PADGETT 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 November 1999 I AM REALLY NOT SURE OF THE NAME OF THIS CEMETERY AND NO ONE THAT LIVED NEAR IT KNEW THE NAME OF IT. THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON RD. 65 IN PAINT ROCK VALLEY BETWEEN TRENTON AND HOLLYTREE. IT IS ON THE LEFT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM MR. CHARLES BREWER'S HOUSE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING CEMETERIES I HAVE BEEN TO. THERE ARE MANY, MANY GRAVES WITHOUT HEADSTONES. THERE ARE SOME OF THE GRAVES WITH IRON FENCES AND WOODEN FENCES AROUND THEM, BUT THE WHOLE HILLSIDE IS COVERED IN GRAVES. THE CEMETERY IS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY ANYONE. I STEPPED ON A SNAKE AND FELL IN A GRAVE TODAY, WHICH TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CEMETERY. THE CEMETERY CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD, AND YOU HAVE TO WALK UP A PATH TO GET TO IT. INF. DAU. OF W.T. & R.J. 8-19-1885 8-20-1885 EUSTUES AARON HOUSTON 6-16-1832 9-26-1896 JAMES R. HOUSTON 10-4-1873 3-5-1893 MAGGIE BRIDGES 1863 1881 DELLA BRIDGES 1869 1884 DAUGHTERS OF G.H. & E.R. BRIDGES GRANVILLE H. BRIDGES 1827 1903 ELIZABETH R. BRIDGES 1829 1884 (THESE WERE ALL ON ONE STONE) JOHN THOMPSON 11-18-1809 8-18-1893 BORN IN NC MRS. E.S. THOMPSON 1811 4-11-1862 BORN IN SC WILLIAM N. PADGETT 1-12-1848 2-24-1853 ELIZABETH PADGETT, CONSORT (HEADSTONE IS BROKEN AND DATES ARE MISSING) OF NEHEMIAH PADGETT AND MOTHER OF W.J.B. PADGETT JAMES POSEY PADGETT 4-18-1842 4-16-1862 LEVY PHILLIPS 12-9-1836 7-6-1871 FANNIE POSEY HORTON 5-7-1862 6-19-1883 DAU. OF W.J.B. & M.A. PADGETT AGED 21 YEARS 1 MO & 12 DAYS AND HER LITTLE BABE WILLIE ANN HORTON 8-25-1882 6-19-1883 WILLIE IDA PADGETT 1-22-1865 3-28-1884 YOUNGEST CHILDE OF W.J.B. (SPELLED CHILDE) & M.A. PADGETT AGED 19 YEARS 2 MO AND 6 DAYS JOSEPH, SON OF W.C. & 12-5-1893 2-1-1897 M.A. HOWELL HENRY BRISON PADGETT 8-23-1877 7-27-1883 SON OF D.A. & M.L. PADGETT DAVID A. PADGETT 8-25-1854 5-31-1887 AGED 32 YEARS 9 MOS & 6 DAYS MARY ANN, WIFE OF W.J.B. 2-22-1824 8-28-1895 PADGETT AGE 71 YRS 6 MOS 6 DYS W.J.B. PADGETT 10-2-1817 10-31-1898 81 YRS 29 DYS LENORA ANN BUFFALOE 1-18-1848 1871 (PART OF DATE BROKEN OFF) S.S. GRISWELL 3-4-1818 11-2-1864 ARTHUR J. P. SANDERS 8-26-1918 5-15-1920 OLA IRENE SANDERS 3-12-1911 4-3-1911 J.L. LINDSEY 7-12-1848 9-12-1900 M.L. LINDSEY 2-14-1845 5-10-1923 IRIS O. WILLIAMSON 3-29-1869 4-29-1888 AGE 19 YRS 24 DAYS INF. DAU. OF J.H. & I.O. 8-15-1884 8-15-1884 WILLIAMSON ALVINE M. WILLIAMSON 12-24-1887 7-11-1888 DAU. OF J.H. & I.O. WILLIAMSON AGED 6 MOS & 20 DAYS JOHN HEATHERINGTON 3-13-1818 9-31-1884 TOBITHA ANN HEATHERINGTON 10-12-1828 4-12-1888 A.J. HEATHERINGTON 10-10-1871 8-1-1891 MARCUS H. ARDIS 11-30-1867 3-15-1874 JOSEPH ARDIS 1837 11-23-1882 CO A 1ST ALA VID CAV MARGARET F., WIFE OF J.G. 1-26-1827 9-27-1894 ENOGHS HARVEY REEVES 3-5-1888 1-9-1940 (FUN. HOME MARKER) WILLIAM H. LEATHERINGTON 6-4-1866 9-4-1889 (SPELLED LEATHERINGTON) AGED 23 YEARS JACOB J. LEATHERINGTON 7-4-1835 7-30-1889 (SPELLED LEATHERINGTON) AGED 54 YEARS I KNOW IT LOOKS STRANGE, BUT SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE SPELLED RATHER ODD, BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE THIS IS THE WAY THEY ARE SPELLED ON THE HEADSTONES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE RUN ACROSS MOST OF THESE NAMES AROUND JACKSON COUNTY. TRANSCRIBED BY JANE TALLEY NICHOLS & SUE ALLEN PITTMAN OCTOBER 30, 1999.