta, home of Old Augusta Cemetery, was built on the site of a former Indian village, “Sawanogi,” on high ground close to the Tallapoosa River. In 1824 a disastrous flood swept over the plateau, invading shops and residences. A year . . . — — Map (db m68260) HM
On Lincoln Road, 0.1 miles north of Harrison Road, on the right when traveling north.
Ben F. Moore was born enslaved in Alabama in 1848 to Muddy and Hannah Moore. In 1873, he married Mittie Spencer (1852-19??). The couple had fourteen children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Moore was a tenant farmer turned carpenter and lived on . . . — — Map (db m205230) HM
Near Upper Wetumpka Road at North Ripley Street, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
(side 1)
Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA
Born Virginia; educated VMI and West Point; fought in Mexico; practiced law in California; married Alabamian whose family owned the Tallassee cotton mill; served as general in . . . — — Map (db m86065) HM
Buried here are 78 officers and men of the Royal Air Force who lost their lives whilst training in Montgomery, Alabama during the Second World War.
Nearly 1,000 men who died during that war or the First World War when serving with the forces of . . . — — Map (db m206427) WM
On Coosa Street at Tallapoosa Street, on the right when traveling north on Coosa Street.
Side 1
Confederate Military Prison
Near this site, from mid April to December 1862, a Confederate military prison held, under destitute conditions, 700 Union soldiers, most captured at Shiloh. They were imprisoned in a foul, . . . — — Map (db m71369) HM
Near Stella Street at Clarmont Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
(Side 1)
Governor William Calvin Oates
Born in Pike County into a poor Alabama family in 1835, Oates practiced law in Abbeville when the War began. Elected Captain of the "Henry Pioneers," Co. G, 15th Alabama Infantry. He saw . . . — — Map (db m86116) HM
On Lincoln Road, 0.1 miles north of Harrison Road, on the right when traveling north.
Born enslaved in North Carolina on July 27, 1847. Hugh A. Carson likely came to Alabama after the Civil War. He married Eliza Stewart (1854-1939) in 1873. The couple had six children.
Near the end of the Reconstruction era, Carson entered the . . . — — Map (db m205228) HM
On Lincoln Road, 0.1 miles north of Harrison Road, on the right when traveling north.
Side 1
Lincoln Cemetery
1907
In 1907 the American Securities Company opened Lincoln Cemetery for African Americans and Greenwood Cemetery for whites, the first commercial cemeteries in the city. Landscape design indicates . . . — — Map (db m71342) HM
French Air Force
Aubry Jacques •
Audonnet Gaston •
Barthelemy Marcell •
Benvenuto Marcel •
Berlin Lucien •
Bergeron Marcel •
Bonnet Paul •
Bother Maurice •
Burial Robert •
Bernard Jacques •
Ouin Henri •
Cartreau Pierre •
Case . . . — — Map (db m206429) WM
On Cong W L Dickinson Drive (County Road 21) north of Gunter Park Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Organized on June 19, 1819, by Rev. James McLemore, Electious Thompson, Arnold Edwards, and E. Jeter, Old Elam is one of Montgomery's earliest Baptist churches. It began with fourteen members and was one of the four original churches that comprised . . . — — Map (db m111373) HM
On Gunter Park Drive at Cong W L Dickinson Drive (County Road 21), on the right when traveling west on Gunter Park Drive.
Old Elam Baptist Church Cemetery is Montgomery County's 22nd cemetery listed in the prestigious Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. Rev. James McLemore, Electious Thompson, Arnold Edwards, and E. Jeter founded Old Elam Baptist Church on June 19, . . . — — Map (db m82565) HM
Near Columbus Street east of North Ripley Street, on the right when traveling west.
The city cemetery was begun by donations of land from Andrew Dexter in 1817 and from General John Scott in 1818. Dexter and Scott had founded separate villages which combined to form Montgomery in 1819. The early part of the graveyard was known as . . . — — Map (db m36496) HM
Near Upper Wetumpka Road west of Vonora Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Buried here are 78 officers and men of the Royal Air Force who lost their lives whilst training in Montgomery, Alabama during the Second World War.
