BYRD HILL CEMETERY, JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb File Manager - Lygia Dawkins Cutts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by Jane Nichols ren@HiWAAY.net MAR 1999 THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED AT THE OLD BYRD HILL HOMEPLACE IN SCOTTSBORO. THERE ARE MANY, MANY GRAVES THERE BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES WE COULD FIND HEADSTONES FOR. NAT HAMLIN SNODGRASS 4-7-1890 6-20-1918 W.E. SNODGRASS 9-17-1852 8-27-1922 JOHN T. SNODGRASS 1857 1917 ANN SNODGRASS 12-16-1854 7-25-1904 ANNIE LOU, DAUG. OF 3-31-1898 12-29-1900 M.E. & TEXAS SNODGRASS FANNIE, DAUG. OF W.E. & 6-20-1891 5-16-1899 TEXAS SNODGRASS LOUISA V. SNODGRASS 10-7-1825 10-23-1881 JOHN SNODGRASS 5-22-1809 4-7-1880 BUCHANNAN ROUNTREE 11-16-1856 8-18-1861 INF. DAUG. OF C.B. & 12-18-1850 12-27-1850 E.F. ROUNTREE MARY BYRD 2-25-1796 5-26-1857 NATHANIEL BYRD 1786 7-24-1840 JANIE, WIFE OF J.? SNODGRASS 1-1855 12-6-1855 THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF OTHER HEADSTONES THAT HAD BEEN THERE AND I WAS TOLD THERE WERE MANY SLAVES BURIED THERE. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER GRAVES THERE. THIS IS A VERY OLD CEMETERY AND IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF AND IN VERY BAD SHAPE. TRANSCRIBED BY RANDY AND JANE NICHOLS SEPTEMBER 1998.