Sumter County, AL Cemeteries

Sumterville Methodist Church Cemetery

Sumterville, Sumter Co, AL

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Images by Lisa R. Franklin RN,BSN, 11 OCT 2008.

BELMONT METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

(I have visited this ancient church and cemetery several times. The church is the usual white, frame type generally found in the Black Belt. It is still in use, but no doubt on a limited basis, for the interior is covered with dust and the building is in need of paint. In a large fenced-in area to the rear of the building is found the old burial ground. The area is covered with high weeds and there are signs indicating that deer sleep and graze there. The tomb-stones are impressive and large, but covered with grime of ages. Several family plots are surrounded by iron-lace fences. I made a copy of the grave-stones on October 17, 1964, with the help of a former student, George Seier.)

Abner Evans / b. Oct. 11, 1807 / d. July 26, 1853.

Leonidas / son of Leonidas & America E. Rushing / b. Nov. 14, 1864 / d. Sept. 22, 1865.

Georgie C. / son of “ “ “ / b. Nov. 7, 1860 / d. July 14, 1863.

Mary Lee /daughter of “ “ “ / b. Mar. 19, 1863 / d. Sept. 2,1863.

Mary / daughter of James & Susan Rushing / b. Aug. 27, 1835 / d. June 11, 1836.

Temperance / wife of Hugh Blakeney / b. June 23, 1816 /
d. Oct.5, 1841.

Marshall B. / son of J. M. & Susan Rushing / b. Dec. 25, 1848 / d. Jan. 27, 1864.

Christopher C. / son of “ “ “/ b. Feb. 3, 1840 / d. May 27, 1862.

Susan/ daughter of J. & S. Rushing / b. July 25, 1844 / d. June 11, 1849.

Lorenzo /son of “ “ “ / b. July 11, 1838 / d. Sept. 20,1846.

James M. Rushing / son of James Rushing / b. Nov. 8, 1846 / d. Apr. 28. 1855.

Daniel Holyfield / who departed this life / A.D. 1834 / aged about 78 years . Erected by Jamina Estis. (1756).

Caldwell Estis / d. Oct. 12, 1842 / in 80th year / A member of the Methodist Church and a kind husband/ Dedicated by Jamina Estis. (1762).

Mrs. Mary Ann Parker / b. Jan. 21, 1836 / d. Aug. 9, 1886.

Martha S. Arrington / daughter of / West & Mary S. Arrington / b. Sept. 25, 1834 / d. Jan. 16, 1842.

William H. Gaston / son of Hugh & Elizabeth R. Gaston / b. Jan. 16?, 1832 / d. Sept. 20, 1836.

James S. Tutt / son of James V. & Sarah P. Tutt / b. Nov. 21, 1851 / d. Sept. 28, 1855.

Isabel / wife of Dr. W. W. Morgan / b. Oct. 6, 1832 / d. July 31, 1860.
(large stone column 15 ft. high).

Oliver Moore McCurdy / b. Nov. 14, 1807 / d. May 11, 1844.

Penelope Powell / b. Aug. 6, 1840 / d. Sept. 2, 1860.

Temperance Powell / b. July 29, 1814 / d. Mar. 18, 1857.

Green Powell / b. Jan. 10, 1802 / d. 1846 / aged 44 years.

Stella / daughter of L. & M. A. Hadden / b. July 14,1857 / d. Jan. 22, 1863.

David Louis / son of “ “ “/ b. Jan. 23, 1855 / aged about 18 months.(no death date).

Sophia Elizabeth / daughter of “ “ “ / b. Oct. 11, 1845 / d. Oct. 22, 1848.

Vernon Tutt / Oct. 11, 1875 / Aug. 3, 1912.

Capt. James V. Tutt / Co. C / 8 Ala. Cav. / C.S.A.

John C. Perry / b. in N.C. 1794 / d. at his residence in Sumter Co., Ala. / on the morning of the / 26th Decr. A.D. 1843.

Adele Gillespie / b. Feb. 1, 1851 / d. July 22, 1852.

Marian Gillespie / b. Oct. 29, 1846 / d. June 13, 1847.

Eliza / wife of Alexander Dallas Sr. / she was born in Chesterfield District, S.C. / Jan. 14, 1808 / and died in Sumter Co. Ala. / June 30, 1837 .... / erected by her children. (remains of a brick wall surround this grave.)

C. C. / wife of R. S. Harper / b. Sept. 28, 1838 / d. May 26, 1860.

Margaret Scott Smith / b. Oct. 16, 1814 / d. Sept. 6, 1840.

Capt. John W. Smith / Margaret Scott Smith / Josephine Smith / John W. Smith Jr.

Hellen M. / and John Henry / wife & son of / Dr. Frank Davidson. (above two entries on the same stone.)

John W. Smith / b. July 31, 1792 / d. June 8, 1857.

(Smith graves are surrounded by an iron fence.)

Sius Blacksher / b. mar. 7, 1828 / d. Nov. 2, 1845.

Nancy / consort of David Blacksher / d. Jan. 19, 1851 / aged 55 years, 10 months, & 23 days.

David Blacksher / b. Feb. 26, 1795 / d. Oct. 17, 1868.

William & Francis W. Blacksher / Wm. d. Sept 6, 1834 / 3 years, 11 months, 20 days. / Francis W. d. Sept. 10, 1840 / 1 year, 20 days.

Elizabeth Jane / daughter of Dan C. Rencher / d. Sept. 10, 1845 / aged 10 years.

William W. Little / b. Dec. 25, 1877 / d. Mar. 3, 1943.

Charlotte C. / daughter of / Elijah & Sarah Curtis / & wife of / Lewis Henderson / b. Sept. 15, 1806 /d. Apr. 19, 1845.

Sarah J. / daughter of / Lewis & Charlotte C. Henderson / b. Oct. 24, 1829 / d. Sept. 17, 1848.

William L. Melton / b. Nov. 1, 1835 / d. May 18, 1854.

Frances M. Muncrief / d. Dec. 18, 1853 / aged 16 years & 2 days.

Sampson B. Muncrief / b. July 3, 1831 / d. Mar. 31, 1857.

Sophia Muncrief / b. Feb. 7, 1802 / d. Oct. 21, 1852.

Mrs. Mary McRee Gillespie / Feb. 19, 1859 / aged 74 years. (1785).

Wayne C. Patton / b. Sept. 29, 1826 / d. Aug. 14, 1855.

Mary Bettie / daughter of U. T. & E. K. Blacksher / b. Dec. 23, 1852 / d. Jan. 27, 1857.

Uriah F. / infant son of “ “ / b. Aug. 10 / d. Sept, 14, 1861.

Lewis W. / son of / Lewis & Charlotte Henderson / b. Apr. 11, 1932 / d. Feb. 19, 1861.

William McAllister / b. June 24, 1784 / d. Oct. 14, 1853. (grave surrounded by iron fence.)

William F. / son of Lewis & Charlotte C. Henderson / b. Sept. 24, 1834 / d. June 1, 1864.

Martha T. / wife of O. E. Smith / b. Feb. 10, 1840 / d. May 28, 1866.

Charlie B. / son of O. E. & M. T. Smith / b. Oct. 19, 1861 / (death date broken away.)

Carrie L. / dau of “ “ / b. May 13, 1866 / d. June 20, 1881.

Clara B. Tutt / dau of J. Z. & C. M. Tutt / aged 8 years, 6 months, 6 days (no dates).

Laurie T. Tutt / daughter of J. Z. & C. M. Tutt / aged 4 years, 7 months, & 19 days. (no dates).

Infant son of “ “ “ / b. June 16, 1868 / d. June 16, 1868.

Artelia / wife of John Z. Tutt / b. Apr. 29, 1829 / d. May 13, 1861.

Jas. Beazley Tutt / Apr. 14, 1849 / Mar. 27, 1913 / Father.

Ada V. / wife of “ / Apr. 5, 1851 / Nov. 11, 1911 / Mother.

Jas. M. Hartsfield / b. June 15, 1830 / d. June 17, 1878.

Mable Louisa / daughter of J. M. & I. S. Hartsfield / b. Apr. 28, 1871 / Sept. 6, 1878.

Ella Maud / daughter of “ “ “ / b. Aug. 15, 1874 / d. Sept. 6, 1878.

Annie Cadwell / wife of (below)/ Jan. 10, 1855 / Apr. 15, 1921.

Robert B. Flowers / b. Jan. 11, 1848 / d. May 5, 1913.

Mary Florence Flowers / July 17, 1881 / d. Aug. 11, 1902.

Jane Flowers Vise / Mar. 1, 1850 / July 2, 1915.

George V. Vice / Nov. 23, 1874 / Mar. 17, 1930.

John Cooper / 1848-1934.

Agnes Cooper / 1841-1928.
(above two graves surrounded by wire fence and have crude headstones.)

Job Meador / b. in Anson Co., N.C. / Aug. 1806 / d. Feb. 28, 1867.

Cora Landrum Wimberly / July 5, 1856 / Mar. 18, 1916.

Annie L. Bates / b, Oct. 6?. 1818 / d. Mar. 31, 1865.

William Bates / b. Dec. 30, 1822 / d. Dec. 16, 1852.

Wyatt Harper / b. Oct. 15, 1799 / d. Nov. 6, 1864.

J. H. Harper / b. Oct. 14, 1830 / d. Mar.? (May?) 5?, 1858.

Wyatt Judson Harper / b. Feb. 9, 1835 / d. July 8, 1858.

Elizabeth May / d. May 17, 1844 / aged 25 years.

G. B. Nuffer / b. Mar. 29, 1846 / d. Aug. 7, 1874.

Henry Jackson Phillips / Oct. 17, 1839 / Aug. 29, 1912.

Martha Elizabeth / wife of “ / Dec. 12, 1844 / Sept. 6, 1903.

James Samuel Downing / b. May 14, 1877 / d. June 22, 1900.

(this name cut off copy) Feb. 24, 1876 / d. Nov. 3, 1898.

Ula Phillips / b. Sept. 18, 1879 / d. Sept. 8, 1895.

Judson J. / son of N. & S. A. Hilman / b. Feb. 22, 1849 / d. Apr. 13, 1871.

J. Nickel Seibert / b. Feb. 21, 1813 / d. Feb. 23, 1893.

John / son of N. & E. Seibert / b. Apr. 29, 1860 / d. Aug. 20, 1873.

Elizabeth / wife of N. Seibert / b. May 13, 1831 / d. May 8, 1881.

William Seibert / b. Aug. 18, 1857 / Nov. 16, 1889.
(above four graves surrounded by iron fence.)

Jacob Spidle / b. Mar. 24, 1833 / d. Sept. 18, 1885.

Elizabeth Spidle / wife of “ / b. Mar. 13, 1833 / d. July 27, 1909.

John M. Spidle / Mar. 11, 1855 / June 9, 1938.

Sallie E. / wife of “ / May 8, 1857 / June 19, 1921 / Mother.
(above four graves surrounded by new chain link fence.)

Origin W. Bates / 1853-1933.

Mary Speed / wife of “ / 1864-1935.

William J. Harper / b. Apr. 24, 1860 / d. Apr. 17, 1911.

Z. C. Harper / b. Dec. 6, 1848 / d. Dec. 14, 1899.

Norma Wilson /daughter of W. J. & A. E. Harper / b. July 19, 1902 / d. Aug. 9, 1903.

Mary G. / wife of J. W. Phares / b. Nov. 23, 1843 / d. Aug. 6, 1892.

Miss Sallie E. Boyd / 1862-1931.

Rev. Bartlet Melton / b. July 11, 1811 / d. Oct. 24, 1886.

Sadie L. / daughter of F. & M. M. Davidson / b. Oct. 30, 1879 / Aug. 20, 1882.

Mollie Melton Davidson / d. Mar. 22, 1883 / aged 72 years.

Mary / wife of B. Melton / d. Mar. 22, 1883 / aged 72 years.

C. C. Melton / b. June 7, 1845 / D. Nov. 27, 1900.

Ella Thomas Melton / b. Aug. 24, 1861 / Butler, Ala. / d. May 23, 1917 / Belmont, Ala.

Ralph W. Grayson / b. Aug. 4, 1840 / d. Nov.22, 1886.

Shepherd Rushing / b. Mar. 4, 1806 / d. Feb. 17, 1885.

M. S. Speed / wife of J. B. Speed / b. Dec. 14, 1867 / d. Dec. 19, 1893

Octavia L. Taylor / b. Oct. 26, 1858 / d. Oct. 4, 1884.

Madison B. Taylor / b. May 28, 1863 / d. Jan. 15, 1884.
(above two on same stone.)

Lucy McFarland / wife of Dock Mill Taylor / b. Aug. 13, 1877 / d. July 24, 1951.

Dock Mills Taylor / b. Oct. 22, 1865 / d. June 10, 1938.

Laura Pearl Rushing / b. May 8, 1886 / d. Sept. 4, 1892.

Lorenzo L. Rushing / b. June 26, 1853 /d. Sept. 15, 1887.

America E. Rushing / b. Aug. 21, 1834 / d. Nov. 9, 1881.

Leonidas S. Rushing / b. in N.C. Dec. 15, 1827 / d. Oct. 20, 1869.

Eliza G. McRee / d. Feb. 13, 1877 / aged 57 years.

William McRee / d. Apr. 18, 1879 / aged 71 years.
(above two graves on same stone.)

Susannah / wife of J. M. Rushing / b. in N.C. June 9, 1810 / d. Aug. 22, 1883.

Susan B. Coats / b. July 14, 1862 / d. Aug. 30, 1873.

Anzo Taylor Rushing / 1857-1948.

Franklin Pierce Rushing / 1854-1933.
(above two on same stone.)

R. S. Harper / b. Oct. 28, 1832 /d. Aug.24, 1895.

Sophia Harper / b. Mar. 1, 1806 / d. Feb. 7, 1868.

Eddie P. / son of L. P. & Laura Harper / b. Jan. 21, 1873 / d. Oct. 17,1881.

