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
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
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
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
(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 citys first permanent settlement. The Bishop also . . . — — Map (db m117245) HM
"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
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 known . . . — — Map (db m226737) HM
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
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
Located on the perimeter of the old Cedar Hill Plantation, this cemetery serves as the final resting place for the enslaved African American people who lived, labored, and died on these grounds. Although their names and life stories may not be . . . — — Map (db m307332) HM
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
Many buried in this cemetery
served in the Revolutionary War,
War of 1812, Civil War, and later
wars. The oldest grave is that
of William Wiggins who died in
1819 and was a Revolutionary
soldier. The cemetery was
placed on the Alabama . . . — — Map (db m289591) HM
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
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, he became an . . . — — 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
(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
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
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
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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
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
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 service in Jackson's . . . — — Map (db m86116) HM
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
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
The Rev. James McLemore, his wife Elizabeth Harper McLemore,
and their families migrated to this area from Jones County,
Georgia, in 1817. McLemore was a missionary Baptist preacher and
founded three Baptist churches in Montgomery County. He . . . — — Map (db m266024) HM
French Air Force
Aubry Jacques
Audonnet Gaston
Barthelemy Marcel
Benvenuti Marcel
Berain Lucien
Bergeron Marcel
Bonnet Paul
Bouhier Maurice
Bouriel Robert
Brejard Jacques
Buin Henri
Cartereau Pierre
Caze . . . — — Map (db m279827) WM
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
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
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 . . . — — Map (db m310815) 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 . . . — — Map (db m267522) HM WM
Union Benevolent Cemetery is Montgomery County's 25th cemetery listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. Charlie and Bertha Burnett donated land to the Union Benevolent Society, established in 1863 by Ford Williams, Jack Sims, Tom Cobb, . . . — — Map (db m266210) HM
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
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
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
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
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 m294775) HM
Russell Cemetery AKA Pines Cemetery. Pvt. E. Thompson served in Revolutionary War 1776-1778. Fought at Germantown & White Plains. — — Map (db m285502) HM
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
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
The Phillip Henry Pitts family established the New Hope/Pitts Cemetery at their Rurrill Hill Plantation, located southeast of Uniontown, as a burial ground for their slaves. The first graves were on Pitts property adjacent to the Pitts family . . . — — Map (db m297007) HM
Lillie Grove Missionary Baptist Church was established in the early 1900s. The church cemetery has been in use for more than 150 years. Records indicate that enslaved people and veterans are buried here. The original church building served as the . . . — — Map (db m297114) HM
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
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
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
Washingtons . . . — — Map (db m37522) HM
Established in the 1830s, this cemetery is
the final resting place of generations of
persons with roots in the former town of
Vienna. Among those buried here are
Revolutionary soldier James McCrory.
bodyguard of Gen. George Washington . . . — — Map (db m302739) HM
Pleasant Hill Cemetery has
been an important resting
place for Pleasant Hill loved
ones since 1860. State
officials acknowledged the
historical significance of
Pleasant Hill Cemetery for our
area by adding it to the
Alabama Historic . . . — — Map (db m279146) HM
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
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 covered . . . — — Map (db m188387) HM
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
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
Established in 1847, Newsome Family Cemetery is the
hallowed final resting place for the descendants of James
Carter Newsome and Nancy Eliza Jane Morris Newsome.
Following the Creek Indian Treaty of 1832, Levi Perry
purchased the property from . . . — — Map (db m302394) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The settlement of Wilson's Hill developed after Jesse Wilson, who was
the first settler in the area in 1814, built a log cabin near the
present-day site of Montevallo City Cemetery. The town's name
changed to Montevallo, Italian for "on a mound . . . — — Map (db m307404) HM
From the late nineteenth century until 1927 a one-room public school operated on the site of the
Memory Chapel. The children of many of the area's
leading families attended the school, including those
with surnames Bearden, Burgin, Harrison, . . . — — Map (db m295138) HM
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
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
This cemetery was established August 20, 1857, by George G. and Purnelea Crawford. In an earnest desire to promote Gods Kingdom on Earth, they conveyed this site to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and their successors. . . . — — Map (db m59653) HM
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
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
Seddon Cemetery is recognized
as having historical
significance in this area
and was added to the
Alabama Historic Cemetery
Register by the
Alabama Historical Commission
October 17, 2012. — — Map (db m294989) HM
The roots of Reeves Grove Baptist Church can be traced to Wake County,
North Carolina, with the family of Charles Brumfield (1745-1826).