Nearly 1,000 men who died during that war or the First World War when serving with the forces of . . . — — Map (db m88770) HM WM
On Avenue of the Waters, 0.1 miles east of Marler Road (County Route 37), on the right when traveling west.
The Founders of The Waters relocated and restored this historic cemetery in May 2005. The original cemetery site, located along the Old Federal Road beyond the boundary of the Creek Indian lands at Line Creek, had fallen into ruin due to years of . . . — — Map (db m72015) HM
Near Briar Lane, 0.1 miles west of Ryan Road, on the right when traveling west.
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. . . . — — Map (db m86473) HM
On Mobile Highway (U.S. 31) at Windham Road, on the right when traveling north on Mobile Highway.
Bethel Cemetery was constituted Feb 13, 1819 and located on Federal Rd. Bethel Church was 1 of 4 churches in the Alabama Baptist Association which was formed on Dec. 13, 1819. On July 22, 1837, the church became the object of a major split in . . . — — Map (db m71430) HM
On Naftel Ramer Road (County Road 61) at Smiley Ferry Road, on the right when traveling north on Naftel Ramer Road.
Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1837 after a
separation from Bethel Baptist Church of Pintlala. Elders John
Robertson, William Pouncey, and brethren Fielding Hogan, Simon
Russell, and John Gardner, and their spouses founded . . . — — Map (db m164131) HM
On Evergreen Road at County Road 55, on the right when traveling south on Evergreen Road.
McKendree Cemetery and the Massey Community
In the fall of 1840. Augustine and Emily Hewlett reserved one acre of land to be used for the church then known as McKendree Chapel. A log building was constructed and services were held on this . . . — — Map (db m160715) HM
Near Clements Street, 0.1 miles east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
During the War Between the States, Breckinridge Military Hospital was established at what is now Marion Military Institute. Soldiers who died were first buried behind MMI campus. After the war, Ladies Memorial Assoc. had remains exhumed and . . . — — Map (db m70105) HM
Near Clements Street, 0.1 miles east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
From October 24, 1855 through December 17, 1877, the Parish records of St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church states that people of color, both slave and free, were buried here in St. Wilfrid's cemetery. — — Map (db m70067) HM
On Columbus Road (State Highway 14) at Old Garden Road, on the right when traveling north on Columbus Road.
On a wooded spot near where Garden Cemetery is located stood Enon Baptist Church, constituted in August 1823, by Lemuel Prewitt and Henry Petty on land donated by Parks E. Ball.
Sometime after 1849 the meeting place was moved about one mile west . . . — — Map (db m37524) HM
On Alabama Route 17, 0.2 miles south of Iron Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
Named in honor of George Noonan Downer, Sr. who rendered exemplary community service for more than 50 years. Gov. John Patterson was dedicatory speaker on Nov. 7, 1961. Mr. Downer was born at Cooksville, Miss., July 31, 1888. Served 30 years as . . . — — Map (db m92648) HM
Near Lower Vienna Road west of State Highway 14, on the right when traveling west.
who departed this life
November 24th 1840
Aged 82 years, 6 months
and 9 days.
The deceased was a soldier
of the Revolution and was at
The battles of Germantown,
Brandywine and Guilford
Court house, and was one of
Washington’s . . . — — Map (db m37522) HM
On Tennille Road (County Route 4421) at County Route 4418, on the right when traveling south on Tennille Road.
In 1824, Jonathan and Sarah Williams and their sons Simeon and Elisha, and their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Richard Bowden migrated from North Carolina to Pike County, Alabama. Methodist circuit rider Rev. Daniel C. McDane organized the . . . — — Map (db m223793) HM
On Salem Road, 0.1 miles west of County Road 7702, on the right when traveling west.
Pike County was created by an act passed on
December 7, 1821, by the Third Annual Session
of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama.
