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ACPA Cemetery ID No.: 51-000002

Date Created:.10/17/2003
Last Updated:.6/18/2006


Stokes/Carter Cemetery

Montgomery County
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Cemetery
Common Name:
Stokes/Carter Cemetery
Other alternate
names for this
Cemetery:
Land Plat
Location
Township and Range:
Section Number:
GPS Location &
Datum used:
no data
Steet Address
of Cemetery:


The submitter has chosen to suppress the Street Address
information from public view for security purposes.
(*see Contact Info below)

Nearest City,
Town, or
Community:
Montgomery
Driving Directions:

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Brief Cemetery
History:
Known by some as the Carter-Stokes Cemetery but indicated on the Montgomery County map as "Stokes Cemetery," it dates back to before the Civil War but has been abandoned and neglected for nearly half a century. It is located off the Mobile Highway (US 31) on McLean Road. Pine trees on a knoll next to a large cattle pond on the William S. Newell property obscures this cemetery from view. The first owner of the property was probably Benjamin Lewis born 1772 from South Carolina who purchased it from the state in 1822. Thomas Randolph Carter (1820-1892) later purchased the property and subsequently sold it in 1859 to Mathew C. Stokes. This land sale consisted of 179 acres with "one acre to be reserved for burying purposes." Years later the cemetery property was sold to the McLean - Stewart families then to the Farm Bureau and is now owned by the Newell Construction Company. Originally, mostly Carter and Bozeman families used the cemetery. The oldest person found by year of birth with a stone is that of Jesse Bozeman born 28 January 1793. His gravestone has been broken by a tree, as are many others stones and some dates are obliterated or nearly obliterated. He was the father-in-law of Thomas R. Carter who is buried there. There are many sunken places indicating burials probably without gravestones. The tallest monument and oldest not yet toppled is to the sacred memory of John W., son of Thomas R. and Lacy J. Carter, October 18, 1848 who died at age four years, three months and eight days. The few later year burials seem to be around the base of the knoll and probably ceased around 1969 with the burial of Herbert York, 1 November 1969 a World II veteran.
Church Affiliation:
Unknown
Burial Survey:
yes
Number of Burials:
Photographically
Recorded:
yes
URL Link to more
photos and/or
information about
this cemetery:
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Is this cemetery
noted in a Land
Deed and/or a
Physical Land Survey?

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Note: If YES, please refer to "Reference Sources", below,
for any source location and descriptions of the Land Plat
details and/or physical land survey. (Subject to Submitter input)
Condition of
Cemetery:
Badly Neglected
Description
of Cemetery
Condition:
Is Cemetery
fenced or
walled?
 
Describe Fence
or Wall type
and/or
Condition:
 
Is Cemetery on
Private property?
yes
Security Premises
Posting:
no
Is Entry
Permission
Required?
yes
Official
Caretaker,
Committee or
Adoption Group:
Registered
w/Alabama
Cemetery
Preservation
Alliance:
yes
Registered w/
Alabama Historic
Commission:
no
Listed w/Univ.
of Alabama
Cemetery
Map Project:
unknown
UA Map #.
Registered
Non-Profit
Corporation for
Perpetual Care:
no
Other Interesting
Data:
There is no record of any attempt over the years to preserve this cemetery. A grandson of the Carter's, John Butler Calloway (1874-1958) is said to have kept up the cemetery as long as he was able. A simple fence to keep the cattle out would have helped preserve the graves. Now the years, with no one to care have taken its toll. This beautiful site rising from flatlands to a pine knoll, with a pond lapping along its edges needs care. This historical cemetery needs restoration and preservation to make it a place of reverence honoring past generations. Descendants and all those interested in the preservation of their proud heritage are asked to help. (Copied from the Montgomery County Heritage Book by permission of Clarence Bearden, Jr)After special permission from the Newell family the survey was undertaken. The cemetery located on a knoll of pine trees, it was completely over grown with brambles. Trees had fallen and it was hard to find the older graves that were covered with debris. It was obvious that burials of recent dates were on the edges of this cemetery which once was said to have been enclosed by an iron pickett fence.

The graves of the Thompson family near the top of the knoll were completely covered with dirt and fallen limbs. Only by prodding with a stick were those graves found. Eli Thompson is the great uncle of Joyce Nicoll who was looking for the grave of her great grandmother, Sarah Amanda Brewer Thompson. Family anecdotes place her grave there. The base of a marker &"Beloved in life, and mourned in Death, My Mother" can be seen under a large fallen tree and that grave may be underneath it.
Reference
Sources:
Submitter and/or Person(s) to Contact for Info Concerning this Cemetery
1st Contact
Person:
Lorena Joyce Nicoll ...
email:
[email protected]
2nd ContactPerson:
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email:


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