Randolph County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Booker Hill African American Roanoke City Cemetery ************************************************ 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: Booker Hill African American Cemetery Township 21, Range 12, Section 35 Randolph County Alabama. Submitted by Linda Ayres Updated August-2024 Additional information enclosed in [brackets] by Linda Ayres (Parenthesis) or indicate info on markers. This information is for personal research ONLY. Do not copy this information on any Cemetery Website. Please respect my work by not claiming it as your own. Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information Rachel, Elijah Nov 17, 1897 Mar 22, 1974 [S/o John Rachel & Rebecca Allen] Rachel, Ruby Jan 27, 1902 Jan 08, 1992 [Ruby Slaughter] Rachel, Evelyn Dec 08, 1936 Jun 14, 1954 Pogue, Henry No Dates [H/o Emma Benson/Benton-Pogue 1873-1963] Benson, Lucy Jul 01, 1831 Mar 14, 1908 Blake, Richard E. 1918-1982 [S/o Roy Blake & Emma L. Jackson] Cargile, Bobbie Died Jul 05, 1922 [D/o Jeff & Leatha Hill][W/o James Cargile 1871-1956] Trammell, A.A. Apr 03, 1868 Jul 23, 1920 Royston, Guy [1897] May 21, 1938 [S/o Bob Royston & Ella Gates] Royston, Ella B. Jul 23, 1878 May 09, 1954 [Ella Bell Gates] Pearson, Johnie Dec 06, 1891 Jul 19, 1902 (Son of Jim & Caroline Pearson) Gates, Rueben Sep 18, 1853 Jan 27, 1917 UNMARKED? [Gates, Alice Carter 1861-1953 W/o Reuben Gates] Culpepper, Ephiram 1858-1908 [S/o Ephiram & Mary Culpepper] Magby, Nannie Mar 20, 1892 Mar 20, 1924 [D/o Gus Gates] Gates, Augustus Jun 06, 1868 Jun 28, 1947 [S/o Louis & Mary Gates] Askew, S.B. Taylor Mar 17, 1892 Nov 16, 1910 Askew, W.M. [Will] Jul 10, 1884 Dec 09, 1917 [S/o H. Milton & Jennie Askew] Cofield, Arrie No Dates [1889-1917] [D/o Harry Hill & Jennie Hicks] Cofield, Charles No Dates [Died Feb-1942] Cofield, Katie Died Dec 27, 1912 Cofield, Infant B/d May 10, 1919 [D/o Isham & Ann Cofield] McCowen, Charlie R. Apr 04, 1920 Sep 20, 1952 [Adopted son of Seanus McCowen] McCowen, Seanus Blake Dec 25, 1884 Jul 24, 1953 [D/o Simon Blake] Brown, Emanuel [1897] Nov 08, 1930 [H/o Viola Banks][S/o Judge Brown & Laura Stephens] Green, Charlie Jan 15, 1897 Jun 08, 1965 [S/o Charlie Green & Mary Terrell] Green, Anthony [1898] Died Oct 06, 1935 Green, Josephine Dec 08, 1931 Feb 07, 1934 [D/o Daniel Green & Lenora Heard] Bell, Dock B. Jr. [1889] Died Jul 26, 1923 [S/o Dock Bell & Janie Sherman] UNMARKED: [Bell, Sherman 1909-1926 S/o Dock Bell & Janie Sherman] UNMARKED: [Brown, Janie Bell Apr 24, 1894-Jun 19, 1931 D/o Dock Bell & Janie Sherman] Longshore, William Nov 17, 1918 Mar 10, 1951 Riley, James A. 1853-1942 Riley, Fannie S. 1872-1962 [D/o Jack & Ella Johnson] Gibson, Lillie B. Jan 11, 1901 May 27, 1948 [Lillie B. Hill][W/o C.J. Gibson] UNMARKED