It included part of what is now Barbour, Bullock,
Crenshaw, Henry, Macon, and Montgomery
Counties, and . . . — — Map (db m188387) HM
On County Road 2290, 0.8 miles north of Little Oak Road (County Road 2238), on the right when traveling north.
A veteran of the War of 1812, Major William Burt Allred and his wife, Jane O. Park Allred, moved from Newton County, GA to Pike County, AL in 1839. Construction began on their new home in 1840 and was completed in 1843. The home is one of the . . . — — Map (db m72056) HM
On County Road 6600 at County Road 6602, on the right when traveling north on County Road 6600.
Founded prior to 1850, at the same time as the original church near Fryer's Bridge, which became the village of Linwood in the late 1850s. Original cemetery included the graves of both black and white parishioners of the early church. In the . . . — — Map (db m76746) HM
This military graveyard was established soon after Fort Mitchell was built by General John Floyd of the Georgia Militia. Located just south of the stockade, the cemetery was used between 1813 and 1840 during the fort's occupation by Georgia and . . . — — Map (db m26122) HM
Near here was the home of Confederate Brigadier General James Cantey who arrived in 1849 to operate a plantation owned by his father. Prior to coming to Russell County he had practiced law at his birthplace, Camden, South Carolina, and had . . . — — Map (db m81715) HM
Near here is the site where John Crowell lived, died, and is interred. Colonel Crowell was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, on September 18, 1780; moved to Alabama in 1815, having been appointed as Agent of the United States to the . . . — — Map (db m26116) HM
On Sandfort Road (County Road 22) at Dusty Road, on the right when traveling west on Sandfort Road.
Old St. Peter A.M.E. Church Cemetery is one of Russell County's oldest African-American cemeteries. Established in the early 1880s by former slaves, the church became a central institution to many families in the Seale community. Records indicate . . . — — Map (db m78116) HM
Near Montevallo Road (State Highway 119) 0.2 miles south of Woodbrook Trail.
Located on the site of the original Benton homestead, this cemetery was founded July 12, 1842, with the burial of early Shelby County settler Jesse Benton (1796-1842). All who rest herein are members of the Benton family by birth, marriage, or close . . . — — Map (db m37224) HM
On County Road 24, on the right when traveling south.
Harless Cemetery was established as a burying ground in the early 1800s. It is on land homesteaded by Henry Harless, Jr., that was later owned and subsequently deeded to the cemetery by members of the Wyatt family. The oldest surviving marker is for . . . — — Map (db m24914) HM
On Mellow Drive north of U.S. 31, on the right when traveling north.
Established October 15, 1868, with the burial of Elizabeth “Betsy” Nabors. Her loving husband, John, followed her in death only fifteen days later. They are buried side by side. Many local pioneer families chose to share this hallowed . . . — — Map (db m37046) HM
On County Road 47 at Whisenhunt Road, on the right when traveling north on County Road 47.
Established June 2, 1849 by
Veteran of War of 1812
Loftin Quinn
In Consideration of His Love for the Church, He Conveyed the Burying Ground to the Trustees of Liberty Church And Their Successors.
Listed on the Alabama Historic . . . — — Map (db m28519) HM
On Alabama Route 25, on the left when traveling south.
The oldest known grave is that of Oprah Moore (1772-1823), consort to Rev. (Doctor) Lemuel Moore. This is the final resting place of American Revolutionary War Patriot William Jennings (1761-1840) and the professed burial site of the Last Creek . . . — — Map (db m59652) HM
On Helena Road (County Road 261) at Cemetery Circle, on the right when traveling north on Helena Road.
This site began as the burying ground for Harmony Presbyterian Church, the first church built in the area that would become Helena. The earliest marked grave is Jones Griffin (died 1836), one of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee volunteers who was credited . . . — — Map (db m76237) HM
On Co Rd 17, 0.1 miles north of Cedar Grove Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
Established as Meredith Cemetery, the first recorded burial here was Sarah Hoge Meredith, who died August 25, 1836.
