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Edelen ================================================================================ November 2002 DeJarnette Family Cemetery #2 Autauga County, Alabama T 17, R 15, S 6 This cemetery is on County Road 165, not far from Highway 82. It is on a small hill about 100 yard from the road. It is bordered by a rock wall about hip high, made of lava rocks or some other kind of rock. It is an enclosure about 40 feet by 40 feet square. The land all around it has been "clear cut" it is assumed by the lumber company. The cemetery itself is in absolutely terrible condition, overgrown with vines, briars, saplings and young trees. Many small trees have been cut down and are across the cemetery. It is a mess. The few tombstones there were sort of piled in the center. There were a couple of huge base stones, about three foot square and about a foot and a half thick but the tops were missing. Some had been obelisks, shaped like the Washington Monument, but these were toppled over, broken off their bases and lying nearby. Two or three were at the far corners of the cemetery. This cemetery was once a magnificent cemetery with great, big magnificent marble stones and obelisks. Now, only one or two are partially standing. The tops were knocked off, perhaps by vandals or by trees cut down by the lumber company. I don't know what happened to the Robinson and DeJarnette families who would have taken care of the cemetery. If there was a way to restore this cemetery, it would be terrific. These are two of the early prominent families in Autauga and should be cared for. After pulling vines and briars out of the way and picking up limbs and young, fallen trees off, I managed to pick up and turn over some tombstones. I recorded what I could and returned the next day to continue my search. The second day it brought my camera and took pictures. Ann T. R. Wyatt's grave had by far the largest marker. On the front of the marker it says "Our Mother." On the back it has her name and dates. From this back side I pulled out vines and briars only to find that there is a big hole where you can see the arched brickwork of her vault under the huge stone. The whole is large enough for a person to crawl into, though I would not climb down into a grave. It appeared that the vault was open, but all you saw was dirt. Just before I left, I saw a big, squarish obelisk lying upside down, half buried. It was not far from Tod Robinson's grave. I got my little army shovel and dug down to free all the words to view. I rubbed dirt into the letters and found that this was the marker for Martha Robinson, Tod's wife. I had to practically stand on my head to read this marker because it was nearly upside down. Hopefully, in the near future, this cemetery can be restored. Carolyn Golowka, , has added family information. She is a 3rd great-granddaughter of Tod & Martha Robinson and Mumford & Francis Hannah Pickett DeJarnette. This information is enclosed by brackets [ ]. The information was taken from wills, family Bible records, census records, land records and other secondary sources such as DAR and books. [In 1934, Francis Kathleen Robinson, great-granddaughter of Tod & Martha Terry Robinson and Mumford & Frances Hannah Pickett Robinson, came to this cemetery. She called it the Robinson Cemetery and said it was near where Tod Robinson built his home in 1820. The name of this cemetery has also been said to be the Old Henderson Cemetery, though that does not really seem to apply. She recorded at least two of the markers she saw. These are noted below.] Information in parenthesis ( ) are comments about the stones' condition and how I found them. Markers I could read in this cemetery: 1. "SACRED To The Memory Of MARTHA, Wife of Tod Robinson Who Departed This Life 26th January, 1833 Aged 57 Years" (See above for information about this stone.) [Martha Ann Terry was the daughter of James & Nancy Ann Robards Terry. Martha was born on Oct 5, 1775. This stone was also seen by Francis Kathleen Robinson who wrote down the following in 1934 when she visited the cemetery: "Martha Ann Terry Wife of Tod Robinson She lived a life of usefulness and died in the full assurance of a happy immortality hereafter."] 2. Tod Robinson ("Tod" was spelled with only one "d") Born Dec. 25th, 1766 Died Feb. 8, 1838 (This stone was small and flat; I had to turn it over to read it.) [Tod Robinson was the son of Col. Cornelius and Elizabeth Pickett Robinson of Anson Co., NC. Along with his first cousin, William Raiford Pickett, he bought property in Alabama in 1817, eventually moving to Alabama by May 31, 1819 when he purchased property in what was then Montgomery County.] 3. ?????? MEMORY [In Loving Memory?] ???????? "...on Caldwell" [Robert Robinson Caldwell] ???????...Hannah P. (?). Caldwell [son of John & Hannah P. R. Caldwell] of North Carolina "He died August 25th 1821" "Aged 5 years, 9 months, and 1 day". "Though so young.. he was remarkable for his piety. an.....