Robert Hugh / son of W. J. & A. E. Harper / b. Dec. 14, 1887 / d. Jan. 23, 1890.

Eddie R. / son of J. F. & S. R. Evans / b. Aug. 25, 1866 / d. June 8, 1868.

Robert W. / son of J. J. & L. E. Melton / b. Aug. 18, 1884 / d. Nov. 9, 1885.

Adella M. / daughter of O. E. & M. T. Smith / b. Mar. 20, 1863 / d. Sept. 20, 1881.

Obedience / second wife of Lewis Henderson / b. Mar. 18, 1810. / d. Sept. 13, 1881.

Lewis Henderson / b. Nov. 21, 1807 / d. Dec. 2, 1834. (Mason).

Mrs. Sarah J. / wife of R. W. Lawler / daughter of Jos. Patton / b. Feb. 23, 1835 / d. Nov. 20, 1865.

Constantine Perkins / son of T. A. & N. E. Scales / d. Aug. 29, 1863.

Cora Ella / daughter of U. T. & E. K. Blacksher / b. Oct. 11, 1818 / d. Sept. 30, 1865.

Elizabeth K. / Consort of U. T. Blacksher / daughter of Joseph Patton / b. Mar. 16, 1831 /d. Oct. 4, 1861.

Mrs. Mary McRee Gillespie / d. Feb. 19, 1859 / aged 74 years.

Benjamin R. Speed / Jan. 11, 1828 / Oct. 18, 1866.

Stephen Horton/ b. July 13, 1809 / d. Oct. 13 1888.

Elizabeth A. / second wife of Stephen Horton / b. Oct. 8, 1811 / d. Aug. 25, 1886.

Frances S. A. / daughter of S. & E. A. Horton / b. May 9, 1836 / d. June 3, 1867.

Margaret Ann / daughter of S. E. A. Horton / b. Oct. 6, 1844 / d. Aug. 22, 1863.

J. Y. Grayson / son of R. W. & S. E. Grayson / b. Sept. 13, 1865 / d. Nov. 20, 1867.

W. O. Grayson / son of R. W. & S. E. Grayson / b. July 7, 1867 / d. July 26, 1871.

Robert / son of R. W. & S. E. Grayson / b. Aug. 1, 1873 / d. Aug. 9, 1873.

Infant son of “ “ “ / b. & d. Mar. 12, 1876.

Tempie B. coats / b. Jan. 11, 1842 / d. Aug. 9, 1866.

John Andrew Carroll / b. July 5, 1866 / d. Feb. 7, 1918.

Lena Speed Carroll / b. July 29, 1876 /d. Apr. 16, 1949.

James R. Speed / b. Jan. 23, 1864 / d. July 20, 1940.

Mrs. Elizabeth Speed / wife of James S. Speed / b. May 10, 1831 / d. June 3, 1911.

James B. Speed / b. July 18, 1851 / d. Sept. 10, 1909.

Robert L. Spidle / b. Apr. 15, 1863 / d. Mar. 30, 1911. (Woodman of World.)

Carrie Richardson / wife of W. T. Angelo / b. Feb. 10, 1886 / d. Sept. 30, 1905.

Rawley / infant son / b. Jan. 16, 1905 / d. June 9, 1905.
(no last name, probably son of the above.)

NEW PROSPECT CEMETERY

From the notes of Flora D. England, pre 1975. PARTIAL LISTING

Talbot, Thoams d.1844 aged 18 y

Talbot, Sophia C. d.1844 aged 18 y

Talbot, Edmund d.1854 aged 26y

Porter, Frederick b.13 NOV 1803 d.12 OCT 1857, aged 55y 10m 29d

Scarborough, Ruth Greer w/o Rev. A.R. & d/o WM? & O. Talbot b.Nashville, TN 04 SEP 1821 d.28 MAY 1880 (marker worn and difficult to read)

Hennegan Cemetery

Location: near Eppes, AL off Hwy 11 leading North from Livingston to Eppes, AL.

From the notes of Flora D. England, pre 1975. PARTIAL LISTING

Lipscomb, Mrs. Mary M.R. w/o A. Lipscomb d.22 JUN 1858 aged 37 y (some Lipscomb children buried nearby)

Godfrey, John D. d.27 APR 1843 aged 24y

Godfrey, Dozier d.24 AUG 1843, aged 32y

Godfrey, Dozier Elizabeth 1843-1845

Phillips, Margaret Lawrence d/o Laurence D. & M.M.M. Phillips b&d1845

Godfrey, Mrs. Harriet P. consort of Wm. Godfrey d.30 SEP 1845 aged 54y 1m 22d

Lowry, Prudence M.1809-1873

Kennedy, Sallie J. w/o T.H. Kennedy 1830-1860

Willis, J.P. 1846-1904

Arrington, Andrew J. 1827-1909

Arrington, Helen Amelia w/o Andrew J. Arrington 1837-1965

Kennedy, Catheine Lowry w/o J.T. Kennedy 18?7-1915 (birth 1837, 47 or 57?)

Phillips, Major John d.18 MAR 1846 aged 60y

Phillips, Mrs. Marthas G. d.07 MAY 1853 aged abt 44y

Myers, Asbury 1816-1843

Myers, James G. 1811-1840

Myers, Martha 1780-1845

Collier, Permelia d.29 APR 1842 or 1812? (hard to read) aged 13y 2m 2d

Autry, Rev. M.R. 12 OCT 1814-14 AUG 1888

(Per notes others in the cemetery not included here are Hennegan, Greenlea, Cathey, Sawls, Shaw, May, Love, Fitzpatrick, Ogletree & Smith.)

Christian Valley Cemetery

From the notes of Flora D. England, pre 1975. PARTIAL LISTING

Gibson, William 1801-1871

Gibson, Abbie w/o Wm. 1811-1884

Johnson, Lewis 1807-1875

Powers, Julia T. w/o Rev. W.I. Powers d.1886 aged 54y

Lee, James M. 1820-1881

Lee, Catherine Rebecca w/o James M. Lee 1832-1862

Coleman, W.B. 1810-1853

Patton, Joseph 1796-1876

Patton, Martha Ann w/o Samuel Patton HAnd 1889-1914

Cusack, Martha L. m/o B.P. Hand 1802-1876

Rushing, John P. 1808-1892

McMillan, Drury 1796-1860

McMillan, Elizabeth 1824-1875

McMillan, Daniel 1798-1860

McMillan, Preston 1862-1869

McMillan, Anna B.1859-1867

McMillan, Isaac N. 1855-1873

McMillan, A.C. 1854-1911

(per notes others buried here include Henson, Matthews, Connolley, Hord, Norris, Lee, Williamson, Turner, Larkin, Seales, Reed, Walston, Crocker, Guller, Hartin, Terry, Speed, Burnett, Boggs, Edmonds, Brockway, Belton, Elliott, Blakeney, Grady, Wimberly, Scott, Nixon, Davidson, Pearce & Houston.)

Myrtlewood Cemetery

Livingston, ALFrom the notes of Flora D. England, pre 1975. PARTIAL LISTING

Howie, Mary consort of William Howie 29 DEC 1799-19 AUG 1841

Boyd, Isabella Stephenson oldest d/o Samuel B. & Susan H. Boyd 16 APR 1831-29 JUN 1836

Dainwood, George W. 23 JAN 1829-22 MAY 1905

Roan, C.T. died 09 OCT 1907 aged 69 y, CSA

BETHEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

(notes from Pioneer Families of Sumter County, Alabama, by Nellie Jenkins, Vol. 1, Willo Publishing Company, 1961.)

On September 17, 1966, I paid a visit to Emelle, where I had the pleasure of talking to Mrs. Frank Stegall, who directed me to this old cemetery.

The church was located in the north central part of Township 20, Range 3 West. It was organized on September 22, 1835, but preaching had been going on there for a year previously. A hundred yards to the north of the church stood the Mathematical and Classical Academy, under the supervision of Benjamin P. Burwell.

After the Civil War, many of the settlers moved away and the church almost died. Finally it was torn down and rebuilt in Sumterville, three miles to the east of the original site.

James Wrenn Ramsey / Sept. 7, 1864 / Apr. 1, 1946.

Susie Bell Ramsey / Nov. 17, 1873 / Feb. 26, 1955.

Elias N. Wrenn / b. Jan 31, 1829 / d. Apr. 17, 1903.

Josiah Wrenn / b. Mar. 3, 1813 d. June 28, 1885.

J. Walter Wrenn / b. Feb. 2, 1863 / d. Nov. 10, 1894.

J. Reid Ramsay / b. Dec. 14, 1827 / d. June 27, 1899.

Sarah I. / wife of “ / b. June 29, 1834 / d. Jan. 15, 1900.
(above two on same stone.)

William A. Ramsay / b. Dec. 7, 1873 d. Dec. 8, 1902.

James Manning Ramsay / b. Aug. 29, 1878 / d. Jan. 23, 1912.

Arthur E. Wrenn / son of / G. M. & M. F. Wrenn / b. July 14, 1880 / d. Nov. 13, 1897.

Mary Frances Templeton / wife of / George M. Wrenn / b. July 16, 1842 / d. June 4, 1909.

Margaret J. / wife of Wm. T. Burwell / b. Sept. 25, 1857 / d. Aug. 30, 1895.

Alexander H. / son of J. R. & S. I. Ramsay / b. Nov. 7, 1859 / d. Apr. 11, 1860.

William Turnbull Burwell / Sept. 13, 1849 / Nov. 25, 1909.

Reid Ramsay Burwell / Jan. 7, 1891 / June 1, 1913.

David M. / son of / J. P. & J. Hale / b. Nov. 21, 1822 / d. Jan. 25, 1844.

Moses M. Sanders / b. Aug. 14, 1815 / d. May 8, 1857.

Arthur McD. Wrenn / b. May 11. 18332 / d. Sept. 2, 1858.

Mary E. Wrenn / b. Sept. 9, 1836 / d. Aug. 10, 1862.

Eliza McD. / daughter of G. M. & M. F. Wrenn / b. Sept. 1, 1873 / d. Mar. 11, 1875.

Mary George / daughter of “ “/ b. May 22, 1875 / d. Oct. 23, 1885.

George M. Wrenn / b. Apr. 29, 1825 / d. June 5, 1893. (Mason)

Thomas J. H. Moore / b. Nov. 5, 1836 / d. June 21, 1850.

Thomas Moore / b. July 23, 1789 / d. Dec. 8, 1852.

Elizabeth C. Moore / wife of “ / b. Nov. 10, 1796 / d. June 10, 1847.

William H. Moore / b. Apr. 9, 1831 / d. Dec. 16, 1858.

S. Evelyn / daughter of / J. A. & E. A. Minniece / wife of J. A. Moore / d. Aug. 24, 1869 / aged 30 years, 6 mos., 8 days.

Evlyn Jeter / d. Aug. 18, 1869 / aged 2 years, 1 mo., & 20 days.

Bessie Alberter / d. Sept. 21, 1869 / aged 1 month.

(above three on same stone.)

(NOTE: Thomas Moore above has his will recorded in Will Book 2, p. 24, mentions daughters Mary Louise Boyette, Wife of Leroy Boyette, Margaret E. Burwell, wife of Benj. P. Burwell, and son James A. Moore. Also, younger children Elizabeth Jane Moore, Robert H. Moore, Wm. H. Moore, Martha Catherine Moore (who later married W. L. McDow, Jr.) and John T. Moore.)

Eliza Moore / Sept. 1873 / aged 8 years.

James A. Moore / Dec. 28, 1824 / May 9, 1881.

LeRoy Holt / b. in Columbus, Ga. / July 12, 1858 / d. Sept. 19, 1899.

W. L. McDow / b. Oct. 23, 1831 / d. Aug. 30, 1910.

Martha C. McDow / b. May 29, 1833 / d. Oct. 13, 1898.

(above two on same stone.)

(NOTE: Martha C. McDow, daughter of Thomas Moore, lived with her husband in what is now the Roger Smith place north of Sumterville. She and her husband deeded their holding to her niece, Bessie or Elizabeth Holt and her husband LeRoy Holt, but retained the home for life. The Holt children, Thad and LeRoy, were reared at the old McDow place.)

W. L. MCDow / b. Oct. 15, 1794 / d. Mar. 31, 1870.

Jane R. McDow / b. July 29, 1792 / d. Apr. 26, 1873.

(above two on same stone.)

(NOTE: Willliam Loftin McDow was born in Pendleton district, S.C., the son of Arthur McDow (b. Mar. 16, 1756; d. May 20, 1839.) & Margaret Loftin (b. 1765; d. 1846). Wm. L. McDow, married Jane Ramsay in 1819, she was the daughter of Alexander H. Ramsay, Sr., and sister of Alexander H. Ramsay, Jr. and Andrew H. Ramsay, who helped organize Sumter County.

(Alexander Ramsay, Sr. (b. in Scotland July 27, 1747; d. July 27, 1826) married Mary Eggar (b. in Scotland Feb. 7, 1755; d. Clinton, Greene Co., Ala., Oct. 10, 1841) married Oct. 3, 1788.)

Robert H. Fleming / b. Dec. 16, 1818 / d. Mar. 28, 1850.

Emma J. Fleming / daughter of / R. H. & J. H. Fleming / b. Oct. 29, 1848 / d. Nov. 25, 1849.

Mary A. / daughter of P. H. & M. Fleming / & wife of / Alexander McDow / b. Mar. 24, 1827 / d. Nov. 2, 1847.

Margaret J. Wrenn / daughter of / James & Eliza P. Wrenn / b. June 6, 1830 / d. June 3, 1854.

Eliza P. Wrenn / b. in Pendleton District / S. C. Sept. 2, 1804 / d. Oct. 24, 1862.

James Wrenn / b. June 2, 1800 / d. Oct. 18, 1843.

Lizzie L. Nevill / daughter of / Alexander & Mary Nevill / b. Apr. 2, 1846 / d. May 8, 1849.