The Griffin family donated land for this burial ground and it has been in continuous use since founded. An annual memorial service . . . — — Map (db m37219) HM
On County Road 17 north of Longmeadow Road, on the right when traveling north.
In Honor of Revolutionary War Soldier and
Shelby County Pioneer
Pvt. David Lindsay served with the Pennsylvania
Militia during the Revolutionary War and moved
to Alabama with wife Mary Casey Lindsay before
1820. The David Lindsay Historical . . . — — Map (db m144907) HM
On County Route 42, 1 mile south of Alabama Highway 25, on the left when traveling south.
The Confederate Army established a soldier's home and hospital here (1863-1865) as a part of the CSA Camp Winn Training Site. Father Leray and the Sisters of Mercy staffed the hospital after fleeing Civil War destruction in Vicksburg, MS. They . . . — — Map (db m24212) HM
On Alabama Route 25 at County Route 469, on the left when traveling south on State Route 25.
This cemetery was established around 1841. The oldest marked grave is for Polly Webster (1822-May 3, 1841), daughter of Beulah Land founder Henley Webster, born February 5, 1805 in Anderson County, SC and died February 20, 1884. This hallowed ground . . . — — Map (db m59464) HM
On County Route 280, on the left when traveling north.
This cemetery was established August 20, 1857, by George G. and Purnelea Crawford. In an earnest desire to promote God’s Kingdom on Earth, they conveyed this site to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and their successors. . . . — — Map (db m59653) HM
On McGowin Road, on the left when traveling north on McGowin Road.
This cemetery has been an important resting place for loved ones since the early 1800s.
A Dutchman named Avehard is believed to be the first person buried here. The earliest marked grave dates to 1854. Sharecroppers, former slaves, educators, . . . — — Map (db m37225) HM
On Liberty Road at U.S. 411, on the right when traveling west on Liberty Road.
Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized on this site in March, 1835. However, the congregation probably met here as early as 1821, when Rev. Peter Harden and other Presbyterians first settled in the valley. The present church building . . . — — Map (db m217728) HM
On Holly Hill Road (County Route 7), on the right when traveling south.
In April 1950, Alabama’s last two living Confederate veterans met here to discuss shared experiences of the Civil War. Local resident Col. Pleasant ‘Riggs’ Crump was visited by Gen. James Moore of Selma, commander of the Alabama chapter of the . . . — — Map (db m62209) HM
On West 4th Street at Woodlawn Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 4th Street.
Marble City Cemetery opened for public burials in 1898 when the City of Sylacauga purchased one acre of a wheat field from James T. Persons. Originally a private burial ground of the George W. Pearson family, the earliest burial dates from 1876. The . . . — — Map (db m57764) HM
On East Ft. Williams Street east of North Broadway Avenue (Alabama Route 21), on the left when traveling east.
Here, on a gentle west slope just outside of the original town limits, lies the earliest public cemetery in Sylacauga. The earliest tombstone remaining in the cemetery dates to 1839. Its location and the adjacent family plots of later dates reveal . . . — — Map (db m131718) HM
Near East Ft. Williams Street east of North Broadway Avenue (Alabama Route 21), on the left when traveling east.
After the incorporation of Sylacauga in 1838 came the establishment of this cemetery where for the next 75 years most of the citizens were buried-- many graves being now unmarked.
In 1974-75 as a tribute to these past generations and a legacy . . . — — Map (db m131731) HM
On Horseshoe Bend Road (Alabama Route 49) at Church Road, on the right when traveling south on Horseshoe Bend Road.
In 1898, nine area residents organized a Presbyterian church with Rev. B.F. Bellinger as organizational pastor. Worship services were held every fourth Sunday in the old Concord School or, weather permitting, under a bush arbor on the site. A . . . — — Map (db m95111) HM
Leading the charge on the Indian defenses, Major Montgomery fell while storming the log barricade, Horseshoe Bend was his first battle. But the 28 year old Tennessean already a distinguished lawyer, was among the most promising of Jackson's officers. — — Map (db m51667) HM
