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ACPA Cemetery ID No.: 51-000002 |
Date Created:.10/17/2003 Last Updated:.6/18/2006 |
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Stokes/Carter
Cemetery
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Montgomery County |
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Has Cemetery Been Adopted? |
Cemetery needs
Adoption |
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Cemetery Common Name:
| Stokes/Carter
Cemetery |
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Other alternate names
for this Cemetery:
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Land Plat Location
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Township
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Section Number: |
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GPS Location & Datum used: |
no data |
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Steet Address of
Cemetery: |
The submitter has
chosen to suppress the Street Address information from public
view for security purposes. (*see Contact Info
below)
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Nearest City, Town,
or Community: |
Montgomery |
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Driving
Directions: |
The submitter has chosen to
suppress the Driving Direction information from public view for
security purposes. (*see Contact Info below) |
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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. |
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Church
Affiliation: |
Unknown |
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Burial Survey: |
yes |
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Number of Burials: |
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Photographically Recorded: |
yes |
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URL Link to more photos
and/or information about this cemetery: |
http:// |
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Is this cemetery noted
in a Land Deed and/or a Physical Land Survey? |
The submitter has chosen to
suppress the Land Survey information from public view for
security purposes. (*see Contact Information
below)
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) |
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Condition
of Cemetery: |
Badly Neglected |
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Description of
Cemetery Condition: |
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Is Cemetery fenced
or walled? |
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Wall type and/or Condition: |
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Is Cemetery on Private
property? |
yes |
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Security
Premises Posting: |
no |
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Is
Entry Permission Required? |
yes |
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Official Caretaker, Committee or Adoption Group: |
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Registered w/Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance: |
yes |
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Registered w/ Alabama
Historic Commission: |
no |
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Listed w/Univ. of
Alabama Cemetery Map Project: |
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Registered Non-Profit Corporation for Perpetual
Care: |
no |
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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.
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Reference Sources: |
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Submitter
and/or Person(s) to Contact for Info Concerning this
Cemetery |
1st
Contact Person: |
Lorena
Joyce Nicoll ... |
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[email protected] |
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2nd
ContactPerson:
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email: |
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*NOTE
to ALL: In order to help protect our Alabama cemeteries some
submitters have chosen the option to suppress, from public view,
certain information pertaining to the location of the cemetery for
security purposes. Visitors wishing to learn more about location
information should email the "Contact Person(s)" named
above. |
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