McMAHAN 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 June 999 THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON CO. RD. 258 IN THE EDGEFIELD COMMUNITY. YOU TURN LEFT OFF 258 ON A DIRT ROAD BY AN OLD BARN. THERE IS A HANDMADE SIGN AT THE DIRT ROAD THAT SAYS DO NO BLOCK SCHOOL BUS TURN AROUND. THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT ON A HILL. T.E. McMAHAN NO DATES 1 LIEUT. CO E 4 ALA CAV C.S.A. NANCY McMAHON 1786 11-15-1858 SANDERS McMAHON 1784 2-1-1864 MILITARY STONE: SANDERS McMAHAN 1784 1864 1ST LIEUT. PRICES CO CAWLFIELDS BATT AL MTD VOL INF INDIAN WARS MINERVA ANN McMAHAN DIED 6-5-1838 DAU. OF SANDERS & NANCY McMAHAN AGE 17 YRS 3 MOS 6 DYS JOHN M. McMAHAN 1839 1924 CO G 7 ALA INF C.S.A. WILLIAM McMAHAN 8-18-1811 6-14-1899 POLLY McMAHAN 5-16-1811 3-17-1891 WIFE OF WILLIAM McMAHAN AGE 79 YRS 10 MOS G. HAZEN KIMBROUGH 10-11-1873 11-9-1891 THIS CEMETERY IS COMPLETELY GROWN UP, ALMOST DESTROYED, AND EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T SEE ANY MORE HEADSTONES, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME IN ALL THE BRUSH WE COULDN'T GET TO. YOU CAN TELL AT ONE TIME THIS WAS A VERY NICE CEMETERY. THERE IS A BLOCK WALL AROUND SOME OF THE GRAVES AND AN OLD IRON FENCE AROUND SOME. THIS CEMETERY REALLY NEEDS SOME ATTENTION IF THESE ARE YOUR ANCESTORS OR IT'S GOING TO BE GONE BEFORE LONG. TRANSCRIBED BY JANE & RANDY NICHOLS JUNE 14, 1999.