Montgomery Cemetery, Autauga, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/autauga/cemetery/montgomery.txt ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: David M. Edelen II ================================================================================ October 2002 MONTGOMERY CEMETERY AT "BUENA VISTA": First of all, "Buena Vista" is a large, beautiful, columned old Plantation home on County Rd. 4, about 2 miles or so from Highway 31. If you are coming from Montgomery on Highway 31, County Road 4 is the first one to the left after you cross the Alabama River. "Buena Vista" is now owned by Union Camp Corporation (Paper Mill) and is kept up by the Autauga Co. Historical Commission. It is a neat place and people go there and have parties and weddings, etc.. In front of the house on the road is a Historical Marker telling about how Captain William Montgomery came from North Carolina way back when and that was his home. In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historical Places/Homes. Behind the home is the old Montgomery Cemetery. I was disappointed in finding only four or five graves, only two or three of which were marked. A couple had concrete slabs but no tombstone and no writing. I could tell there were some unmarked graves around too. Anyway, this is what the marked ones said and how they were marked: they were lying in a row and I wrote them down left to right 1. "In memory of EURLINE (MONTGOMERY), daughter of John and Johnnie Montgomery BORN March 24, 1869 DIED July 23, 1878 Aged 9 years, 4 mos. and 19 days. 2. ANN C. MONTGOMERY, Wife of JAMES H. BOWEN Born June 2, 1840 Died Dec. 24, 1873 At rest 3. Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM P. HUIE; Who was born at Concord, Carraus (?), North Carolina. Born Nov. 10th, 1836 Died at Hayneville, Lowndes Co., Ala. Oct. 25th, 1839/89 Reader: Let the (?) (?) (?). Life is short and time is pending and our hearts (?) stout and brave. Still lifes (?) (?) are healing (? (?) marches in the years.