Mary Nevill / consort of Andrew Nevill / & daughter of William & Jane McDow / b. May 1, 1820 / d. Oct. 2, 1852.

Abigail W. / daughter of / Thaddeus & Mary Kendall / d. Sept. 18, 1844 / aged 4 years & 5 months.

Eleanor Porter / wife of George Rix & daughter / of Calvin & Sally Skinner / of Royalton, Vt. / b. Oct. 30, 1813 / d. June 16, 1841.

Frederick Dial / Feb. 6, 1852 / aged 17 months.
Rebecca / d. Nov. 20, 1855 / aged 10 days. / Children of George & Rebecca Rix.

Frank Underwood / b. Aug. 18, 1861 / d. Aug. 26, 1861.
Harry Spence / b. Aug. 25, 1858 / d. Sept. 9, 1861. / Children of George & Rebecca Rix.

Charles Rix / b. at Royalton, Vt. / Aug. 10, 1808 / d. May 13, 1851.

Lucy A. / daughter of G. & N. Willis / b. Dec. 31, 1868 / d. Oct. 10, 1875.

Lucy E. Smith / b. Aug. 13, 1839 / d. Mar. 23, 1857.

Sterling S. Smith / b. July 6, 1841 / d. Sept. 18, 1856.

William Wheeling / d. July 29, 1852 / in 60th year. (Mason)

Esther Wheeling / wife of “ / d. Feb. 3, 1849 / aged 57 years.

Amanda E. / daughter of / Joseph & Violet McCorkle /& wife of / David Drummond / b. Oct. 12, 1824 / d. Oct. 10, 1853.

Dr. John A. McConnell / b. Oct. 8, 1825 /d. May 24, 1855.

W. F. McCorkle / b. Apr. 13, 1820 / d. Aug. 11, 1840.

Joseph McCorkle . b. Aug. 17, 1775 / d. Sept. 14, 1849.

Violet / wife of “ / b. Oct. 12, 1790 /d. July 25, 1856.

Mary B. Fleming / consort of / Pliny R. Fleming / b. Jan. 26, 1792 / d. Nov. 25, 1841.

Margaret C. Fleming / b. Mar. 24, 1827 / d. Aug. 25, 1843.

James H. Fleming / b. Mar. 4, 1823 / d. May 15, 1847.

William Fleming / d. Nov. 14, 1849 / aged 89 years.

Mary Fleming / wife of “ / d. Nov. 4, 1849 / aged 83 years.

(NOTE: William Fleming was a Revolutionary War soldier, serving as a private in a company of N.C. Vol. in 1780, under Captain Hamna and Col. Bratton. He was from Maryland. He was on the Pension Pay Roll of Hall Co., Ga. in 1832.)

(NOTE: Mary B. Fleming (4th from top of page)was the 1st wife of Pliny Rutherford Fleming, who married Delinda Sadler on Aug. 19, 1842.

Thomas j. McCorkle / B. Sept. 20, 1830 / d. Dec. 21, 1859.

Jennie Mitchell Silliman / Oct. 21, 1845 / Dec. 21, 1926.

(NOTE: Jennie or Jeanette Silliman was the 2nd wife of Dr. C. U. Silliman, and daughter of Benj. J. & Nancy (Dial) Mitchell.)

Dr. C. U. Silliman / Apr. 7, 1833 / Nov.3, 1913.

(NOTE: Dr. Calvin U. Silliman was the grandson of John Silliman, Sr. (b. in Carncastle, Ireland, in 1747; d. 1825 in York Dist., S.C.) His father was John Silliman Jr. who married Mary Campbell (she was b. Aug. 16, 1793; d. 1866; dau. of Alexander & Mary (Straight) Campbell).

Dr. Silliman married 1st Jennie Hughes, dau. Of Dr. Hughes of Chunkeyville, Miss.; 2nd to Jeanette Dial. The first wife died in 1861.)

B. F. Mitchell / b. Apr. 16, 1840 / d. at Charlottsville, Va. / Aug. 4, 1861. (C.S.A. marker)

Benjamin James Mitchell / b. in Abbeville district, S.C. / Feb. 25, 1809 / d. Apr. 1, 1859.

(NOTE: Benj. J. Mitchell married Nancy Dial, dau. Of David Montgomery Dial & Jennett (Spence) Dial. Nancy Dial Mitchell was bon Dec. 2, 1812, and died in Navaro Co., TX.

(He was a hero on the river boat, “Eliza Battle”, when it burned on the Tombigbee River, at the time he was living at Jones Bluff, now Epes.

The heirs of Benj. J. Mitchell appear on page 20, Orphans’ Minutes Book 10, and are: Joseph R. Mitchell, Keziah E. Eason, E. C. Eason, James E. Mitchell of Sumter Co., Willie A. Johnson, wife of John H. Johnson of Texas, minor heirs Benj. F. Mitchell, David M. Mitchell, Margaret J. Mitchell and Susan J. Mitchell and Nancy the relict –July Term Court 1859.

Mary J. D. / daughter of J. W. & Margaret Kerr / d. July 31, 1842 / aged 7 years, 1 month, & 19 days.

Charity Grice / former wife of / F. H. Woodard / d. July 5, 1863 / in 63 year.

(NOTE: She married John Grice after the death of her 1st husband, F. H. Woodard. John Grice was 1st married to her sister.)

Felix Hamilton Woodard / d. Jan. 20, 1849 / age 42 years, 3 months, & 19 days.

(NOTE: He married Charity Simms, sister of William T. Simms. This couple had a child named Emily who married Joseph Dial, son of David Montgomery Dial & wife Jennett (Spence) Dial.)

Emma / oldest daughter of J. H. & A. E. Dial / b. Sept. 13, 1846 / d. Sept. 24, 1851.

William Woodard / son of “ “ / b. Aug. 19, 1848 / d. Apr. 18, 1849.

C. C. Hodges / and infant son at his right / the former b. Jan. 26, 1809 / d. Oct. 31, 1854. / the latter b. May 23rd & d. Oct. 21, 1847.

Sarah J. Lavender / wife of Robert S. Lavender / b. Mar. 5, 1819 / d. May 3, 1854.

(NOTE: Sarah Strothers married Robert S. Lavender on Jan. 25, 1848, later he married Mrs. Margaret (Hodges) Wiggins. Robert S. Lavender was the son of Hugh and Rebecca (Smith) Lavender, and the brother of Hugh Levi Lavender of Greene Co.)

Jane Lavender / b. Apr. 17, 1799 / d. Dec. 6, 1846.

(NOTE: She married in Greene Co., Ala., on Sept. 22, 1824, to Hugh Levi Lavender, mentioned above, whose father Hugh Lavender was a Revolutionary soldier (b. 1759 in Ireland).

(Jane Lavender was the daughter of Hugh & Sallie (Dial) Hopper. Sallie Dial Hopper was the dau. Of Jane Dial who married John Boyd and lived in Greene and Perry counties in the 1820’s.

Orphans’ Minute Book I, pages 373-374, April 24, 1838, shows that Jane Lavender was the relict of Hugh Levi Lavender, and named minor heirs of the couple as follows: Robert S. aged 12, Sara Ann 11, Ruth L. 10, William E. 6, Alexander 5, Margaret Ann 3, and John D. 2.)

Infant daughter / of R. S. & S. Lavender / b. Jan. 4, 1853 / (no death date).

James Harvey Fulton / b. May 12, 1829 / d. Mar. 31, 1853.

(NOTE: His death notice from the Sumter County Journal:
“ Died James Harvey Fulton 28 March 1853 aged 23 years. He settled here February last.”)

Franklin W. / son of W. T. & E. K. Fulton / b. May 28, 1850 / d. June 27, 1851.

Infant son of “ “ “ / d. Aug. 14, 1847.

Mary Elizabeth Fulton / daughter of / Wm. F. & Mary M. Fulton / d. Sept. 24, 1846 / aged 14 months.

Mary M. / wife of Wm. F. Fulton / d. Mar. 24, 1846 / aged 31 years, 3 months & 25 days.

Elizabeth Dial Fulton / Sept. 14, 1809 / Sept. 26, 1842.

James Henry / infant son of / Wm. E. & E. K. Fulton / d. July 15, 1854 / aged 1 year & 12 days.

Elizabeth K. / wife of / Wm. F. Fulton / d. Jan. 2, 1855 / aged 37 years, 1 month & 23 days.

William Frierson Fulton / b. Aug. 25, 1805 / near Franklin, Tenn. / d. Oct. 3, 1886 / at Gainesville.

(NOTE: His parents were Paul & Martha (Armstrong) Fulton. Martha’s parents were James & Agnes (Frierson) Armstrong who married circa 1804.

Wm. F. Fulton married (1st) a Mrs. Meek; (2nd) to Mary M. (see above). He married Elizabeth Dial, daughter of David Montgomery Dial & wife Jennett Spence Dial. Children by this third marriage were: James Harvey. David Graham, Edwin Kerr, Samuel Paul, William Frierson, Mary Jennett, Martha Agnes, and Julia Emaline.

James Harvey Fulton / Jan. 22, 1860 / Nov. 18, 1860.

Nena Montgomery Fulton / May 20, 1949 / Mar. 8, 1899.

Edwin Kerr Fulton / Jan. 30, 1839 / Sept. 30, 1904.

Mrs. Mary Ann Burwell / d. July (broken?), 1845(?) / aged 35 years.

A. McRobertson / d. Oct. 26, 1853 / aged 12 years.

Rev. Robert Hadden / d. Jan. 5, 1852 / d. 29th year / & 4th year of his ministry.

(NOTE: Rev. Robt. Wilson Hadden was married to Louisa J. Bingham on Dec. 10, 1850. They had one child to survive him, Robert, as named in the settlement of his estate. May Term Court 1859.)

Rev. Isaac Hadden / b. in Abbeville District, S.C. / Aug. 15, 1799 / d. in this vicinity / Aug. 27, 1849. / He was the first minister of the / Presbyterian Church / to preach in our State .....spent 30 years preaching....

(NOTE: He was the son of a Revolutionary soldier William Hadden and wife Elizabeth DeFour Hadden. William died before his son came to Sumter County, and the mother sometime between Aug. 27, 1847, when she signed her will, and Oct. 6, 1846 when it was recorded. Her gravestone has not yet been found in Sumter County. The following were named in her will: Lewis Hadden; Jane Brewer, wife of Robert W. Brewer; Lucinda Grey, wife of Washington Grey; Isaac Hadden; William Hadden; Mary Ann Smith, wife of Ebenezer Smith of Indiana; and grandchildren Emeline Wammel, and Martha L Gasten.

Laura Ann Hadden, dau. Of Rev. Isaac Hadden, married Armstrong Kerr on Feb. 1, 1843. Another dau. Martha Jane married Samuel J. Bigham on April 12, 1843. The above Rev. Robt. Wilson Hadden was a son.)

Martha B. / relict of Rev. Isaac Hadden / b. Oct. 17, 1792 / d. Sept. 5, 1849.

Horace Harmon Kerr / Oct. 18, 1870 / July 15, 1943.

John L. Kerr 1863-1937.

(NOTE: John L. Kerr married Miss Mattie Moreland and had two children, Jimmie Bell and Arthur. He was the son of Telemachus and Frances Elizabeth Kerr.

Horace H. Kerr was a brother of the above. He married Sara Amelia Boyd, dau. Of Robert J. & Susan (Davis) Boyd.)

Frances Elizabeth Kerr / Jan. 29, 1839 / Feb. 22, 1926.

Telemachus Kerr / 1832-1911.

(NOTE: Telemachus Kerr was the son of William & Sara Kerr.)

Ellvinee F. Kerr / May 10, 1880 / May 9, 1906.

James T. Daniel / Ala. / Pvt. Co. B. 56 Regt. Ala. Vol. /C.S.A. /1824-1875.

Laura Kerr / daughter of / William & Sarah Kerr / d. Oct. 5, 1851 / aged 3 years, 1 month, 16 days.

James D. Kerr / b. Jan. 12, 1841 / d. Oct. 19, 1876.
(NOTE: He was a son of William and Sarah Kerr.)

William Kerr / b. June 6, 1803 / d. Dec. 15, 1886 / Father.

Sarah D. Kerr . b. Mar. 4, 1815 / married Jan. 26, 1832 / d. Apr. 10, 1886 / Mother.

(NOTE: above two on same stone.

Wm. Kerr was born near Philadelphia, Pa. and came to Ala. Via Campbellsville, Ky. He settled near Eutaw, Greene Co. He died from a kick from a mule.)

Sarah D. Kerr was the dau. of David Montgomery Dial and his wife Jennett. Her grandfather was John Dial, a Revolutionary soldier in S.C. Her great-grandfather was Jeremiah Dial, also a patriot of the Revolution.)

W. W. Kerr / 1852-1927.

Martha Lela / infant daughter of / Enos & Mary A. Tartt / b. Sept. 26, 1856 / d. Feb. 23, 1857.

Armsted Burt / the third child of / Edwin & Eugenia Parker / b. Nov. 22, 1851 / d. July 3, 1852.

Mary Elizabeth Williams / daughter of / James & Sinthy Kerr / b. Mar. 25, 1834 / d. Feb. 18, 1852.

George Taylor / son of “ “ / b. Feb. 12, 1846 / d. Jan. 31, 1852.

Slater Dozier / d. Aug. 1876.

Mrs. Mollie E. Dozier / fell asleep Aug. 1876 / our little sister.

Col. L. V. Underwood / d. Sept. 1874 / Father.

Mrs. Emma Underwood / d. Jan. 1880 / Mother.

(NOTE: above two on same stone.

Deed Book G, page 178, shows transfer of Negro girl to Martha W. Underwood, wife of L. V. Underwood, and daughter of F. G. Thomas Jr., Jacob S. Horn, Security.)

Adelaide Randolph / daughter of L. V. & E. Underwood / d. Sept. 10, 1859 / aged 11 days.

Infant son of “ “ / d. June 16, 1862.

Infant son of / J. D. & A. L. Harisell / d. May 10, 1871.