GRAVES: [Hill, Victoria 1896-1943 D/o Harry & Kizzy Hill] [Hill, David 1886-1918 S/o Harry & Kizzy Hill] [Hill, Laura Annie 1911-1912 D/o Harry Hill & Jennie Hicks] [Hill, Annie B/d Apr 4, 1927 D/o Dallas & Martha Hill] [Hill, Harry 1864-1916] Hill, Jennie Jan 12, 1874 Oct 19, 1914 [Jennie Hicks][W/o Harry Hill] Hill, Lottie Jan 09, 1899 Sep 29, 1984 [D/o Harry Hill & Jeanie Hicks] Shealey, John Jr. Jul 15, 1915 Mar 30, 1916 Shealey, Elijah 1896-1914 [S/o Tony Shealey] Shealey, Tony Mar-1865-Jan-1916 Shealey, Fannie May-1870-Oct-1951 [Fannie Trammell] Hill, Willie Mar 12, 1929 Feb 16, 1974 Adamson, Judy Hill May 23, 1949 Dec 29, 1981 [D/o Luke Hill & Annie Laye][W/o Raymond Adamson] Langston, Ethel Bell No Dates Wright, Willie F. Apr 25, 1926 Apr 05, 1965 Slaughter, John Wesley Nov 11, 1911 Apr 17, 1983 [S/o D. Slaughter & Lizzie Dozier] Dozier, Corlis 1913-1920 [S/o George Doizer & Eva Johnson] Pogue, John Henry Aug 22, 1897 Apr 14, 1946 [H/o Viola Banks-Brown] Longshore, Fannie Jun 02, 1972 Feb 26, 1940 [D/o Bill Wright] Longshore, J.D. [Jody] May 08, 1863 Sep 24, 1951 [S/o George & Eliza Longshore] Longshore, James Mar 16, 1874 Apr 15, 1944 [S/o George Longshore] Wood, John 1873-1957 [S/o George & Julia Wood] Thomason, J. Tommy [1872] Mar 27, 1964 [S/o Henry & Martha Thomason] Watkins, Alpha T. 1912-1973 [S/o Tuck Watkins & Mattie Terrell] Strong, Johnie Sep 03, 1916 Jun 02, 1929 [S/o Tom Strong & Etta McGuire] Brown, George W. Jan 01, 1930 Dec 31, 1972 [S/o Emanuel Brown & Viola Banks-Brown-Pogue][H/o Mary Magby] Joiner, Lillian Mar 16, 1890 Apr 16, 1967 [Lillian Terrell] Fears, Coy Dec 22, 1892 Mar 16, 1948 [S/o M.F. Fears & Mary Longshore] Fears, Lillie Feb 21, 1895 Jan 13, 1985 [Lillie Mae Crowder] Joiner, Mamie S. Jan 03, 1908 May 14, 1972 [D/o George & Minnie Smith] UNMARKED: [Joiner, Robert 1910-1959 S/o Earl Joiner & Lillian Terrell] McKnight, Webster Sep 04, 1900 Mar 12, 1978 McKnight, Maude Dec 03, 1899 Sep 17, 1975 [D/o George & Minnie Smith] Smith, George W. Oct 03, 1865 Dec 05, 1941 [S/o Alec Smith & Martha Ware] Smith, Minnie K. Sep 09, 1880 Jul 03, 1985 [Minnie Kate Wright] Smith, Frank Oct 17, 1909 Mar 14, 1972 [S/o George & Minnie Smith] Smith, Clinton Otis Apr 05, 1921 Sep 30, 1979 [S/o George & Minnie Smith] Mitchell, Fannie B. 1888-1953 Smith, Sim Jan 17, 1944 Aug 20, 1956 [S/o Ed Smith & Odessa Cofield] Reed, Lonnie Jr. Apr 08, 1922 Dec 15, 1963 [S/o Lonnie Reed & Mosie Wright-Reed-Taylor] Worrell, Bart No Dates Worrell, Annie No Dates Stephens, Brainridge 1920-1937 [S/o P.W. Stephens & Bessie Echols] ************************************************************* Burials for Roanoke Colored Cemetery: [Note: It is impossible to document if the burial took place is Booker Hill or East Roanoke Cemetery, but burials from 1900-1950 are