Clay County Al. AlArchives Cemeteries - Alders Springs Baptist Church Cemetery and School
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Linda S. Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674  April 2003 Updated Dec-2011

Alders Springs Baptist Church and School

Alders Springs was built in approximately 1860 on two acres of land donated by Uriah Sprayberry.  He was possibly the first minister.  
Both John Nathaniel Moore and Elijah Monroe Moore were preachers at the same time.

A storm destroyed the church/school in the late 1880's early 1900's. 

Information in brackets [] added by Linda S. Ayres

Marked Graves: 

Moore, Ideon                         25 Feb 1817     01 Jul 1891     
Moore, Frances Reeves                Mar 1817        Aug 1884   [D/o Thompson Reeves & Cinderella Robinson]

Possibly as many as 35 unmarked graves

UNMARKED GRAVES FROM FAMILY HISTORIES:

Luker, Eliza Klaunch                 30 May 1827     30 Jun 1892    
[Wife of Benjamin Luker buried Rock Springs Clay County]
Moore, Sarah Catherine Luker         1855     28 Jun 1892     [Daughter of Benjamin and Eliza Luker wife of Elijah Moore]
Luker, Infant daughter of Charles Luker and Sarah Garrett
Glass, Infant of Polk Glass and Palestine Sprayberry
Nichols, Thomas J.                   1814-after 1870
[Thomas Nichols enlisted as a private in Orr's Randolph County Reserves CSA]
Nichols, Lavina Owens                1811-after 1870
Sprayberry, John Wesley              1830-1885

Possible Unmarked Graves:

Luker, William                          Mar 30, 1784     Aug 14, 1878 [War of 1812]
Luker, Catherine Crook                  Dec 3, 1785-Before 1880 
Luker, Valentine                        1830-Before 1880 
Luker, Martha                           1822-Before 1880
Luker, Elijah Samuel                    Apr 21, 1847    Aug 16, 1855 [S/o Charles Luker & Martha Shores] 
Reaves, Thompson                        1799-1877 
Reaves, Cinderella Robinson             1800-1885 
Sprayberry, Jeptha                      1829-1865-70  [Sent home sick during the Civil War]
Sprayberry, Uriah                       1800-After 1860
Sprayberry, Ellender                    1805-After 1880