DODSON 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 July 1999 THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON CO. RD. 80 OFF OF CO. RD. 30 IN THE LIMROCK COMMUNITY. A LARGE MEMORIAL THAT READS: LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS BOYD SWITCH (? - 1882) NOW KNOWN AS LIM ROCK (1882 - PRESENT) IN JACKSON COUNTY (12-18-1819 - PRESENT) SITE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN GRAVE IN LIM ROCK, ALABAMA. WILLIAM DODSON 6-10-1793 5-11-1872 MARY DODSON 2-21-1792 10-7-1872 ERECTED MAY 1995 BY THE LIM ROCK - ASPEL COMMUNITY. GEORGE W., CONSOR OF 8-25-1808 3-24-1861 CAROLINE WILLIAMS MANERVA JANE, WIFE OF 4-8-1829 7-16-1849 E. COTTON MARGARET, WIFE OF SAMUEL 5-1792 7-3-1849 WILLIAMS SAMUEL, CONSORT OF 7-12-1788 2-4-1859 MARGARET WILLIAMS MRS. MARTHA J. HUNT & 4-8-1819 5-5-1883 WIFE OF MR. W.H. HUNT MAHALA E., DAU. OF JAMES 5-16-1837 P. AND MARTHA J. DOTSON (SP. DOTSON) 4 YEARS 5 MOS 26 DAYS LUCINDA, DAU. OF W. & 12-20-1826 8-5-1819 MARY DODSON WILLIAM DODSON 6-10-1793 5-11-1872 MARY, WIFE OF WILLIAM 2-21-1747 10-7-1872 DODSON THIS IS A VERY OLD CEMETERY WITH MANY, MANY UNMARKED GRAVES AND MANY MARKED ONLY WITH ROCKS. IT IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IS STILL KIND OF RUSTIC. TRANSCRIBED BY JANE & RANDY NICHOLS JULY 11, 1999.