very possibly Booker Hill or another cemetery in the Roanoke area. The death records just say Roanoke Colored Cemetery.] Adams, Jim 1855-1919 Adams, Mary 1964-1919 Adams, Jesse 1884-1911 Adams, Nancy 1900-1918 D/o Jim Adams Allen, Allie 1869-1909 D/o John Shorter Asbury, Chester 1876-1942 S/o George Asbury & Ophelia Sutton Asbury, George Nov 27, 1870-Jan 05, 1943 S/o John Asbury [Note: No death record can be located for Ophelia Asbury] Asbury, Isabella 1905-1941 D/o Henry & Rose Banister Askew, Jennie Carr 1866-1948 w/o Henry Milton Askew Askew, Lillian Dec 25, 1888-1958 D/o Lucius Henderson & Liza Echelberger [W/o Phillip Askew] Bell, Sherman 1909-1926 S/o D.C. Bell Bell, Presley Jr. 1945-1947 S/o Presley Bell & Aldora Heard Callahan, Rev. Andrew Jul 11, 1870-Nov-1936 S/o Joseph & Nellie Callahan Callahan, Hattie Hawkins 1890-1941 w/o Rev. Andrew Callahan Callahan, Wm Alford 1930-1936 S/o Joseph Callahan & Mozelle Wright Clark, Rufus 1900-1946 S/o Lee Clark Clark, Tom 1879-1914 Cofield, Infant of Henry B/d 1914 Coleman, Rebecca 1904-1939 D/o Rebecca Calloway Colemam, Mattie Kate 1923-1925 D/o -Coleman & Viola Asbury Coleman, William Nathaniel 1873-1939 S/o Wm Coleman & Julia Knight Dozier, George W. [1878] Died Oct 29, 1940 Ferrell, Jennie 1885-1953 D/o Louise Ferrell Findley, Mary 1882-1944 D/o Harry & Kizzie Hill [Death record states husband as Arthur Moody] Freeman, James 1890-1929 S/o Ben Freeman & Josie Henderson Freeman, Cliff 1889-1941 S/o John Freeman & Liza Briggs Freeman, Irene 1890-1928 D/o General Bradshaw w/o of Cliff Gates, Reuben Jr. Aug 04, 1889-Mar 29, 1963 S/o Reuben Gates Sr. & Alice Carter Gates, Rebecca 1889-1936 D/o Jack & Ella Johnson Gates, Ada 1881-1916 Gates, Infant of Reuben Gates & Rosa Watson B/d 1920 Gates, Jeanette 1873-1925 Gates, Pearl 1896-1922 D/o Squire Freeman Gates, Fannie Lee Jul 26, 1891-Aug 14, 1919 D/o Jack Strong & Ida White Gates, Infant of Louis Gates & Rosa Watson B/d 1920 Gates, Talmadge 1919-1948 S/o Louis Gates Gates, Infant of Travis Gates & Lola Watson B/d 1920 Greene, Ella 1901-1959 D/o Henry Pitts & Susie Counsem [Obit: Ella Wright] Grier, James M. 1880-1941 S/o John Grier & Ella Hawkins Grier, Ella 1866-1935 D/o Harriet Hawkins Gresham, Beulah 1893-1933 D/o George & Nettie Carlisle Gresham, Fred Jr. 1911-1941 S/o Fred Gresham & Beulah Carlisle Hill, Charlie Will 1924-1946 Hill, Addie Green 1894-1920 Hill, Mary 1910-1913 D/o Tobe Hill Hill, Mary 1869-1911 Holliday, Leona 1898-1941 D/o James Kelly & Lizzie Ester Hooks, Sallie 1856-1917 Huffman, Willie Pearl 1920-1937 D/o Jim D. Huffman & Pauline Shealey Hunt, Minnie 1908-1958 D/o Augustus Gates Hutchinson Lena 1905-1947 [Obit: maiden name listed as Johnson] Death Cert: D/o James & Catherine Pearson Jackson, Emma 1911-1941 D/o Henry Dunson & Leonia Hicks