William Riley / d. Apr. 8, 1871 / aged 28 years.

Willie J. / son of / W. & S. J. Riley / b. Dec. 14, 1871 / d. June 23, 1877.

Bettie L. / wife of / T. W. Myers / b. Mar. 3, 1846 / d. (date?)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SOME OF THOSE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY:

William Turnbull Burwel was the son of Benj. P. & Margaret (Moore) Burwell. His father , Benj. P., married (1st) Mary Ann Frierson in 1847, who is buried in this cemetery but the stone is gone. (2nd) Margaret Moore, dau. Of Thomas & Elizabeth Moore, both of which are buried in this cemetery.

W. Y. married Margaret Ramsay, dau. Of Joseph Reid Ramsay and wife Sara (Wrenn) Ramsay. Issue by this marriage :

1. Mary Elizabeth who married John William Ormomd. (buried Old Side Cemetery).

2. Sallie Ramsay Burwell who married Evan Ormond. (both buried in Livingston).

3. Margaret Burwell who married Dr. William James Wrenn, son of Josiah & Nannie (Cockrell) Wrenn.

Wm. T. Burwell married 2nd to Lillie Campbell, and had one child by this union, Willie Evelyn who married J. D. Brandenburg of St. Matthews, S.C.

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James Townsend Daniel was the son of Joseph Daniel. James married 1st to Alerena or Alice Bell.

Joseph Daniel and his 1st wife (name unknown) were the parents of James T.
Joseph married (2nd) to Mrs. Helen York on Apr. 12, 1846. He died in or around 1847 leaving children as follows:

1. James T. Daniel.

2. Patience Amanda Daniel (b. 1820) who married James H. Bell, a cousin of Alice or Alerena Bell.

3. Monroe Daniel.

4. Martha Daniel who married a Mr. Buffington.

Minor heirs of Joseph Daniel were William, Robert, Redman, David, and Wiley. James H. Bell was admr. & guardian of these children.

Joseph Daniel’s parents were Rufus & Rebecca (Turner) Daniel, who were married in 1809. His grandparents were Matthew Turner & wife Patience (Dickinson) Turner (she was b. Nov. 18, 1779; married 1801; dau. Of Keziah

(Simms) and Shadrack Dickinson, who were married in 1771. Shadrack Dickinson, son of Daniel Dickinson of Wayne Co., N.C. died in 1819 where his will was recoded in Goldsboro, N.C.

James Townsend Daniel enlisted in the Confederate Army at Cooksville, Mississippi.
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Dr. John A. McConnell practiced medicine in the Betel Community. After his death, his widow, the former Martha McCorcle, removed to S.C., but her sons returned to Sumter County.

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Josiah Wrenn was the brother of James, Henry, and Elias H. Wrenn who were said to have removed to Alabama from Buncome County, N.C. He lived on the north banks of Bodka Creek near the McRaes and Watsons. He married Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Patton, nee Blacksher of Belmont, the widow of Wayne Patton. She is buried at Brewersville.

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James Wrenn was the brother of the above. He married Eliza Philips McDow. Issue:
1. George M. Wrenn who married Samantha Yarbrough.
2. Elias N. Wrenn.
3. Margaret J. Wrenn.
4. Arthur M Wrenn.
5. Mary E. Wrenn.
6. William James Wrenn.

CHRISTIAN VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

BREWERSVILLE, SUMTER CO., ALABAMA

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

(This white, framed church is located on the highway from Livingston to Demopolis, not many miles from Coatopa. The church and burial ground is in use today and in good condition.)
Copied Dec. 21, 1964.

(A sign across the highway from the church states that it was founded in 1833.)

Dr. Wm. H. Coleman / b. Aug. 26, 1810 / d. Oct. 26, 1853 / Father.

Robert Coleman / b. Oct. 26, 1847 / d. Aug. 29, 1851 / Brother.

Allison Coleman / b. Aug. 15, 1852 / d. Oct. 10, 1854 / Brother.

Alice / daughter of W. F. & A. M. Turner / b. Mar. 16, 1857. / d. Sept. 28, 1857.

William / son of Wm. & Susan Lee / b. Oct. 1, 1825 / d. Mar. 19, 1850.

William Lee / b. July 12?, 1795 / d. June 14, 1842.

Susan / wife of “ / b. May 29, 1798 / d. Dec. 26, 1862.

Daniel W. / son of Wm. & Susan Lee / b. Aug. 21, 1834 / d. July 26, 1849.

Elizabeth Hellen / daughter of Jas. M. & Catharine R. Lee / b. Feb. 22, 1853 / d. May 19, 1855.

Catharine Rebecca / dau of “ “ “ / b. June 18, 1854 / d. Sept. 23, 1855.

William Ransom Boling / b. in Wilkes Co., Ga. / Nov. 27, 1799 / d. in Sumter Co., Ala. / Mar. 1, 1860.

A. C. McMillan / b. Apr. 4, 1854 / d. Nov, 15, 1911.

Drury McMillan / b. Jan. 11, 1796 / d. Sept. 23, 1860.

Elizabeth McMillan / b. Nov. 11, 1824 / d. Dec. 31, 1875.

Daniel McMillan / b. 1798 / d. Oct. 25, 1860.

Preston N. McMillan / b. Feb. 11, 1852 / d. July 20, 1869.

Anna B. McMillan / b. Mar. 9, 1859 / d. Aug. 16, 1867.

Mattie A. / dau of W. F. & A. M. Turner / b. July 4, 1864 / d. Mar. 31, 1868.

D. L. Turner / son of “ “ “ / b. Apr. 12, 1851 / d. Mar. 28, 1868.

Ann M. / wife of W. F. Turner / b. Dec. 31, 1827 / d. Mar. 8, 1896.

W. F. Turner / b. June 29, 1821 / d. Apr. 27, 1877. (Mason).

Isaac N. McMillan / b. Oct. 4, 1855 / d. Nov. 13, 1873.

Dr. B. B. Seale / Aug. 23, 1839 / Aug. 23, 1909.

Malinda F. McMillan / wife of Dr. B. B. Seale / b. Sept. 23, 1847 / d. Jan. 1, 1884.

Dora / wife of F. G. McMillan / b. Feb. 10, 1851 / d. June 28, 1883.

F. G. McMillan / b. Oct. 29, 1849 / d. June 26, 1894 / Husband.

Kate G. McMillan / wife of “ “ / b. Apr. 20, 1859 / d. May 28, 1937.

Isaac W. Horn / b. Jan. 25, 1825 / d. Sept. 22, 1913.

E. M. J. / wife of “ / b. May 8, 1842 / d. July 26, 1900.

Thomas A. / son of I. W. & E. M. J. Horn / b. Nov. 21, 1861 / d. Feb. 16, 1884.

Curtis Drury Horn / Apr. 16, 1859 / July 23, 1920.

Lizzie Lula Horn / July 10, 1866 / d. July 4, 1933.

John Lee Horn / Apr. 6, 1864 / Feb. 5, 1940.

Jas. M. Lee / b. Dec. 29, 1820 / d. Jan 22, 1881.

Catharine Rebecca / wife of “ / b. Feb. 7, 1830 / d. May 8, 1862.

John R. Lee / b. Jan. 14, 1831 / d. Dec. 6, 1867.

Belle Lee / wife of R. J. Murray / b. Jan. 11, 1857 / d. Nov. 3, 1880.

Mary Elizabeth / wife of Jno. R. Lee / b. Sept. 2, 1832 / d. Feb. 7, 1888.

Jas. H. McDonald / b. Feb. 8, 1832 / d. Mar. 14, 1867.

Belle McCarroll / b. Nov. 24, 1858 / d. Feb. 3, 1889.

A. L. Seale / b. Aug. 29, 1827 / d. Oct. 2, 1896.

Sophie Henson Larkin / Oct. 11, 1860 / Dec. 12, 1944.

William Robert Larkin / May 18, 1861 / Apr. 3, 1925.

Abram Larkin / Husband. (no dates).

Irene / wife of “ / b. Sept. 17, 1841 / d. Dec. 3, 1886 / Mother.
(above four graves surrounded by iron fence.)

Molly P. Williamson / 1849-1929.

James F. Williamson / 1822-1904.

Julia T. / wife of Rev. W. I. Powers / d. Dec. 20, 1886 / aged 34 yrs.

Samuel Cruse McCarty / d. in Monterey, Mexico / Mar. 6, 1883 / in 39th year.

Susandele McCarty / wife of “ / b. Aug. 27, 1854 / d. June 25, 1905.

Rebecca Wimberly / d. June 18, 1888.

Maggie T. / wife of W. R. Walston / b. Jan. 15, 1853 /d. July 26, 1889.

Dr. John W. Crocker / b. Feb. 20, 1830 / d. Mar. 23, 1885.

Jane T. / wife of “ / Jan. 3, 1833 / d. Aug. 26, 1896.

Ida John Corine Lee / dau of J. M. & Catharine R. Lee / Jan. 21, 1862 / May 4, 1948.

Bessie Bell Gulley / Dec. 21, 1882 (no death date.)

Herbert Vaughan / Mar. 27, 1878 / Dec. 7. 1953.
(above two on same stone.)

Ellen Bell Lee / wife of Woodson Slocum Gulley / Jan. 15, 1860 / Apr. 29, 1948.

Woodson Slocum Gulley / b. June 14, 1857 / d. Oct. 16, 1913.

Samuel H. Estill / Feb. 27, 1864 / Feb. 10, 1944.

Jno. S. Turner / b. Sept. 30, 1849 / d. Mar. 18, 1880.

Rev. John Robert Larkin / June 4, 1841 / May 20, 1926. (Mason).

Susan Aurelia Lee / wife of “ / 1850-1938.

William Larkin / Aug. 27, 1845 / Sept. 9, 1920.

Mary S. Elliott (Larkin) / Mar. 12, 1859 / Apr. 29, 1938.
(above two on same stone.)

Ezekiel Slocum Gulley / Col. Of 40th Ala. / Reg. C.S.A. /b. in Wayne Co., N.C. / Sept. 26, 1831 / d. in Sumter Co. Ala. / Sept. 17, 1896 / Our Father. (Mason).

Cemantha C. / wife of “ / b. Dec. 25, 1848 / d. Dec. 29, 1884.

J. W. Blakeney / b. June 21, 1847 / d. July 11,1910.

Roberta E. Blakeney / Sept. 16, 1850 / d. Dec. 21, 1925.

Elsworth Ezekiel Bolton / Sept. 27, 1863 / Feb. 2, 1952. per nolenclark@mindspring.com, surname is Bolton rather than Holton as originally shown.

Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Wrenn / b. Nov. 2, 1830 / d. June 20, 1902.

M. A. Grady / Aug. 6, 1849 / Mar. 22, 1925.

W. W. Garland / Apr. 1, 1853 / June 29, 1931 / Father.

Narcissus Jane / wife of W. W. Garland / Oct. 9, 1853 / May 22, 1945.

S. A. Wimberly / b. Aug. 16, 1849 / d. May 10, 1908.

Emma J. Wimberly / July 25, 1851 / Dec. 12, 1934 / Mother.

C. W. Torry / b. Mar. 31, 1828 / d. Aug. 1, 1895.

Laura C. Scales / Dec. 29, 1849 / Mar. 17, 1936.

Harden L. Scales / May 13, 1859 / May 1, 1918.

Thomas A. Scales / Aug. 12, 1827 / Feb. 11, 1894.

Nancy Patton / wife of “ / Apr. 10, 1833 / Apr. 7, 1918.

Joseph W. McCarty / Sept. 10, 1865 / Sept. 3. 1927.

Dr. John McK. Henson / b. Feb. 8, 1830 / d. Mar. 7, 1894. (Mason).

Corrie Elizabeth Snowden / wife of “ / Oct. 3, 1837 / Jan. 18, 1898.

M. H. Martin / July 3, 1846 / Apr. 1, 1919 / Father.

Ann E. Martin / July 24, 1847 / Sept. 3, 1922 / Mother.

Joseph Graham / Ala. / Pvt., Co. K, 40 Regt. Ala. Inf. / Civil War / Nov. 25, 1840 / Feb. 16, 1919.

S. E. Speed / 1855-1942.

Dixie T. / wife of “ / 1862-1938.

Sarah Ella Gibson / Apr. 4, 2848 / Aug. 21, 1901.

Abbie / wife of William Gibson / b. Apr. 23, 1811 / d. Nov. 6, 1884.

William Gibson / b. Dec. 10, 1801 / d. Apr. 13, 1871.

George Morris / d. Oct. 6, 1876 / aged 75 years.

Harriet Morris / d. Aug. 3. 1896 / aged 78 years.

Penelope V. / dau of J. M. & E. A. Matthews / b. Dec. 13, 1864 / d. Aug. 30, 1882.

G. H. Gatewood / b. Apr. 4, 1859 / d. Nov. 4, 1926.

Irene Torry Matthews . 1859-1936 / Sister.

John W. Henson / Mar. 3, 1863 / July 9, 1929.

Lyda P. Henson / Feb. 1863 / Mar. 1893.

Martha L. Cusack / mother of / S. P. Hand / b. May 16, 1802 / d. Nov. 27, 1876.

Mary H. Falconer / b. Apr. 27, 1811 / d. May 5, 1877.

Sallie J. / b. Oct. 24, 1856 / d. Sept. 13. 1858.

Carrie Vanderbilt / b. Oct. 20, 1871 / d. Oct. 6, 1875.

Wayne Thomas / b. May 3, 1858 / d. Oct. 26, 1860.

Children of S. P. & M. A. Hand (above three.)

P. M. Grady / May 4, 1851 / Dec. 24, 1912. (Woodman of the World.)

J. P. Rushing / July 4, 1859 / May 8, 1940.

Mamie E. / wife of W. R. Lee / b. Nov. 18, 1859 / d. Nov. 17, 1887.

Sallie M. / wife of Dr. D. S. Brockway / b. Jan. 3, 1862 / d. Sept. 25, 1887.

