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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Chere Lee ================================================================================ March 2003 Transcribed by Chere Lee, March 2003 Tombstone Records of an Old Cemetery at Claiborne, Alabama by Major Harry A. Davis, Washington D.C. The following records constitute all that is left of this cemetery. As I recall this cenetery in 1892-1893, it was more extensive and more complete than these records indicate. It is located on sloping ground near the Alabama River at Claiborne. On my visit to it in 1925 it was very apparent that many graves had disappeared, as well as the stones, owing to many large washouts by the elements, and no doubt many of the stones were removed by marauders and used for other purposes. My time was limited but I suceeded in interesting Mrs. William Deer, who resides at Claiborne, and who copied the remaining stones for me. Some information concerning Claiborne, Alabama, will make these rewards more appreciated. Claiborne is located on the Alabama River about midway between Selma and Mobile. During the period of 1817 to 1830 it was a center thru which practically all immigrants passed, and boasted of a population of some 2,500 souls, a larger population thn either of the early capitals, St. Stephens or Catawba. It was a shipping center for a very large territory. Claiborne of today is a relict of the past, nothing remains of its former splendor or prosperity. The only old home standing in 1925 was the "Torrey Place" and it was abandoned and in the last stages of dilapidation. Erasmus D. Converse 8 December 1836 in the 33rd year of his age Elizabeth Manley / wife of S.M. Manley 15 December 1829 / Born in the state of Mississippi 19 August 1856 / aged 36 years 3 months Frances E. / daughter of S.M. and E.T. Manley 3 July 1854 / 3 March 1857 Mary H. / wife of F.A. Duval 13 March 1854 / aged 27 years William A. Richards 21 August 1946 / aged 18 years Eveline Malissa / daughter of Wm. R. and Elevinna Agee 7 August 1835 / aged 3 years 2mos. 7 days My little Alice To me for fourteen anxious months Her infant smiles here give And then she bid farewell to earth And went to live in heaven Elizabeth John Milton / son of John Y. and Mary E. Barnes 6 May 1846 / 24 August 1848 Arabelle Kenon / wife of James M. Lindsay daughter of James H. and Jane S. Draughan 10 February 1822 / 12 March 1865 James Marion Lindsay born in S.C. 1810 / 15 April 1883 Mary Ann Eliza / wife of Doc't James M. Lindsay daughter of James H. and Jane S. Draughan 21 June 1818 / 12 October 1843 Jane Edwards / wife of George W. Foster Daughter of James H. and Jane S. Draughan 2 July 1826 / 12 September 1854 Jane Smith / wife of James H. Draughan of Claiborne, Ala. daughter of Isaac and Rachel Williams 21 March 1793 / Cumberland Co., N.C. 8 October 1853 / aged 60 years 6 mos. 8 days Fanny Foster 1 May 1847 / 7 January 1849 Jane Edwards / 3rd daughter of James H. and Jane Smith Draughan 18 February 1820 / Claiborne, Ala. 12 July 1821 / at the same place 1 years 4 mos. 23 days Margaret Rachel / wife of Richard L. Watkins 7 February 1814 / 2 October 1838 Samuel Gordon Portis native of Nash Co. N.C. 21 August 1856 / aged 44 years. 10 mos. 15 days Alexander Torrey 12 October 1776 / 4 July 1835 aged 58 years 8 mos 22 days W.W. McDall 9 August 1826 / born Claiborne 2 December 1858 John McDall 12 December 1830 / born Claiborne 27 November 1853 H.H. Goodwin 15 February 1860 / aged 30 years Edwin Augustus / son of John W. and Aveline A.V. O'Neal 7 April 1842 / 26 September 1842 Joseph Boyden 21 March 1812 / 26 September 1842 Elizabeth Hooper Sampson infant daughter of Daniel C. and Emeline M. Sampson 29 July 1834 / aged 17 mos 7 days Samuel C. Franklin / of New York 26 June 1821 / aged 19 years 5 mos 4 days Cap't Seymore Bates 17 November 1842 / aged 30 years William Coombs Native of Portland, State of Maine 27 February 1834 George Washington Wilson ?5 March 1827 / aged 27 years Camila Bozeau / daughter of late Capt. Bozeau, USA 4 July 1820 / 4 September 1840 erected by her sister, Adeline Solomon Mary Louisa Foster 2 June 1831 / 18 September 1843 Martha A. Bates / consort of Capt. Bates 3 September 1830 / aged 15 years 11 days Sarah Jane / daughter of William and Amelia Locklin 6 June 1829 / September 1833 in her 5th year of her age William Locklin native of GA 11 November 1774 / 18 March 1837 in the 63rd year of his age Margaret A. Crow 12 November 1840 / 12 September 1843 John L. Crow 1 April 1842 / 21 December 1843 Amelia / consort of J.L. Crow 1 January 1806 / 2 December 1819 Josiah L. Crow 27 June 1811 / 20 July 1855 Elizabeth M. Crow / wife of Josiah L. Crow daughter of W.B. and R. Marshall 25 November 1830 / 10 July 1855 Sarah H. Turner 8 June 1844 / aged 24 years 2 mos 8 days erected by W.C. Emerson James W. Burke 25 February 1820 / 2 September 1840 Mrs. Martha Foster / wife of Rev. John Foster 19 March 1771 / York District, S.C. 7 January 1826 Rev. John Foster 7 February 1766 / SC 21 July 1827 Doc't Nathaniel L. Allen native of New London, Conn 5 August 1822 / aged 31 years 1 mos 12 days Henry Nelson Allen native of New York 4 July 1845 / 47th year of his age Henry L. Hunter 31 January 1821 / 30 August 1833 aged 12 years 7 mos Arthur K. Bagby 28 August 1828 / 23 August 1840 aged 12 years 5 days Margaret Elizabeth infant daughter of James B. and Martha J. Colburn 18 March 1828 / aged 4 mos 28 days Infant child of A.B. and M.W. Cooper b&d 4 November 1829 Infant child of A.B. and M.W. Cooper b&d 27 July 1847 Infant child of A.B. and M.W. Cooper b&d 13 October 1848 Elizabeth Thompson / daughter of A.B. and M.W. Cooper 8 February 1831 / 10 June 1835 Martha W. Cooper / daughter of Thweat and Elizabeth Williamson 31 December 1806 / Wilkes Co. Ga 17 October 1848 / Claiborne, Ala. Wm. Malone 1 September 1794 / 28 June 1839 native of Pennsylvania Mary Sharp 1 November 1843 / 16th year of her age erected by her brother A.J. Robb Emily N. Bagby / consort of Arthur P. Bagby 28 May 1825 / 21st year of her age Laney Wainright / consort of H.B. Wainright 10 ? 1852 / aged 36 years Cemetery records from Berks, Centre, Chester, Huntingdon, Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania, and Claiborne, Alabama: also Prather, Prince George County, Maryland; copied and indexed by Mary Owen Steinmetz and Mrs. J.V.R. Hunter; Manuscript On Film, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. [Film number 20527 Items 1-2]