KIRBY 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 – Carolyn Golowka ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by Jane Nichols, November 1999 THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED OFF HWY 79. ON BACKBONE RIDGE. TURN BESIDE TATE'S BAR- B-Q, GO PAST THE APTS, TURN RIGHT ON THE FIRST DIRT ROAD THAT HAS AN IRON GATE. A FEW FEET ON THE RIGHT IS THE PARKS/SUMNER CEMETERY THAT IS WELL KEPT BUT HARD TO SEE FROM THE ROAD. KEEP GOING AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO ON THE DIRT ROAD. THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO WALK THE REST OF THE WAY. THE CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT. UNTIL THEY STARTED LOGGING AND MAKING A DUMP SITE, THERE WAS NO ROAD TO GET TO THIS CEMETERY. THOMAS JUSTICE 3-18-1803 9-23-1840 SON OF JOHN JUSTICE 1ST WIFE NANCY CRAIG 2ND WIFE SARAH KIRBY SARAH KIRBY JUSTICE MARRIED JABEZ PERKINS AFTER THOMAS' DEATH. SHE IS BURIED IN ROLLINS CEM. IN MARSHALL CO. AL JAMES B. JUSTICE 9-3-1835 10-3-1854 FELECIA JUSTICE 2-18-1825 9-23-1840 JOHN PARKS KIRBY 11-15-1845 2-3-1904 SON OF RICHARD L. "LAWYER DICK" & ELIZA BROWN PARKS KIRBY ERNEST E. KIRBY 1-16-1882 11-20-1905 KILLED BY THE TRAIN SON OF JOHN PARKS & JANIE GULLATT KIRBY LEXIE B. KIRBY 8-1-1889 4-1-1896 DAU. OF JOHN PARKS & JANIE GULLATT KIRBY AGE 6 YEARS & 8 MONTHS RICHARD LAWRENCE KIRBY 1-18-1818 3-2-1885 "LAWYER DICK" SON OF JOSEPH L. & ELIZABETH FREEMAN KIRBY ELIZA BROWN PARKS KIRBY 9-9-1822 12-6-1884 WIFE OF RICHARD L. KIRBY DAU. OF JOHN & RUTH BROWN PARKS JOSEPH PORTER KIRBY 4-19-1849 8-19-1854 HE WAS A GOOD BOY SON OF RICHARD L. "LAWYER DICK" & ELIZA BROWN PARKS KIRBY CLINTON KIRBY 1791 4-17-1876 SON OF JOSEPH L. & ELIZABETH FREEMAN KIRBY MARIAH PAULINE TRICE KIRBY 11-7-1795 VA 2-23-1852 CONSORT OF CLINTON KIRBY DAU. OF JAMES & MARY SMITH TRICE MARIAH PAULINE B. KIRBY 4-23-1819 9-23-1849 DAU. OF CLINTON & MARIAH KIRBY, BORN IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX CO. AGED 30 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS ANGELINE MARINDA KIRBY 3-2-1813 10-15-1831 DAU. OF CLINTON & MARIAH KIRBY LETITIA GUFFEY KIRBY 1808 KY 1884 2ND WIFE OF CLINTON KIRBY MARRIED: 5-25-1853 ANDREW JACKSON KIRBY 1815 12-3-1895 SON OF JOSEPH L. & ELIZABETH FREEMAN KIRBY MARRIED: 4-20-1843 JANE GOSSETT KIRBY 1828 7-18-1905 DAU. OF WILLIAM & MARY POLLY KIRBY GOSSETT JOHN KIRBY 1769 VA 7-1-1831 SON OF RICHARD & SARAH JEAN SMALL KIRBY MARRIED: 6-13-1791 IN CHRISTIANBURG, MONTGOMERY CO., VA JANE ADDAIR KIRBY 1770 VA 2-10-1835 DAU. OF JAMES & ANNIS HARBISON KIRBY JOSHUA KIRBY 1796 NC 1-1858 SON OF JOSEPH L. & ELIZABETH FREEMAN KIRBY MARRIED: 1-17-1824 JANE SINGLETON KIRBY 4-14-1791 10-22-1842 DAU. OF JOHN & ELIZABETH PORTER SINGLETON JOHN SINGLETON KIRBY 3-12-1826 3-12-1888 SON OF JOSHUA & JANE SINGLETON KIRBY TOBE KIRBY NO DATES SON OF JOSHUA & JANE SINGLETON KIRBY ETTA J. KIRBY BURNUM 1875 1-29-1935 MARRIED TO SIDNEY J. BURNUM B: 1866 D: 1940 DAU. OF FRANCIS MARION KIRBY AND MARY ANNA RYAN KIRBY WILLIAM GOSSETT 1800 BEF. 1873 MARY KIRBY GOSSETT c1807 c1870 1ST WIFE OF WILLIAM GOSSETT DAU. OF RICHARD KIRBY, JR. & TEMPERANCE FREEMAN KIRBY 2ND WIFE OF WILLIAM GOSSETT WAS SARAH E. KIRBY, DAU. OF RICHARD KIRBY, JR. & MARY (POLLY) TRICE KIRBY CHARLES W. KIRBY 4-1856 BEF. 1900 WON OF ANDREW JACKSON & JANE GOSSETT KIRBY MRS. ? HATFIELD KIRBY NO DATE WIFE OF CHARLES W. KIRBY JOSEPH L. KIRBY 1767 VA c1830 SON OF RICHARD & SARAH JEAN SMALL KIRBY MARRIED: 8-11-1791 IN SURRY CO. NORTH CAROLINA ELIZABETH FREEMAN KIRBY 10-28-1774 N/A DAU. OF JOSHUA & LUCY KING FREEMAN SOME OF THESE GRAVES ARE UNMARKED, GIVEN TO ME BY CHARLOTTE RAY. SHE GOT THEM FROM FAMILY MEMBERS. THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ME BY ROBERT (BOB) S. DUGGAN, JR. AND OTHER DESCENDANTS OF THIS FAMILY. TRANSCRIBED BY JANE & RANDY NICHOLS NOVEMBER 27, 1999. WE WENT BACK TO THE CEMETERY THE NEXT DAY AND TRIED TO CLEAR SOME OF IT OFF AND PUT THE FENCE BACK UP THE BEST WE COULD. I AM NOT SURE THIS CEMETERY IS GOING TO BE AROUND VERY MUCH LONGER IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE ABOUT IT. IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF TO PRESERVE IT.