Samuel Patton Hand / Jan. 5, 1835 / Sept. 5, 1903.

Cora E. Hand / Our Daughter / b. Nov. 2, 1866 / d. May 10, 1888

Prof. O. C. Hand / b. July 21, 1864 / d. Aug. 9, 1897 / Our son.

Martha Ann / wife of Samuel Patton Hand / Nov. 19, 1839 / Oct. 29, 1914.

Eliza / wife of Joseph Patton / b. Mar. 19, 1802 /d. July 28, 1883.

Joseph Patton / b. Dec. 20, 1796 / d. Oct. 20, 1876.

Lida Patton Henson / b. Sept. 21, 1862 / d. Mar. 21, 1893.

Lewis Johnson / b. Feb. 2, 1807 / d. June 26, 1875.

Millie A. Beville / wife of J. B. Patton / b. Apr. 18, 1860 / d. May 17, 1877.

Ella L. / wife of J. B. Patton / b. Feb. 14, 1857 / d. Jan. 29, 1890.

Joseph H. Blacksher Patton / July 5, 1853 / Oct. 6, 1915.

Sarah L. Bolton / July 18, 1833 / Apr. 1, 1918.

John P. Rushing / Oct. 22, 1808 / June 7, 1892.

J. K. P. Rushing / Nov. 1, 1844 / Mar. 28, 1918 / Husband.

W. R. Rushing / b. Dec. 31, 1833 / d. July 5, 1890.

Mrs. W. R. Rushing / Oct. 1844 / Nov. 1926.

M. L. Grady / b. Feb. 12, 1835 / d. Feb. 19, 1904.

Rebecca / wife of “ / Dec. 19, 1838 / June 26, 1914.

James Robert Grady / b. Nov. 15, 1862 / d. Oct. 6, 1894 / Husband.

L. A. / wife of “ / b. Jan. 13, 1869 / d. May 7, 1900.

Uriah E. Scales / Sept. 1861 / Feb. 1912.

Joseph P. Scales / Dec. 16, 1856 / June 9, 1897.

Corrie Henson Scales / July 7, 1869 / Jan. 1, 1944.

William A. Scales / 1865-1937.

Bettie Currie Thetford Seale / 1849-1924.

John W. Beville / Jan. 6, 1852 / Mar. 17, 1914.

DILLARD FAMILY CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

This cemetery is located north of old Ramsey Station, about a couple of miles, and near the banks of Bodka Creek. It is very hard to reach, and to do so one has to go through pastures. The roads are rough in dry weather and like goo in wet weather. It is hard to locate even if one knows about where it is.

Dr. Dillard was one of the first doctors of his section, along with Dr. B. A. Jones. He married a sister of W. O. and J. M. Winston.

Only three stones were found, and their inscriptions are as follows:

John J. Dillard / born in Amherst County, Va. / March 7, 1797 / died Oct. 10, 1850.

Eliza / daughter of Dr. J. J. Dillard and N. C. Dillard / born Oct. 31, 1829 / died Oct. 17, 1851 / aged 21 years. / Erected by her husband.

Watson W. Dillard / born June 22, 1843 / died Aug. 14, 1856.

JOHN EVANDER BROWN CEMETERY, “THE CEDARS”, SUMTERVILLE

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

This cemetery is located on the right side of the drive, leading from the old Sumterville-McCainville road, to the John E. Brown home, now occupied by his great granddaughter, Mrs. Burton G. (Julia Praytor) Killingsworth. This lovely old home, built in 1848, is known as “The Cedars”, as the drive was lined on either side by stately old cedars imported into the community from of Jones Bluff. A cyclone in the 1950’s uprooted all these trees and took the roof off the house, but did not destroy the lovely heirlooms which have been handed down in the family for generations.

John Evander Brown was the grandson of Rev. John Brown, a Revolutionary patriot, of Burlington, N.J. Rev. Brown was born Aug. 20, 1714, and died in South Carolina in 1801/02/ He had five daughters and two sons, Sam and Jesse. Sam Brown married (1st) Miss Newberry and they had 2 sons, John and William; he married (2nd) Miss Murphy and had a son, Jeremiah.

John Evander Brown’s father was John Brown, son of Rev. John Brown and his first wife. On Sept. 1, 1808, John Brown married Julia Ann Windham, and they became the parents of ten children (7 boys, 3 girls), of whom John Evander Brown was one.

The father of these ten children was drowned in Pike Co. Ala., after which John Evander Brown, along with his “kith and kin” came to Sumter Co. Some of his brothers settled near him, and his half-uncle, Jeremiah or Jere Brown, settled a couple of miles east of him.

John Evander and George Brown, brothers, married Mary Jane and Sara Godfrey, daughters of William Godfrey. John E. served his country in the State Legislature, and is said to have been instrumental in getting the name of his town changed from “Patton Hill” to “Sumterville”. He and Mary Jane had the following issue: Mrs. Julia Stewart, Mrs. (Dr.) R. M. Harris, Mrs. (Major) J. G. Harris, Mrs. Nettles, Mrs. Lurton (who married 2nd to Dr. Randall), and Mrs. Reynolds. Inscriptions in the cemetery are:

John Evander Brown / born Sept. 5, 1809 / died Mar. 17, 1868.

Mary Jane / wife of “ / born Jan. 12, 1816 / died Mar. 6, 1883.

(She was the daughter of Wm. Godfrey and Harriett Pegues (Powe) Godfrey. Before being married to Wm. Godfrey, Harriett had been married to a Mr. McRae.)

John E. Brown, Jr. / died Mar. 3, 1866 / aged 22 years, 8 mos.

Arthur Godfrey Brown / died Oct. 9, 1866 / aged 12 years, 10 months, 6 days.

Julia Brown / wife of Lt. Col. Stewart, C.S.A. / born Dec. 11, 1836 / died Mar. 1, 1928.

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(NOTE: She was the daughter of John E. Brown. Her husband, Col. Stewart, was killed accidentally by an explosion of shell from his own cannon during the Civil War. His brother Frederick Stewart had married Amelia Godfrey, sister of Mary Jane (Godfrey) Brown.)

Mary Jane Stewart / wife of Hugh Boyd Praytor / born Apr. 17, 1857 / died Mar. 17, 1929.
(NOTE: She was the daughter of Col. & Julia Stewart.)

Hugh Boyd Praytor / born Apr. 1. 1856 / died May 15, 1942.
(NOTE: He was the son of Middleton Praytor.)

Charles Stewart Praytor / born Nov. 5, 1883 / died Oct. 13, 1918.

Hugh E. / son of H. B. & M. S. Praytor / born July 25, 1899 / died July 16, 1890.
(NOTE: Here we have one of Mrs. Jenkins’ frequent mistakes.)

Two little graves marked “Infant” children of R. M. & E. D. Harris.

Ella F. / daughter of R. M. & E. D. Harris / died Feb. 19, 1864 / aged 2 years, 10 months.

(NOTE: The three above children were grand children of John E. & Mary Jane Brown/)

Charles Stewart Herring / born Mar. 18, 1887 / died Apr. 1, 1922.

Julia Ada Herring / born July 11, 1892 / died Oct. 16, 1918.

(NOTE: Above two were also grandchildren of John E. Browns.)

JONES FAMILY CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

This cemetery is located about 2 miles north of Emelle and west of Highway #17 about a mile. It is on an impassable plantation road except in very dry weather. It is almost impossible to find except by a guide. There is a high brick wall around it, in perfect condition.

After the deaths of Dr. Jones and his wife, and two of his sons dead, Philip Willingham had charge of this plantation with its 106 slaves. At the present Mr. R. H. Darrar, a relative, has it in charge. Inscriptions are as follows:

Dr. Benjamin A. Jones / born June 10, 1791 / died June 29, 1859.

Mary J. / wife of “ / born Aug. 27, 1798 / died June 20, 1858.

Addison Ward Jones / born Oct. 6, 1831 / died June 15, 1857.

Benjamin A. Jones, Jr. / born Sept. 11, 1838 / died Aug/ 29, 1852.

NICHOLAS LACY CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

This cemetery is located about a mile in front of the A. G. Boyd place on the Emelle-Livingston Road. The Lacy place is now owned by Jake Dial. The old cemetery is in a pasture. We had to walk about to get to it and even then could only find pieces of two stones which were partially covered with sod. There were signs of perhaps a dozen graves.

Nicholas Lacy / born Oct. 4, 1790 / died July 20, 1858.

Mary Lacy / born 1793 / died June 26, 1843.

(NOTE: 1850 Census Record, Family 344
Lacy, Nicholas 59 S.C.
Asta M. 26 Ala.
Carline 19 Ala.
Sara 17 Ala.
Darden, Feriby 24 Ala.
Bustiant, Benj. 10 Ala.
Jones, Frely 30 N.C.

(NOTE: Feriby Lacy married John Darden on May 9, 1843 in Sumter County, Ala.)

ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY

GAINESVILLE, ALABAMA
Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

(I copied this cemetery on November 14, 1964. 131 inscriptions. The old burial(ground) is about two miles out of town, surrounded by a nice fence, it is in very good condition.)

(The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a fraternal and benefit society which was first organized in Baltimore in 1819. The first chapter in Alabama was in Mobile, “Alabama Lodge No. 1”, founded in 1837.

Edward C Sanders / b. Jan. 7, 1825 / d. Apr. 15, 1870 (Mason).

John P. Flamme / 1835 / d. Mar. 29, 1900.

Freeda Mary Flamme / wife of “ / b. Oct. 10, 1839 / d. Mar. 6, 1916.

Little Eddie / son of S. A. & M. A. Gates / d. June 15, 1860 / 4 months & 3 days.

Susan D. / wife of James Williamson /b. Apr. 15, 1836 / d. Dec. 18, 1855.

J. W. Nelson / a native of Carterret Co., N.C. / b. Sept. 29, 1799 / d. Feb. 14, 1854.

Martha Augustus Mitchell / Apr. 19, 1844 / Mar. 13, 1934 / Mother.

Daniel Mitchell / b. Apr. 7, 1829 / d. Mar. 11, 1890 / Father.

Jemima / daughter of / Jemima & James Mitchell / Consort of / A. L. D. Moore / b. Nov. 24, 1826 / d. May 22, 1852.

James Mitchell / b. in Abvil. Dist. /S.C. 1787 / d. in Sumter Co., / Ala. Dec. 17, 1855 (Mason).

Donna Julia Long / b. July 8, 1851 / d. May 6, 1852.

Katie G. / daughter of C. & S. G. Cooke / d. Aug. 5, 1859 / Aged 17 months.

Turner R. / infant son of “ “ “ / d. Aug. 12, 1859 / aged 7 weeks.

Albert Henry / son of Dr. A. H. & L. A. Smith / b. Apr. 7, 1850 / d. June 27, 1867.

Louisa Ann / consort of / Dr. A. H. Smith / b. Jan. 6, 1823 / d. Nov. 4, 1852.

Virginia B. Williamson / d. Feb. 22, 1858.

Mattie Scott Gibbs / Dec. 7, 1855 / Nov. 15, 1938.

H. T. Gibbs / Oct. 26, 1848 / Apr. 7, 1921.

Robert Ellyson Harwood M.D. / Feb. 4, 1863 / Mar. 23, 1953.

Ruffin Gray Harwood / b. Aug. 20, 1861 / d. Oct. 6, 1886.

Mary Scott Gray / wife of S.B.M. Harwood / b. Aug. 28, 1835 / d. Nov. 30, 1897.

Samuel B. M. Harwood / b. Sept. 27, 1817 / d. Nov. 22, 1901 (Mason)

Reuben Anderson Meredith / May 29, 1817 / Aug. 29, 1878.

Ann Eliza / wife of R. A. Meredith / b. Jan. 19, 1820 / d. Apr. 29, 1869.

THE FOLLOWING ARE ENCLOSED WITHIN AN IRON FENCE:

Henry D. Long / b. in Russell Co., Va. / Oct. 6, 1837 / d. near Gainesville, Ala. / Nov. 30, 1912.

Amanda M. Childe / second wife of / wm. H. Childe / daughter of / G. B. Mobley / b. Oct. 22, 1828 / d. Jan. 17, 1910.

W. H. Childe / b. Dec. 23, 1826 / d. Oct. 25, 1907.

Mary H. / daughter of W. H. & Emma Childe / d. Oct. 11, 1877 / aged 19 years, 8 months, & 16 days.

Julia Jackson / second wife of / H. D Long / d. Sept. 21, 1893 /aged 55 years, 2 months, & 12 days.

Alice M. Eaton / wife of H. D. Long / d. Oct. 24, 1880 / aged 28 years, 2 days.

H. F. Eaton / d. May 2, 1859 / aged 45 years.

T. Eaton / Oct. 10, 1840 / aged 58 years. (1782).

(the above 8 graves enclosed by iron fence.)

Joshua Lucy Turrentine / b. at Gadsden, Ala. / Dec. 27, 1849 / d. at Gainesville, Ala. / Dec. 4, 1910.

Mary J. Rambo / b. Feb 4, 1855 / Jan. 1, 1857.

Jincy Rambo / b. June 21, 1789 / d. Sept. 27, 1852.

John William Lee / July 19, 1850 / Jan. 9, 1932.

Margaret Snow Lee / Mar. 16, 1866 / July 3, 1949.

(above two on same stone.)

Maria Esther / wife of Hamilton P. Snow / Apr. 10, 1832 / June 16, 1912 / Mother.

Hamilton Post Snow / Apr. 4, 1826 / Mar. 21, 1907.

Mary Russell / daughter of H. P. & M. E. Snow / d. Aug. 24,1870. / aged 1 year & 7 months.

Abel Hall / son of “ “ “ / d. Feb. 4, 1871 / aged 3 years & 7 mos.

Grace Amelia / daughter of “ “ “/ d. July 6, 1874 / aged 10 mos.

Mary Jane / and son / Louis / wife & son of Caleb Parker.

