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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Rae Venable Calvert ================================================================================ December 2004 CONCORD METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY Located near the intersection of Co. Road 6 and Co. Road 26 in Lowndes County, AL, about 1/4 mile northwest of County Road 26 in a grove of trees. At one time, there was a Concord Methodist Church located here. The church fell into disuse and remaining members transferred to the Letohatchee Methodist Church. {see footnote 1] The names and dates were recorded by Allyson Venable and Winter Owen Calvert, in September, 1990, adding to a listing published earlier in the Pintlala Historical Association Newsletter. There are a number of unmarked graves. Notes in brackets were added by Rae Venable Calvert partly from the Albert Gallatin McGehee Bible. BANISTER, John [no dates] ELSBERRY, Virginia Clay "Sacred to the memory of Virginia Clay daughter of Michael & Judith C. Elsberry who was born May 21st 1843 and departed this life September 17th 1855" GRANT, Joseph Perry (born Dec. 28, 1859; died July 14, 1892) *KELLY, Dickson (born in Brunswick County, VA, on 13 day of March l8l6, died l7th day of January l846, 29 years, l0 months and four days) HARGROVE, Fort [no dates] LEDBETTER, Eliza Ann (Sept. 27th, 1824; died Aug. 31, 1862) LEDBETTER, Eugenia T. (born Sept. 2nd, 1849; died May 9th, 1853) [dau. Of John James & Eliza Ann Bates Ledbetter] {see footnote 2} LEDBETTER, W[illiam] B. (born April 16th, 1858; died Mar. 23rd, 1879) [son of John James & Eliza Ann Bates Ledbetter] {see footnote 3} [McGEHEE, Agnes Catherine (Venable) b. 9 Nov. 1817 VA; d. 16 Nov. 1897; 2nd wife of Albert G. McGEHEE] McGEHEE, Albert Gallatin "Born in 1812 [28 March in N.C.] Died 21 January 1888 Age 75 yrs. He giveth to his beloved sleep." McGEHEE, Ann Virginia Payne [first wife of Albert G. McGehee] [b. 1 Feb. 1815 VA; d. 9 July 1848] [McGEHEE, Anna Payne (dau. of Albert G. & Ann V.) b. 31 Dec. 1844; d. 4 Aug. 1849] McGEHEE, Harriet Edward [dau. of Albert G. & Ann V.; b. 23 Nov. 1847; d. 27 Aug. 1849] McGEHEE, Marcellus Benjamin [son of Albert G. & Ann V.; b. 21 Feb. 1840; d. 10 Sep. 1847] [McGEHEE, Thomas Preston -- son of Albert G. & Ann V.; b. 8 Sep. 1837; d. 27 Oct. 1845] POWELL, C.[?] O. (Sep. 3, 1843 - Sep. 1, 1847) POWELL, C. O. (Sept. 10, 1850 - Jan. 17, 1851) POWELL, M. R. (Nov. 10, 1841 - Aug. 6, 1849) POWELL, T. H. (Jan. 8th, 1837 - May 12th, 1841) POWELL, W. E. (Dec. 11, 1839 - March 12, 1853 - age 13 years, 3 months & 1 day) RAMEY, Charlie (Oct. 7, 1870 - Nov. 19, 1870; son of J. A. & M. B.) RAMEY, James B. (Feb. 2, 1867 - Aug. 9, 1869; son of J. A. & M. B.) RAMEY, John W. (28 April 1868 - 29 Aug. 1868; son of J. A. & M. B.) [SELLERS, Calvin] {see footnote 4} STARKS, Mattie Bell (b. May 23, 1898) STARKS, Meredith (b. 1877; d. Oct. 23, 1927) [VENABLE, Clement Reade, CSA; 23rd Inf., VA; Sgt. 1st CSA Engr.Regt., b.27 FEB 1840 in VA; d. 7 May 1888 AL] [VENABLE, Thomas McGehee, son of Virginia Alice and Clement Reade Venable, b. 9 December 1867 AL; died 9 February, 1892] [VENABLE, Virginia Alice McGEHEE, wife of Clement Reade Venable; b. 26 April 1842; d. 31 Mar.1934] WILLIAMS, J. B. (June 11, 1842 in Cass Co., GA - Feb. 7, 1897) WORTHY, Joe (March 26, 1856 - Jan. 8, 1908) "AT REST" 1 Report from Mamie Sellers via Mary Ann Venable 6/19/03 that some of her Sellers family were members of the Concord Methodist Church. 2 Info by e-mail 5-23-03 from Curt Ledbetter CurtL@msn.com 3 Info from Curt Ledbetter who reports that the following other John James & Eliza Ann Ledbetter children may also be buried here: L. C. Ledbetter born about 1844 in Lowndes Co, died before 1860; listed with parents on the 1850 census but is not on the 1860 census; Ellen J. Ledbetter, born abt 1847, died Unknown; on the 1850 census but not on later censuses; W. A. Ledbetter, born abt 1850, died Unknown. Listed as a female on the 1860 census; James D. Ledbetter, born abt 1853, died Unknown; last listing on the 1910 census, living in Beat 15, Letohatchee; Susan Thompson Ledbetter, born 18 April 1854, died Unknown; on the 1870 census living with her father; Adolphus Hubbard Ledbetter, born Feb 1856, died 1939, burial place unknown; last census listed on was in 1910. He married an Amanda T. Unknown. They had nine children, some of which ended up in Tallapoosa Co, with the rest of the Ledbetters. 4 Name supplied by Mamie Sellers. * This grave discovered by Rev. Gary Burton and reported by Mary Ann Venable and added to this survey February 13, 2006