He supported the Revolutionary War cause and was a staunch Baptist
and church lay leader. About 1819, his . . . — — Map (db m300442) HM
Tallasahatchie Cemetery has
been an important resting
place for the area's loved
ones since 1840. State
officials acknowledged the
historical significance of
Tallasahatchie Cemetery for
our area by adding it to the
Alabama Historic . . . — — Map (db m295001) HM
In April 1950, Alabamas 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
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
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
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
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
Gilgal Cemetery is associated with Gilgal Baptist Church and has a history dating to the early 1840s. The cemetery contains over 200 marked and an unknown number of unmarked burials. Church history states that many babies were buried near the road . . . — — Map (db m231528) HM
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery features at least thirty-seven marked graves, the earliest of which dates to 1892. There are an undetermined number of . . . — — Map (db m235525) HM
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery was established in 1922 and was closed for burials in 1953. It contains approximately 1550 burials mostly marked with . . . — — Map (db m40449) HM
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery was established in 1953 and is still in use. It contains approximately 500 burials mostly marked with simple, . . . — — Map (db m235677) HM
Dr. Peter Bryce, first superintendent of the Alabama Insane (Bryce) Hospital was a leading proponent of humane treatment for people who experience mental illness. Born March 5, 1834, in Columbia SC, Bryce entered the South Carolina Military Academy . . . — — Map (db m235505) HM
Evergreen Cemetery began as family plots for Tuscaloosa citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. An 1857 letter to the editor In the Tuscaloosa Independent Monitor described citizens' growing frustration with the maintenance of Greenwood . . . — — Map (db m203536) HM
Laid out in the original city plan, Greenwood is Tuscaloosa oldest surviving cemetery. It has been in continuous use since prior to 1820. The earliest marked grave is dated 1821.
Some of the ornate marble markers located in Greenwood were . . . — — Map (db m40392) HM
This is the oldest of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility. The first recorded burial dates to 1861. While only a few graves are currently marked, it is estimated that thousands of . . . — — Map (db m40450) HM
In memory of
Our Confederate Dead.
1861 - 1865
"They wore the gray"
"Thy mighty deeds in this
brief period wrought,
years of oblivion shall
corrode in vain." — — Map (db m294536) WM
Buried near this plaque are Jack Rudolph and William “Boysey” Brown, two slaves owned by University of Alabama faculty, and William J. Crawford, a University student who died in 1844.
Rudolph was born in Africa about 1791 and died . . . — — Map (db m40389) HM
This 1.63 acre portion of the Union Chapel cemetery,
lying across the Buttermilk Road from
the church house, was made available by Joseph
Lucious Daniel at the death of his wife Wilma
Louvenia Stewart Daniel in 1922. It is bound on
the west by . . . — — Map (db m303069) HM
In 1859, John P. Black, Sanford Argo,
John Barton, L.D. Gamble, & Samuel Black
organized a community church. On April 7,
1885, John and Jane Felkins donated land
to the Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal
Church for the cemetery. Pioneers . . . — — Map (db m303068) HM
South Carolina-born Daniel Tubbs (17 Feb. 1794 - 25 Mar 1882) enlisted in the War of 1812 and fought in the final battle at New Orleans. Honorably discharged in Nashville on 20 Apr. 1815, he and his wife. Matilda Sanders. settled on this site . . . — — Map (db m153242) HM
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