Little Family Cemetery, Jefferson, Alabama

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Little Family Cemetery

This cemetery is a large family cemetery and containing some slave graves  (
located in T17S, R1E, Section 31-USCGS Leeds, Al. map). Traveling south from
Leeds on Highway 119, turn right onto Mountain View Lane just after crossing
the Little Cahaba River . The cemetery is about 1/4 mile off highway 119,
just off Mountain View Lane, on private property. The cemetery is enclosed
in a fenced area of about 1/10th of an acre. In 1940 the Jefferson County
Health Dept. estimated as many as 200 graves in this cemetery which would
require closer to 1/4 of an acre of ground. It looks as if some of the
unmarked graves may be outside the fenced area. There are many field stone
marked and unmarked sunken graves . Those listed below are the only ones
with marked headstones:

                Martha
daughter of A. R. and Francis Godwin
         Born May 2, 1859
         Died May 14, 1872


             Obediah
son of A. R. and D. F. Godwin
        Born Oct. 28, 1874
        Died Sept. 6, 1881 

           
             Henry
son of A. R. and D. F. Godwin
       Born April 12, 1856
       died Oct. 29, 1881


      (Masonic Emblem)
        A. R. Godwin       
      Born May 15, 1832
      Died July 1, 1884



        Gone Home
        D. Francis
    wife of A. R. Godwin
      Born Dec. 3, 1835
      Died May, 7, 1904
It was hard to give thee up Mother,
   but the will of God be done.


      George Jones Godwin
      Born June 28, 1876
      Died    1891


          Infant son of
J. H. and F. E. Abbercrombie (NOTE: double "B")       
      Born Oct. 8, 1882
      Died Oct. 17, 1882



          Infant son of
J. H. and F. E. Abercrombie (NOTE: single "B')
        Born April 18, 1887
        Died April 18, 1887
 

          In Memory of
          Henry Little
       Born Feb. 23, 1800
       Died Jan. 21, 1883
Our father has gone to a mansion of gold
     from a region of sorrow and pain         
  to a glorious land by the Deity blest
   where he never can suffer anymore.


             O.G.
          (no dates)



           J.M.G.
         (no dates)