Monroe County AlArchives Photo Place.....Claiborne Cemetery May 6, 2005 ************************************************ 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: Benard Hendrix BenHenGen1@aol.com July 15, 2005, 4:59 pm Source: Claiborne Cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/monroe/photos/tombstones/claiborn/claiborn365nph.jpg Image file size: 24.6 Kb The cemetery is located just off US 84 and AL 12, and the corner of Old Fort Claiborne Rd in West Monroe Co. near the Alabama River. At this time, there is also an old unused store in front of the cemetery. Global coordinates: N 31°32'45.5" W 087°30'45.3" or: N 31.54597° W 087.51258° This cemetery was surveyed in April of 2005. The graves are listed in the order that they were surveyed. Basically, we entered the cemetery, went to the left, followed the outer edge of the cemetery to the back and, returned up the middle. There were no graves found on outer edge to the right. Parantheses ()indicate something that was added by the surveyor and an asterisk * indicates that a letter or numeral was unreadable. Square brackets [] indicate the information was taken from the below-mentioned text-only survey. As noted below, this cemetery has been terribly vandalized, both by man and by nature. After the damage by hurricane Ivan in 2004, the lumber companies apparently came in to help clean it up. They did their share of damage also. I have included some pictures of that damage within this photo survey. It is a shame that the State of Alabama doesn't protect these cemeteries better. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS TAKEN FROM A PREVIOUS SURVEY OF THIS CEMETERY FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING SITE: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/monroe/cemeteries/claiborne.txt and used with the author's permission -------------------------------------------- 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. AND THIS REFERENCE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SAME DOCUMENT ----------- 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] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/monroe/photos/tombstones/claiborn/claiborn365nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb