Lee County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Baptist Hill Cemetery - Partial Survey No More To Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kristi Zoebelein kristizoebelein@thompsontractor.com March 5, 2009, 1:13 pm Abstracted By: Kristi Zoebelein Baptist Hill Cemetery is located exactly at the intersection of East Thach Avenue and South Deen Road. Deen Road runs along the front of the cemetery, it is just a few miles from the Auburn University campus. The cemetery derives its name from Ebenezer Baptist Church on a hill to the west. Ebenezer, established in 1865, was the first black churched formed in Auburn after the Civil War. The church building was erected before 1870 on land donated by Lonnie Payne, a white man. The church was so prominent in the area that it gave the name “Baptist Hill” to the vicinity. Its members were the first buried in the cemetery although members of other black churches are now interred here. Ebenezer was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The cemetery was added to the Alabama Register in 1994. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynn Amos No dates. The following was inscribed on the stone: 'Born In Slavery' Wynn Amos At his own expense placed a marker on grave of his former master Erected by a White Friend 1947 Hunt Fannie Mrs. 10 Oct 1865 12 May 1953 'Mother' Unmarked Cement Slab Bowers John Jr. 1910 1993 Funeral Home Marker - Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Vickerstaff Elsie B. 3 Apr 1918 17 July 1948 Shares stone w/ John L. Vickerstaff. Vickerstaff John L. 28 Apr 1910 19 May 1994 Shares stone w/ Elsie B. Vickerstaff Vickerstaff Herman 21 Feb 1945 4 Jan 1998 US Army Vietnam - Military Stone Harris Jesse W. Co I 3 ALA INF SP AM War - No dates. Mitchell William 25 Jan 1948 Marble Stone w/ Cement Slab- No birthdate. Foster Annie Lee 30 March 1890 9 Oct 1995 'Loving Mother' Headstone attached to slab. Foster, Jr. Phillip 28 Nov 1919 3 Jan 1960 Michigan CPL 3378 OM Truck CO World War II Lampkin Annie L. Whitaker 22 Mar 1923 27 Jan 1967 Granite headstone - no slab. Foster, Sr. Phillip 16 July 1879 30 Nov 1940 Granite Headstone w/ cement slab Foster Mattie Lue 7 Aug 1907 11 Apr 1941 Granite Headstone w/ cement slab Johnson Louise 23 May 1904 20 Mar 1955 Granite Headstone Mattox Ella Mae Granite Slab - No dates - 'WITH THEE MY GOD I HAVE PEACE AND JOY' Mattox Vander D. 15 Mar 1905 30 Sept 1972 Granite Slab Mattox, Jr. Vander 25 Nov 1942 'Our Baby' ' An Angel In Heaven' Marble stone with carving of laying lamb. York Essie 1888 1940 Marble head and footstone. Foster Oelia 1882 1946 'Mother' Shares stone with Robert Foster. Marble headstone w/ cement slab Foster Robert 1875 1957 'Father' Shares headstone w/ Oelia Foster. Masonic Symbol - Marble headstone w/ cement slab. Foster Robert Duke 28 May 1900 3 Aug 1962 'Alabama TEC 4 US Army World War II' Marble, military headstone. Clark Reginald L. 3 Nov 1906 20 Sept 1948 'Alabama TECH5 1325 Service COM D UNIT World War II' Marble Military stone - toppled over. Frazier Mattie L. 1880 1956 Shares granite headstone w/ Joe L. Frasier. - Cement Slab Frazier Joe L. 1889 Shares granite headstone w/ Mattie L. Frazier - No death date. Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Rudd Rhoda 8 May 1890 27 Nov 1966 Shares marble headstone w/ Glenn Rudd. Rudd Glenn 6 Apr 1885 7 Feb 1960 Shares marble headstone w/ Rhoda Rudd. Unmarked Metal cross painted white. Carter Dowdell 29 July 1924 21 June 1967 Granite headstone next to Shelley Carter. Carter Shelley 18 Dec 1892 4 Sept 1954 Granite headstone w/ cement slab next to Dowdell Carter. Bryant, Sr. James R. 4 apr 1901 10 july 1982 Shares granite headstone w/ Addie Pearl Bryant. Bryant Addie Pearl 9 Nov 1905 Shares granite headstone w/ James R. Bryant, Sr. - No death date. Carter Nora Mae 3 June 1897 5 April 1948 Granite headstone w/ cement slab. Carter Shellie Mae 4 April 1918 Granite headstone w/ cement slab - No death date. Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Battle Hannah 1849 26 Dec 1914 'Beuna Vista Person Chamber -- 2540 Auburn, ALA.' Marble stone - toppled over and broken. Bryant Carnation 5 Mar 1936 27 June 1938 'Auburn, ALA' Handwritten on cement slab. Battle Alfred 5 May 1918 'Buena Vista Chamber -- 2540 Auburn, ALA.' Marble stone, toppled. No birth date. Person Madison 8 June 1920 'Buena V. Person Chamber -- 2540 Auburn, ALA.' Marble stone, toppled over and broken. No birth date. White Mary B. 5 Feb 1919 'Buena V. Person Chamber --2540 Auburn, ALA.' Marble stone, toppled. Cattenhead Queen B. 1893 1963 'Mrs. Queend B. Cattenhead' Granite headstone. Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Unmarked Cement Slab Wynn Elias 25 Feb 1925 Next to Amos Wynn 'Auburn Pride Temple 1559 Auburn, ALA.' Marble headstone - toppled over Unmarked Cement Slab Additional Comments: This was recorded in 2000-2001 while I was living in Auburn, AL. I have since moved and never got to finish inventorying the cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lee/cemeteries/baptisth584gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 7.8 Kb