Arthur Theophilus / son of C. & A. A. Parker / d. July 6, 1856 / aged 1 year & 11 months.

Willie Atwater / son of H. P. & M. E. Snow / d. Sept. 21, 1859 / aged 2 years & 4 months.

Kate Amelia / daughter of “ “ “/ d. Aug. 12, 1862 / aged 5 mos.

Leveret / son of “ “ “ / d. Dec. 23, 1862 / aged 3 years & 1 mo.

Azubah Chapman Post / Mar. 4, 1809 / Apr. 9, 1852.

Acmon Post / Dec. 21, 1794 / Sept. 1871.

Lucy Chew / youngest daughter of / Edward & Malvina Ann Herndon / d. Aug. 24, 1843 / aged 7 years, 3 months & 8 days.

John Minor / infant son of / Dabney & Margaret Herndon / b. Mar. 7, 1851 / d. June 18, 1852.

Col. R. G. McMahon / d. May 8, 1880 / aged 66 years, 10 mos., 14 days.

E. R. C. McMahon / wife of “ / d. Oct. 2, 1883 / aged 73 yrs. 3 mos. 15 days.

(above two on same stone.)

Lucie C. / wife of R. B. Woodson / d. Sept. 8, 1898 / Erected by the / Woodmen Circle.

Reavis B. Woodson / b. July 14, 1844 / d. Mar. 17, 1896.

Martha A. Stuart /wife of Dr. R. F. Stuart / b. Sept. 21, 1821 / d. Mar. 10, 1863 / Mother.

Dr. R. F. Stuart / d. Dec. 26, 1866 / aged 50 yrs, 6 mos, 23 days.

Bettie / daughter of Dr. R. F & J. A. Stuart / aged 10 months.

THE FOLLOWING GRAVES ARE ENCLOSED WITHIN AN IRON FENCE:

John Scott Mooring / 1862 – 1932.

Henry M. Jackson, M.D. / d. July 21, 1853.

James Jackson / ... husband , father .... (no dates).

John B. Scott / b. Sept. 13, 1828 / d. Aug. 4, 1856.

Lizzie LeRoy / daughter of J. A. & M. A. Mooring / b. Sept. 9, 1856 / d. Dec. 26, 1859.

Martha A. / wife of J. A. Mooring / b. Mar. 27, 1831 / d. Dec. 4, 1867.

J. A. Mooring / b. in Edgecombe Co., N.C. / June 21, 1821 / d. July 14, 1874.

Lillian L. / b. Mar. 4, 1864. / d. July 4, 1864. / Effie H. / b. Mar. 4, 1864 / d. Aug. 5, 1865.
Children of Turner D. & Sallie H. Bell.

(above nine grave enclosed within iron fence.)

Kate / daughter of J. D. & R. F. Hill / b. Aug. 21, 1861 / d. Apr. 5. 1862.

Emma / daughter of “ “ “ / b. Aug. 4, 1855 / d. Apr. 2,. 1862.

Sallie Roberts / daughter of “ “ “ / d. July 23, 1857 / aged 7 months 4 days.

Mary Louise / daughter of J. L. & V. C. Hardin / d. Oct. 20, 1868 / aged 1 year, 2 months.

Hannah Wright Anderson / aged 65 years / d. July 23, 1860 / Mother. (1795)

A. W. McMahon / b. Jan. 24, 1817 / d. May 2, 1889.

Walter Elmer Crow / Mar. 24, 1862 / Nov. 20, 1937.

Harriet Harris Smith / 1838 – 1925 / Grandma.

Addie E. / wife of J. H. O’Neal / b. Feb. 26, 1858 / d. Oct. 20, 1902.

Reuben A. Parks / b. Dec. 7, 1853 / d. Feb. 3, 1870.

Sophie E. / wife of Henry Paash / d. Dec. 9, 1860 / aged 36 years, 6 months, 28 days.

Samuel A. Stewart / Dec. 24, 1856 / Nov. 10, 1933.

R. T. Bradshaw / b. Mar. 4, 1841 / (no death date.)

Robt. Bradshaw / b. Jan. 1, 1798 / aged 74 years.

Elizabeth R. Bradshaw / b. Feb. 16, 1811 / aged 74 years.

Thomas W. Bradshaw / b. Feb. 22, 1853 / (no death date.)

James Bradshaw / b. Sept. 3, 1835 / (no death date.)

(above five graves on same stone.)

William T, Nance / Alabama / Pvt. Co. A, 36 Regt. Ala. Inf. / C.S.A /Sept. 29, 1824 / Sept. 15, 1864.

Averrila / wife of Wm. T. Nance / b. Mar. 26, 1828 / d. Nov. 11, 1855.

James Walter Nance / b. Aug. 15, 1855 / d. May 10, 1858.

Sarah / wife of W. T. Nance / d. Oct. 4, 1855 / aged 29 years, 13 days.

Wm. H. / son of W. T. & Sarah Nance / d. June 31, 1851 / aged 2 years & 21 days.

James L. Hutchins / d. Apr. 6, 1872 / aged 78 years, 2 months & 9 days. (1794).

Sarah R. / wife of “ / b. Feb. 22, 1804 / d. Oct. 25, 1887.

Sarah R, / wife of James L. Hutchins / b. Feb. 22, 1804 / d. Oct 27, 1887.

Jere Chapman / son of J. C. & M. A. Brown / d. Sept. 20, 1865 / aged 3 years 10 months.

Mrs. Virena / wife of Hiram C. Ragsdale / b. Mar. 1812 / d. Nov. 19, 1891.

Winfield Scott / son of H. D. & Mary E. Gibbens? / b. Oct 2, 1852 / d. Oct. 3, 1853

Robt. L. Reavis / b. May 21, 1852 / d. Sept. 25, 1855.

M. W. Harris / wife of A. H. Harris / b. Jan. 20, 1813 / d. Jan. 16, 1852.

Mary E. Harris / b. Feb. 5, 1849 / d. July 26, 1849.

Edwin Percy Harris / b. Oct. 29, 1851 / d. June 8, 1852.

(above 3 on same stone.)

Augustin H. Harris / b. Nov. 20, 1808 / d. Feb. 3, 1864.

Lena Harris Williamson / granddaughter of A. H. Harris / b. (broken) 1868 / d. July 7, 1869.

Y. W. Harris / aged 54 years.

Charles Smithline / Aug. 15, 1861 / Apr. 3, 1944.

Frank P. Fields / Dec. 6, 1854 / June 18, 1948.

Janie / wife of John W. Bradshaw / b. July 23, 1843 / d. Sept. 12, 1893

Lula Bradshaw Rogers / Feb. 22, 1869 / Sept. 28, 1945 / A descendant of French Huguenots who / came to S.C. seeking religious freedom....

John Aduston Rogers / Sept. 1, 1861 / Sept. 22, 1936 / Planter – Lawmaker / Road Builder.

Nelson T. Dimick / d. may 22, 1868 / aged 34 years.

Clara L. Dimick / d. Nov. 1868 / aged 6 years 11 months.

George Hamilton Dimick / d. July 19, 1865 / aged 2 years 8 months.

Martha Hammond / wife of Rev. C. A. Stillman / b. in Milledgeville, Ga. / Oct. 15, 1816 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Aug. 8, 1863.

Sallie Dudley Stillman / d. Apr. 29, 1864 / aged 14 years, 6 mos.

Mary Stillman / b. Nov. 2, 1847 / at Eutaw, Ala. / d. Nov. 24, 1870 / at Tuskaloosa, Ala.

Carrie Fraser / daughter of / Rev. C. A. Stillman / b. in Eutaw, Ala. / Dec. 27, 1852 / d. at Tuskaloosa, Ala. / June 3, 1880.

Fannie R. Collins / wife of Rev. C. A. Stillman / b. July 14, 1838 / d. Jan. 7, 1868.

Frances Collins / daughter of Rev. C. A. & Fanny Stillman / b. May 31, 1867 / d. Nov. 13, 1872 / Tuskaloosa, Ala.

Abigail / daughter of John M. & Virginia Soule / d. July 18, 1851 / aged 1 year, 9 months & 6 days.

Little Fannie / daughter of “ “ “ / b. June 27, 1852 / d. July 10, 1853.

John M. Soule / b. Apr. 11, 1812 /d. Oct. 3, 1860.

Matilda H. / wife of Z. Tureman / d. Aug. 13, 1852 / Aged 40 years.

Thomas W. Beavers / b. Oct. 18, 1818 / d. June 22, 1851.

Isabella McTurk / d. Sept. 1862 / aged 24 years.

Gast / Pierre Du Gast / Sier De Months / Protestant / Viceroy of France to New France / 1603.

Joseph C. Avery / Engineer of the / M.G. & T. Rail Road Company / d. Mar. 22, 1862 / Aged 36 years / the President and Directors record / their testimony to his Ability, / Faithfulness and Integrity / in the discharge of all the Duties / of his position. / (beautiful carved locomotive on stone.)

Nancy A. Horn / b. Aug. 31, 1786 / d. Aug. 14, 1874.

Iredale H. Horn / b. Apr. 22, 1818 / d. July 5, 1886 / Husband.

Elizabeth A. Massey / wife of Iredell H. Horn / b. Feb. 1828 / d. Jan. 1897.

Richard Hughes Long / July 9, 1867 / Oct. 31, 1922 / Graduate of Southern University / Greensboro, Ala. 1877 / Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Examiner of / Chippewa Indians Lands 1893-1897, / U.S. Consul to Mexico 1895-1897, / County Representive 1919.

Sallie Rogers Long / Dec. 29, 1866 / Oct. 10, 1954.

“Muddie” / Annie Horn / wife of Thos. M. Long / 1846 - 1937.

Thomas M. Long / Confederate Soldier / b. in Russell Co. Va. /
Dec. 13, 1840 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / July 26, 1915.

Dr. C. H. Long / b. Jan. 6, 1870 / d. Feb. 7, 1904.

OLD GAINSVILLE CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

(Copied November 14, 1964. When I first arrived at this ancient cemetery on the morning of the 14th, the area was covered in fog and looked very much like a movie set for a horror picture. Gray mist seemed to swim around the tall, silent stones and black iron-fences.
The condition of this burial ground is extremely good, there are only a few broken stones. Below is a complete list of those buried there according to their tombstones, 198 citizens of the town plus 220 unknown Confederate soldiers. Sixteen of those listed were born before 1800, the oldest being 1770. The earliest date was that of Colonel Moses Lewis in 1836.)

Isaac Smith / d. June 19, 1838 / aged 47 years (1791).

Mary B. Christian / b. Mar. 14, 1806 / d. Mar. 19, 1842 / and her children / Thomas & Lucretia.

Little Mollie / daughter of / T. C. & E. C. Christian / b. Mar. 22, 1858 / d. May 8, 1859.

Turner C. Christian / d. Nov. 11, 1860 / aged 34 years, 3 months & 14 days.

Elizabeth C. Christian / b. May 30, 1831 / d. Nov. 10, 1887 / Mother.

Eliza Ann Steele / daughter of / William J. & Mary D. Steele / b. in Gainesville, Ala. / Aug. 4,
1849 / d. July 22, 1850.

Theophilus Steele / son of / “ “ “ / b. in Gainesville, Ala. / Aug. 24, 1846 / d. July 13, 1850.

William J. Vandegraaff / b. in Scott Co., Ky. / Mar. 31, 1802 / removed to Erie, / Green Co. Ala.
Nov. 1824 / where he resided til / 1836, when he removed / to Mobile &
resided / there till 1840, / at which time he / removed to Gainesville / Sumpter Co., Ala.,
where / he died May 10, 1842.

Juliette Ewing / wife of / William Jacob Van De Graaff / d Feb. 17, 1874 / in her 70th year.

Juliette E. / daughter of A. S. & Mary C. Van De Graaff / b. Dec. 2, 1857 / d. July 7, 1858.

Samuel B. / son of Wm. J. & Juliette Vandegraaf / b. in Sumpter Co., Ala. / Mar. 1, 1842 / d.
Feb. 13, 1843.

Agnetta / daughter of / “ “ “ / b. in the city of Mobile / Jan. 2, 1837 / d. in Gainseville, Sumpter
Co., Ala. / June 2, 1842.

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David S. Whitney / of Northhampton, Mass. / who died in this place / April 1, 1840 / aged 51
years. (1789)

Elizabeth J. / daughter of J. P. & R. M. Sanders / b. Jan. 26, 1827 / d. Aug. 29, 1840.

Thomas J. / son of “ “ “ / b. Jan. 7, 1829 / d. Nov. 27, 1841.

Rosey M. Sanders / b. Oct. 18, 1805 / d. Jan. 20, 1847.

Baker L. Roberts / 1839 – 1920.

Lucy C. Roberts / 1851 – 1931.

Alabama W. Watson / 1860 – 1935.

Hattie E. Watson / 1853 – 1933.

Boyd H. Wilson / d. Mar. 17, 1840 / aged ?9 years.

Henrietta / second wife of / Green B. Mobley / b. in Bradford, Vt. / d. Apr. 2, 1873 / aged 71
years, 2 months & 2 days.

Green B. Mobley / b. in Fairfield District, S. C. / d. Jan. 14, 1877 / aged 70 years, 5 months, 19
days.

Savilla / consort of / G. B. Mobley / d. Aug. 29, 1840 / aged 33 years, 9 months & 13 days.

Mary Mobley / wife of B. H. Foster / d. May 5, 1860 / aged 25 years, & 1 day.

N. B. Mobley / d. Mar. 15, 1869 / aged 34 years.

George Henning / Native of Newry, Ireland / and for many years a resident of / Mobile / b. 1803
/ d. in Gainesville / July 21, 1840.

Dora O. / wife of Y. W. Harris / b. Aug. 20, 1842 / d. Mar. 16, 1874.

Mary Ann / wife of George W. White / & daughter of John & Margaret Shawver / b. in Monroe
Co. Va. / Apr. 20, 1809 / d. July 21, 1842 / erected by J. B. Shawver.