(rest missing) anxiety to secure the reward promis....." " all those that love and serve thee........." " (This was a huge flat one broken in three pieces, with some missing. I pulled the pieces up out of the leaves, dirt and briars and turned each piece over and cleaned each piece so I could read it. The top left corner is missing.) [Per family Bible Records, this is most likely Robert Robinson Caldwell, oldest son of John Caldwell and Hannah P(ickett) Robinson Caldwell of North Carolina. Robert was born on November 26, 1815. His brother, Tod Robinson Caldwell, eventually became Governor of North Carolina.] 4. (This is a small, two foot tall obelisk with writing on three sides) Side I: "Our darlings All such is the kingdom of Heaven" Side II: "Our baby" Infant Daughter of L. P. & W. C. Henderson Born July 27, 1864 Died July ??, 1864 Side III: "Our darling Caldwell" John Caldwell (Henderson) Infant son of L. P. & W. C. Henderson Born May 22nd, 1856 Died Nov. 27, 1862 [These would be the children of Lawson Pinckney & William Cornelia Caldwell Henderson. William Cornelia was the daughter of John & Hannah Pickett Robinson Caldwell, born on December 27, 1835 in North Carolina, died March 29, 1917 in Burke County, North Carolina. Lawson was born November 29, 1829 in North Carolina and died August 8, 1887 in Burke County, North Carolina. They likely married in that state. most likely married. Lawson and Willie - don't know why she was named William – were in Autauga Co., AL in the 1860 US Census with son John and daughter Martha.] (The next two markers that were side by side in one corner had huge bases about three or four foot square and about 2 feet thick or deep. The obelisk was missing off of one, and the other almost identical one was laying on its side. 5. "In memory of Mrs. Frances H. De Jarnette Relict of Mumford De Jarnette, Esq. Born August 26th, 1780 Died Nov. 27th, 1840 [This stone was also seen by Francis Kathleen Robinson in 1934. Beside the information still readable in 2002, Francis recorded the following: " Thou art gone but we will not deplore thee Since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide He gave thee, he took thee and he will restore thee And death has no sting since the Savior hath died."] 6. (The base stone next to it was almost identical to it but missing the top obelisk.) [Frances H. DeJarnette was Frances Hannah Pickett, widow of Mumford DeJarnette of Wadesboro, Anson Co., NC, only daughter of James Pickett and Martha Terry of Wadesboro, Anson Co., NC and sister of William Raiford Pickett. After Mumford's death in 1823, Frances came to Autauga County, Alabama where her brother was living and brought her family with her. These were sons John Pemberton DeJarnette, James Terry DeJarnette, and William Pickett DeJarnette, and her daughter, Martha Owen DeJarnette. All married in Autauga or Montgomery County. William eventually died in Lanterns Cross Roads, Fairfax Co, VA on June 30, 1861, probably a casualty of the Civil War. Martha married Cornelius Robinson and moved to Lowndes County to the south where they are buried in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery near Benton. John Pemberton DeJarnette is buried in the DeJarnette #1 Cemetery. James Terry is found in the 1850 and 1860 US Census records for Autauga, but where he is buried is unknown to me.] 7. (In the far corner was a huge seven foot marker that was about three feet in diameter with another big part almost as long as the base laying on the ground next to it. The part of the marker that was standing words in raised letters on the front and back sides of it.) Front side: "Our Mother" Back side: "M??ann (?). R. Wyatt [Mrs. Ann T. R. Wyatt] Born August (?), 1802 Died June 10th, 1849 [This is Ann Terry Robinson Wyatt, daughter of Tod and Martha Robinson and wife of William Wyatt. Ann was born August 11, 1801, from the Bible records, and died June 10, 1849 in Mobile, AL. She was transported back to Autauga for burial. Ann and William Wyatt married on August 15, 1820. Their children were William Robert Robinson Wyatt, Martha Ann Cornelia Wyatt, Tod Reginald R. Wyatt, Cora Ann Wyatt, and Robertson Wyatt. William Robert Robinson Wyatt married first Cornelia I McKenzie and had children Mary Rosebud and Maude Daisy Wyatt. William married second to Amelia. Martha Ann Cornelia Wyatt married E. Y. Fair and had children Marie Louise, Wyatt, Simeon and Lucile Margarite. Tod Reginald R. Wyatt married Sarah "Sally" Dudley, daughter of John Alston Dudley and Mary Robinson - sister of Tod Robinson - on Feb. 1, 1871. Tod Reginald R. died on Aug 18, 1871. Cora Ann Wyatt married Cornelius Byron Robinson, son of Gen. Cornelius and Martha Owen DeJarnette Robinson. General Robinson was a son of Tod & Martha Terry Robinson. Cora Ann and Cornelius Byron apparently had no children. Robertson Wyatt, the last child of Ann Terry Robinson and William Wyatt, married Eliza Virginia Boyd and they had William, Cora Adalaide, and J. Camintz Wyatt Wyatt.]