John M. / son of George W. & Mary Ann White / b. Mar. 26, 1832 / d. July 23, 1842.

E. A. B. / wife of Eli O’Neal / b. in Wythe Co., Va. / d. in Gainesville / Jan. 6, 1882/ Aged 74
years.

Jno. Wootten Jones / b. in N. C. / drowned June 2, 1851 / aged 21 years, 10 months, 6 days.

Maj. Lyle B. Fawcett / Mar. 25, 1838 / aged 35 years.

Robert B. Fawcett / Sept. 22, 1842 / aged 4 years, 11 months, 13 days.

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Kate / daughter of R. G. & E. R. C. McMahon / Nov. 16, 1845 / aged 1 year, 5 months, & 26
days.
(above three on same stone.)

James Bliss / d. Apr. 17, 1891 / aged 74 years.

Minor C. Oswalt / Pioneer of Indian Territory / Confederate Soldier / d. Aug. 18, 1871.

Nancy Sanford Oswalt / d. Mar. 6, 1876.
(above two on same stone.)

Robt. M. Oswalt / Nov. 16, 1853 / Nov. 18, 1901.

Robert Eppes / d. Mar. 22, 1876 / aged 22 years / My Husband.

George Griffin / b. 1844 / d. Mar. 4, 1904 / Erected by sister, Matilda Byrd.

Rev. Dandridge G. Griffin / b. Oct. 1, 1860 / d. Oct. 24, 1901.

Jessie Byrd / b. 1844 / d. 1894 / My Husband.

Matilda Byrd. (no dates).

Rev. Edward Griffin / b. Dec. 25, 1811 / d. Aug. 3, 1886.

Anderson Griffin / b. 1847 / d. 1891.

Mary Griffin / wife of Edw. Griffin / b. 1817 / d. 1893.

B. Maria / wife of John Bennett / d. Jan. 24, 1862 / aged 33 year

Katey / daughter of J. & B. M. Bennett / d. Sept. 17, 1858 / aged 1 year, 11 months, 6 days.

Mary / daughter of “ “ “ / d. Sept. 17, 1857 / aged 2 years, 5 months, 22 days.

J. N. Dandridge / b. Aug. 7, 1856 / d. Apr. 17, 1914. (Woodman of the World).

Sarah I. / daughter of / Rev. J. C. & E. A. Inmon / b. Aug. 5, 1844 / d. Feb. 17, 1861.

(stone broken & missing) - Low / consort of John Low, Jr. / & daughter of Joseph & Rebecca
Jane Haden / d. Sept. 21, 1848 / aged 21 years & 2 months.

Annie P. / daughter of M. L. & N. P. Wells / d. July 10, 1878 / aged 4 years, 5 months.

M. P. Goodson / b. Jan. 23, 1831 / d. Oct. 26, 1888.

J. L. / son of J. & E. E. Watson / b. Apr. 22, 1866 / d. Aug. 30, 1892.

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Richard B. Long / b. in Russell Co., Va. / Jan. 2, 1807 / d. at Atlanta, Ga. / Sept. 24, 1864.

Precilla Dickinson Long / b. in Russell Co., Va. / Aug. 17, 1817 / d. at Gainesville / Oct. 31,
1912.
(above two on same stone.)

Henderson W. Long / b. Nov. 24, 1849 / d. May 30, 1879.

Nannie P. / wife of J. W. Patterson / b. July 26, 1844 / d. Dec. 18, 1919.

John William Patterson / 1847 – 1934.

J. E. Griffin / 1856 – 1934.

Ellen Ida Atkinson / b. Dec. 26, 1873 / d. Apr. 14, 1964.

Hugh Thomas Atkinson / b. Dec. 20, 1874 / d. May 28, 1945.

Walter Lewis Smith / Aug. 16, 1867 / July 12 1920.

Mary Barret Jackson / wife of Walter L Smith / Oct. 24, 1867 / Sept. 28, 1947.

Thomas Marsden Jackson / Oct. 4, 1870 / Mar. 30, 1947.

Hon. Turner Reavis / b. in Wayne Co., N. C. / June 18, 1811 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / June 13,
1872.

Thomas Klugh Jackson / Dec. 12, 1828 / Aug. 5, 1902. / his wife /

Lucy Barret Reavis / Aug. 24, 1842 / July 13, 1876.
(above two on same stone)

Maria Louise Russell Goodloe / 1845 – 1925.

Mason French Goodloe / 1839 – 1917.
(above two on same stone.)

Dr. Eugene Clark Goodloe / b. Oct. 4, 1871 / d. Dec. 25, 1909.

W. A. Wright / b. Sept. 30, 1847 / d. Aug. 31, 1849.

Infant Daughter of / Sarah L. & Albert Embree / b. & d. Nov. 8, 1857.

Mary Elizabeth / daughter of “ “ “ / b. May 1, 1855 / d. Aug. 11, 1857.

Elizabeth Grizzell / daughter of Joel & Mary Doss / b. in Elbert Co., Ga. / May 15, 1806 / d. in
Gainesville, Ala. / July 24, 1850.

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Mrs. Eliza Jane / wife of A. H. Griffin / b. in Franklin Co. N. C. / May 4, 1817 / d. in
Gainesville, Ala. / June 5, 1851.

Dr. Isaac F. Pearson / b. Apr. 8, 1836 / d. at Gainesville, Ala. / Mar. 30, 1876.

Sarah Pearson / wife of “ “ / d. Dec. 8, 1863 / aged 29 years.

Emma Raymond Sholl / d. May 11, 1878 / aged 20 months.

Sallie Elyson / daughter of John & Mary E. L. Colgin / b. Jan. 24, 1853 / d. Apr. 1903.

Mary E. L. Neville / wife of John Colgin / b. Mar. 5, 1825 / d. Oct. 28, 1880.

Mary Ann / daughter of John & Mary E. L. Colgin / b. Oct. 18, 1857 / d. Dec. 24, 1881. /
My sister.

John W. Waller / his wife Lucy A. / Children / Leon P., Samuel, Lucy W., Corbin B. / Cary A.,
Logan, Mary B., Bettie B., / Arthur T. (no dates.)

Infant daughter of / R. & M. A. Hill / b. & d. Dec. 16, 1878.

Capt. Robert Hill / and wife / Elizabeth / d. 1846.

Phoebe Hill Manasco / d. 1847.
(above two on same stone.)

Betty S. Morris / wife of R. W. Morris & daughter of / Capt. R. O. & Mrs. E. S. Hill / b. in King
William Co., Va. / Feb. 6, 1825 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Aug. 25, 1846.

B. Walker / b. in King & Queen Co., Va. / Aug. 1789 / d. Jan. 14, 1844.

Col. Moses Lewis / d. Oct. 7, 1836 / aged 66 years, 6 months. (1770)

Sally Martin Lewis / wife of “ / b. in Alexandria, N. H. / July 21, 1770 / died in Gainesville,
Ala. / Jan. 10, 1852.

Eliza Webster Lewis / daughter of Moses & Sally Lewis / b. in Bristol, N. H. / Jan. 26, 1804 / d.
at Kemper Springs, Miss./ Oct. 1, 1843.

Mattie G. / daughter of Wm. M. & A. H. Lewis / d. Oct. 29, 1862 / aged 16 years, 5 months, 15
days.

Aurelia H. Axtell / wife of Wm. M. Lewis / b. Oct. 6, 1811 / d. July 15, 1865.

William M. Lewis / d. Feb. 13, 1881 / aged 83 years. (1798).
(above two on same stone.)

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Moses Boardman Lewis / son of Wm. M. & Aurellia H. Lewis / b. in Gainesville, Ala. / Apr. 6,1842 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Jan 15, 1844.

Mary Russell Lewis / daughter of “ “ “ / b. in Gainesville, Ala. / Sept. 30, 1848 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Aug. 16, 1850.

Laura Aurelia Lewis / daughter of “ “ “ / b. in Gainesville, Ala. / Apr. 6, 1844 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Apr. 16, 1845.
(above two on same stone.)

THE FOLLOWINGS ARE ENCLOSED WITHIN AN IRON FENCE:

Robert Washington Esq. / b. Nov. 13, 1829 / d. Sept. 29, 1857.

Jonathan Bliss / b. in Randolph, Vt. / July 15, 1799 / removed to Ala. / Jan. 8, 1836 / d. July 27, 1879.

Mary Kidder / wife of Jonathan Bliss / b. Mar. 6, 1809 / d. Apr. 12, 1857.

Lucretia Leverett / wife of Jonathan Bliss / b. Apr. 30, 1805 / d. Mar. 26, 1842.

Lucy M. Bliss / b. Apr. 21. 1819 / d. Apr. 27, 1843.

William L. Bliss / b. May 9, 1837 / d. Aug. 28, 1842.

Laura Bliss / b. Feb. 4, 1806 / d. June 9, 1844.

Bettie / daughter of Robert & Martha Washington / b. Feb. 18, 1856 / d. Apr. 29, 1857.

(above eight graves are enclosed within an iron fence.)

Geo. A. Clark / formerly / a resident of / Malone, N. Y. / d. July 18, 1841 / aged 23 years.

S. J. Tytler / b. in Newry Co. Armagh Ireland / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Apr. 29, 1867 /aged 85 years. (1782)

Margaret Tytller / wife of Wm. Alexander / d. Jan. 21, 1856 / aged 39 years / also /

Shadrick Minniece / son of Wm. & M. T. Alexander / d. Feb. 19, 1856 / aged 6 weeks.

James Tytler / son of “ “ “ / d. Oct. 29, 1853 / aged 7 months.
(above three on same stone)

Mary Jane / daughter of “ “ “ / d. July 1, 1858 / aged 3 months, 5 days.

Sarah M. Jeter / d. July 31, 1849/ aged 70 years (1779).

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THE FOLLOWING GRAVES ARE ENCLOSED WITHIN AN IRON FENCE:

Mary C. Anderson / b. in Athens, Ga. / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Feb. 27, 1904.

Maj. John C. Whitsitt / d. Sept. 14, 1860.

Martha B. / wife of “ / b. Dec. 9, 1811 / d. Feb. 24, 1846.

Laura Bliss / daughter of John C. & Martha B. Whitsitt / d. May 20, 1844 / aged 3 years 10 months.

Martha Lucretia / daughter of “ “ “ / d. May 12, 1844 / aged 1 year & 8 months.

W. J. Whitsitt / d. Apr. 23, 1901. (Mason).

John C. Whitsitt / son of J. C. & M. B. Whitsitt / d. May 18, 1845 / aged 5 months.

(above graves are within the same fence.)

Anne Alexander / relict of / Rev. William L. Turner / Fayetteville, N. C. / She was born in Lexington, Va. / In her youth she consecrated herself /... Aug. 28, 1843 / aged 57. (1786).

(the above stone is enclosed within the iron fence.)

THE FOLLOWING GRAVES ARE ENCLOSED WITHIN AN IRON FENCE:

Walter W. Russell / b. in N. H. / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / June 17, 1878 / aged 72 years.

David Moor Russell / husband of / Margaret McManus Russell / Apr. 19, 1836 / Aug. 5, 1918.

Mary Bliss / wife of David Moor Russell / b. Gainesville, Ala. / Oct. 8, 1839 / d. Feb. 17, 1910.

David M. Russell / b. July 8, 1795 / d. Sept. 21, 1863.

Mary Flint Russell / b. 1793 / in Mass. / d. 1876 / a resident of Gainesville / from 1836 to 1876.

(above five graves are within the same fence.)

J. T. Bryant / b. Oct. 19, 1812 / d. Nov. 10, 1859.

Mary Chamberlin / wife of Dr. A. Brackett / b. May 23, 1806 / d. Feb. 25, 1851.

Dr. Anson Brackett / b. at Wheelock, Vt. / Feb. 20, 1803 / d. at Gainesville, Ala. / Dec. 11, 1855.

Sallie Whitsitt Parham . 1856 – 1920.

(page 55)

Sarah S. J. Kemble / d. Mar. 21, 1847 / Her last words were, I am not afraid to trust in Him.

Olive Winston White / wife of Thomas V. White / Sept. 6, 1869 / Nov. 10, 1956.

Thomas Vernon White / husband of Olive W. White / May 11, 1868 / May 23, 1947.

Carl W. McMahon / 1851 – 1927. (Mason).

Robert Wiley Dunning / May 4, 1848 / Sept 26, 1916.

Sallie Ann Dunning / Aug. 7, 1845 / June 23, 1915.

Dr. John S. Barrett / b. in Richmond, Va. / June 18, 1782 / d. at Gainesville, Ala. / Nov. 14, 1856.

Ann B. / wife of “ / b. at Presqu Isle, King Williams Co. Va. / July 9, 1791 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Mar. 2, 1857.

Pattie Virginia / wife of Benjamin T. Barret / b. in Louisa Co., Va. / 1832 / d. in Mobile, Ala. / 1859.

Our Little Maud (Barret?) / b. Oct. 10, 1867 / d. Mar. 27, 1872.

Caroline M. Barret / b. July 15, 1821 / d. Oct. 27, 1872.

Mittie T. Reavis / wife of John V. Moore / b. Aug. 25, 1848 / d. Apr. 18, 1876.

Mary B. / second daughter of / Turner & Mary S. Reavis / b. at Kemper Springs, Miss. / June 22, 1846 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / May 4, 1847.

(above two graves enclosed with iron fence.)

Ida Lee / daughter of J. C. & F. J. Robertson / b. Sept. 29, 1860 / d. Jan. 13, 1865.

William Francis / infant son of / James G. & Maria E. Robertson / b. May 4, 1845 / d. May 3, 1846.

Virginia / infant daughter of “ “ “ / b. Oct. 14, 1843 / d. July 16, 1844.

Maria E. / wife of James G. Robertson / & daughter of W. H. & M. E. Dandridge / b. in Richmond Co., Va.. / July 15, 1824 / d. Feb. 5, 1855.

Caroline A. / wife of William Alexander, Jr. / & daughter of / J. D. & A. C. Cowand / b. in Montgomery, Ala. / June 25, 1852 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Sept. 3, 1873.

Robert / son of J. M. & I. S. Hartsfield / b. Aug. 13, 1866 / d. Sept. 14, 1872.

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Mrs. Fannie M. Ellis / b. June 24, 1859 / d. Jan. 9, 1926.

Gray Ellis / b. Dec. 29, 1845 / (no death date) / Member of Co.A., 36 Ala. Inf., C.S.A.

(above two on same stone.)

South West Jones / b. Mar. 20, 1856 / d. June 26, 1904.

Wm. H. Gill / b. June 24, 1825 / d. May 29, 1912.

Mrs. M. M. Gill / b. in Franklin Co., N. C. / Nov. 16, 1797 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Jan. 26, 1883.

Joseph H. Stanton / June 29, 1860 / Feb. 5, 1898.

E. N. King / 1836 – 1910. (Mason).

Bettie G. Little / wife of E. N. Kring / 1845 – 1921.

Ann Berlin / wife of T. W. Smith / b. in Warren Co. Va. / Aug. 2, 1832 / d. Jan. 21, 1904.

Thomas W. Smith / b. in Culpepper Co. Va. / Jan. 30, 1828 / d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Sept. 3, 1884.

Mary Smith / d. Oct. 22,1876 / aged 82 years. (1794).

Alice Smith / b. June 8, 1855 / d. Mar. 18, 1859. /

Charles C. smith / b. May 3, 1857 / d. Mar. 20, 1859 /

Children of T. W. & Ann M. Smith.

(above two on same stone.)

A. J. Guard / d. Dec. 6, 1900 / aged 85 years.

Mary A. / wife of “ / d. Nov. 1, 1904 / aged 84 years.

(above two on same stone.)

Thomas Jefferson Bickley / b. at Castlewood, Va. / May 5, 1862 / d. at Gainesville, Ala. / Sept. 4, 1914.

Margaret Alice Bickley / b. at Lebanon, Va. / Nov. 24, 1862 / d. at Tuscaloosa, Ala. / May 5, 1919.

(above two on same stone.)

Nancy Berton Gray / b. at Lebanon, Va. / Jan. 10, 1819 /
d. at Gainesville, Ala. / Feb. 10, 1904.

Miss P. Smith / b. 1830 / d. July 27, 1893.

M. C. & Ezekiel / children of / J. W. & M. V. Frost / who died / April 27, 1855.

(page 57)

N. S. Frost / b. Jan. 4, 1855 / Oct. 15, 1859.

Mattie H. Rogers / wife of Dr. J. B. Marshall / b. Dec. 3, 1853/ d. July 18, 1932.

John B. Lanford / b. Dec. 3, 1840 / d. Sept. 2, 1888. (Mason).

Maria Adeline Rogers / wife of John Bibb Lanford / b. Nov. 4, 1844 / d. June 14, 1932.

George R. Phelps / a native of Hill, N. H. / d. Dec. 14, 1844 / aged 27 years.

Georgianna Lee / daughter of William P. & S. L. Abrams / d. Dec. 4, 1847 / aged 2 years, 1 month & 10 days.

Melissa Ann Henderson / wife of O. E. Smith / b. Oct. 1, 1943 / d. Jan. 4, 1903.

Ottaway E. Smith / b. Mar. 9, 1832 / d. Jan. 4, 1900.

(above two on same stone.)

Henry Morse / d. April 1846 / aged about 47 years. (1799).

John J. McMahon / Feb. 1, 1846 / Apr. 4, 1913.
(Woodmen of the World)

Samuel J. Carrell / b. Dec. 16, 1858 / d. Oct. 12, 1914. (Woodmen of the World).

Robert Hibbler / 1845 – 1920.

Eliza Watkins Hibbler / 1844 – 1917.

(above two on same stone.)

Dr. James C. Parham / b. Nov. 11, 1847 / d. July 25, 1903.

Lena Winston Parham / Sept. 2, 1852 / Nov. 26, 1925.

Janie Overton Winston / wife of Wm. T. Mitchell / Jan. 29, 1967 / July 30, 1944.

William T. Mitchell / husband of Janie O. Mitchell /
Nov. 2, 1867 / Feb. 17, 1948.

Mary E. Bush / b. Mar. 8, 1847 / (no death date).

William H. Bush / b. Nov. 12, 1838 / d. Sept. 22, 1904.

(above two on same stone.)

Mary Ina / b. Jan. 24, 1858 / d. Nov. 8, 1874 /
A. A. & C. T. Morse.

Hugh Greenlee / Nov. 16, 1826 / Nov. 1, 1904. (Mason).

Mary Elizabeth Greenlee / Mar. 28, 1838 / Sept. 27, 1914.

(above two on same stone.)

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Emmett Calhoun Hutton / b. in Green Co. Ala. / May 4, 1850 /
d. in Gainesville, Ala. / July 2, 1888.

THE CONFEDERATE DEAD / ERECTED BY THE / LADIES MEMORIAL / ASSOCIATION / OF / GAINSVILLE, ALA. / APR. 26, 1878.

(Note: the above spelling of the word “Gainsville” is as it appeared on the monument.)

(There are 220 gravestones of unknown Confederate soldiers, plus the following known soldiers are buried there:)

C. K. Turner / of New Orleans / d. July 1, 1862 / aged 17 years.

Baker M. Lowe / d. June 7, 1862 / aged 27 years.

Jas. J. Crittenden / b. in Franklin Co., Ala. / & d. in Gainesville, Ala. / Aug. 24, 1862 / aged 32 years.

J. F. Droll / d. June 29, 1862 / aged 21 years.

Capt. Thos. C. Hoskins / was killed May 25, 1862 / by falling from a Rail / road car, near Gainesville / Junction, Miss. / aged about 26 years.

PARKER CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

This cemetery is located in the McCainville area, and is about a quarter of a mile from the south side of the Livingston-Emelle road in a pasture directly in front of the Frank Campbell home. The cows have knocked some of the stones down, some are broken and some leaning against trees some distance from the graves. Others are on the ground and half buried.

James Parker / b. Jan. 30, 1788 / d. Nov. 28, 1855.

Adaman W. Parker / daughter of James & Mary W. Parker / b. Sept. 20, 1838 / d. Sept. 30. 1847.

(NOTE: This was the granddaughter of Capt. James Parker.)

Osceola Parker . son of James Parker, Jr. & wife Mary Parker / died June 21, 1842 / aged 1 year.

Infant daughter of / Marcus and Sarah Hines Parker / died July 15, 1853.

Mary Parker / wife of Captain James Parker / died Dec. 25, 1841 / aged 86 years.

(NOTE: She was Mary Mitchell, great aunt of Dan Mitchell, who lives in his ancestral home between Emelle and Gainesville today.)

Mary W. Parker / wife of James Parker, Jr. / b. June 28, 1804 / d. Sept. 17, 1848.

Amaranth M. Parker / wife of H. W. Killem / & daughter of Mary W. Parker / died Oct. 10, 1851 / aged 29 years, 4 months, 28 days.

Ann Perry / wife of Josiah Perry / b. 1784 / d. June 28, 1840.

James P. Brown / son of Robert & Amazon Brown / d. June 7, 1852 / aged 16 months, 2 days.

Bell Floyd / infant daughter of McDuffie & Mattie Greene.

Pamelia Ann / daughter of Daniel & Stacy Green / died Apr.11. 1846 / aged 16 years.

Daniel Greene / native of Greenville District, S.C. / died Aug. 21, 1842 / aged 49 years, 7 months, 20 days.

(NOTE: The settlement of his estate shows heirs as follows:

James McCown and wife Elizabeth, James McMillan and wife Nancy, Robert B. Gunn and wife Frances, Radford M. Gunn and wife Stacy, Louise the daughter of Charlotte and Jerome McCown, David W. Fields and wife Louisa, Burwell H. Green, McDuffie Greene, Martha Greene, Melvira Greene, Susan Greene, James M. Greene and Ezekiel Greene, (Sumter Court Records).

The stone at the head of Captain James Parker’s grave is very fine and is said to have been imported from France. It was shipped to New York and then by coastal boat to Mobile. Then it was transferred to a river steamer to Jones’ Bluff on the Tombigbee River, where it was put on an ox cart and brought over a dirt road to this cemetery.

Socrates Parker, son of Capt. James Parker, married (1st) Sarah J. Brown, on Aug. 16, 1842, and (2nd) Elizabeth Lake, on June 29, 1848.

SHADY GROVE PROTESTANT METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

PANOLA, SUMTER COUNTY
Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records.

(this is not a complete list of the older graves.)

Henry T. Stanton / b. Apr. 4, 1797 / d. June 27, 1844.

Elizabeth Speight Stanton / b. 1802 / d. 1865.

William Little / b. Jan. 15, 1805 / d. Dec. 5, 1872.

Seth Little / b. Mar. 30, 1807 / d. July 22, 1865.

Nancy Speight Little / Oct. 12, 1812 / Apr. 14, 1845

Edwin Gray Speight / b. 1818 / d. July 15, 1863.

Dr. Wm. Gray Little / b. Dec. 19, 1828 / d. Jan. 21, 1893.

Lucy Little / b. Oct. 19, 1837 / d. Sept. 1, 1869.

Caroline Amanda Bell / wife of Bennett Bell / b. June 7, 1823 / d. June 23, 1877.

Edwin Seth Little / b. Aug. 12, 1837 / d. Oct. 8, 1863. (injured in Civil War, 36th Ala., Co. A, C.S.A.

Nannie Speight Little Oliver / d. Oct. 17, 1895 / aged 50 years, 6 months, 19 days.

Robert Perrin Oliver / b. Sept. 28, 1844 / d. Feb. 10, 1905.

Seth S. Little / b. Apr. 4, 1842 / d. Nov. 28, 1871.

Mary Elizabeth Rogers / b. 1843 / d. June 15, 1876.

Martha Blount Speight / wife of Robert Hibler / she died Oct. 18, 1867 / aged 21.

Eugenia Wilder Stanton / (1st wife of Seth Stanton).

Jane Manning Stanton / d. Oct. 5, 1859. (2nd wife of Seth Stanton).

Elvira Stanton / b. Dec. 15, 1835 / d. Mar. 12, 1926.

Eva Stepvonia Nash / d. 1919.

Warren Gray Stanton / b. Sept. 5, 1810 / d. 1886.

Rev. Wiley Jones Stanton / b. Dec. 30, 1774 / d. Oct. 15, 1843.

Elizabeth Dickinson Stanton / b. Apr. 16, 1773 / d. Feb. 15, 1847.

Mary Stanton Little / b. Dec. 9, 1794 / d. June 27, 1844. (married a Mr. Little; daughter of W. J. Stanton.)

Wm. Vines Stanton / b. Mar. 1, 1818 / d. Sept. 1, 1827.

Sara Somerville Stanton / b. 1821 / d. 1868.

Lillian Quarles Lee / b. 1854 / d. 1911.

Dr. John Andrew Lee / b. 1853 / d. 1914.

Patience Dickerson Turner / b. Nov. 18, 1779 / d. Feb. 1, 1851 / wife of Matthew Turner.

Sara / daughter of / Robert & Pricilla H. Reid / d. May 19, 1850. / aged 18 years, 7 months, 3 days.

Patience Amanda Bell / b. May 29, 1820 / wife of James H. Bell. (no death date.)

Margaret E. Little / b. July 9, 1831 / d. Aug. 6, 1846.

Tempie Little / daughter of Capt. Benjamin Little / wife of Frank Baker / 1858-1886.

H. D. Stanton / d. Apr. 5, 1856 / 46 years old.

H. L. Stanton / d. May 16, 1863 / 16 years old.

Henry G. Stanton / d. June 24, 1864 in Lafayette, Ga. during the Civil War.

Mary Little / daughter of W. J. & Elizabeth Stanton / d. Apr. 25, 1843 / in 49th year.

Wm. Seth Oliver / b. Sept. 29, 1866 / d. Oct. 12, 1912.

Minnie Windham / wife of C. M. Quarles / 1862-1902.

Clemmons Darden / b. in N.C. July 22, 1804 / d. Dec. 11, 1841 / aged 38 years.

James Edmonson / d. in Green Co., N.C. / May 18, 184? / aged 79 years / War of 1812 / This erected by a friend.

***
Notes by Mrs. T. G. Borden, Reform, Alabama:

Says Elizabeth Stanton made a will in Sumter County in 1843, she was the wife of Wiley Jones Stanton. James D. Stanton was her son.

The Stantons came first to Pickens County, Ala., in 1826, returned to N.C., and about 1830 came back to Sumter County, where this church was organized.

TRAVIS CEMETERY

Compiled by Dr. Stuart W. Harris in the late 1960s, Transcribed by Joan Hallford Hidle, SEP 2004, from his volume 12 of Southern Historical Records

The Travis Cemetery is located on the next plantation just west of the Parker place. It is a few steps from the house, which was a lovely old place in its day. It has not been occupied in years, so it is about gone. The graves are fenced off from the pasture which surrounds them.

Enoch Travis / b. July 9, 1797 / d. Mar. 20, 1841.

Harriett Travis / b. Dec. 25, 1819 / d. Aug. 23, 1843.

Ellen L. Travis / daughter of Enoch Travis / b. Dec. 25, 1839 / d. Mar. 3, 1843.

Wiley Coleman Travis / died 1916.

Elizabeth Coleman Travis / died Apr. 26, 1896.

Amos Travis (no dates).

(NOTE: He married a Miss Coleman and moved to Gainesville. After the Civil War, he and family removed to Los Angeles, California. They later returned to Ala. & purchased the place known as the present Travis place near McCainville.)

Enoch Travis had a daughter who married Ed Bell, who was killed in the Civil War. She then married Dr. Matthew Turner of Bladen Springs, who was the son of Benj. D. & Margaret Andrews Turner. Benjamin D. Turner was the brother of Rebecca Turner who married Rufus Daniel.)