Johnson, Noah Sep 10, 1895-Mar 9, 1920 S/o Sandy Johnson & Josie Hicks Joiner, James 1905-1925 S/o Lon Joiner & Emma Watson Joiner, Catherine 1925-1944 D/o James Joiner & Anice Watson Infant of George Nolen B/d 1925 McPherson, Will 1889-May 3, 1946 S/o John McPherson & Harriet Hines Morris, Alfred 1848-1928 Patillo, Gussie Allen-Adams 1899-1938 W/o Willie Patillo Pitts, Henry 1858-1908 Pogue, Mildred 1915-1936 D/o Henry & Emma Pogue Pogue, Ossie 1905-1958 S/o Henry & Emma Pogue Pool, Clara 1898-1948 D/o Jack Strong & Ida White Pool, Wyatt 1881-1926 S/o Nat Pool Rowland, Louisana 1871-1946 D/o Aaron Pittman & Louisana White Royston, Ella Bell Gates 1879-1954 Royston, Guy 1897-1938 S/o Bob Royston & Ella Bell Gates Saffer, Lou 1874-1910 D/o Harriett Hawkins Shanks, Willie Jr. 1907-1960 S/o Willie Shanks & Augustua Rowland Sharman, Ervin 1878-1941 Sharman, Mayala Gray 1877-1943 Shealey, Jim Dec 16, 1943 Smith, Minnie 1893-1953 Smith, Emma Lou 1912-1952 D/o John Sactom & Minnie Smith Stephens, Essie 1906-1920 D/o Wince Stephens & Delay Carter Strong, Charlie 1887-1922 Taylor, Valentine 1894-1932 S/o Wright Taylor & Jennie Moore Thompson, Mary J. Jan 2, 1933 Todd, Crecy born ca 1830 died 1947 obit list one son Charles McLemore Williams, John Louis 1905-1917 S/o John & Ida Williams Williams, Carrie Dell 1907-1917 D/o John & Ida Williams Worrell, Ida 1888-1969 D/o Jack Burton & Lucinda Walker Worrell, Oma 1895-1960 Wright, Pattie Sherrell 1858-1951 D/o John & Darcus Sherrell Wright, Burt 1898-1943 S/o Calvin Wright & Pattie Sherrell Wright, Moses 1893-1945 S/o Calvin & Pattie Wright Wright, George 1889-1960 S/o Calvin & Pattie Wright Wright, Vassie 1892-1969 D/o Judge Brown & Laura Stephens Wright, Lottie 1837-1922 ************************************************************* DO NOT COPY! African American death records stating Roanoke as death place. Note: These people could have been buried anywhere around Roanoke, Randolph County or Roanoke, CHAMBERS County, Alabama area. Adams, Jesse 1884-1911 S/o Jim & Mary Adams Adams, Jim 1855-1919 Adams, Mary Nov 19, 1864-Jul 2, 1919 Adams, Nancy 1900-1918 Alexander, Raymond B/d 1931 S/o Raymond Alexander& Ruth Huguley Allen, Harvie 1906-1931 S/o Daniel Allen Allum, Mollie 1874-1911 Askew, Eris Irene 1958-1963 D/o Mary Askew Bailey, Thomas 1898-1918 Banker, Ella Bell 1919-1924 D/o George Banker & Martha Nelson [Possibly Banks?] Bell, Infants [2] of Redus B/d 1918 Bell, Allen 1868-1928 S/o Allen & Lucinda Bell Berry Jackson 1826-Jan 05, 1911 Berry, Infant of Tom B/d 1917 Blake, Eliza 1867-1922 Boddie, Infant of Gus B/d 1918 Brown, Lonnie 1895-1938 S/o Judge Brown & Laura Stephens Bryd, Ella 1881-1916 Campbell, Mollie 1867-1937 D/o Charlie Sherrer & Dow Ronston Campbell, Isham 1846-1929 Cofield, Infant of E.B. B/d 1917 Coleman, Rebecca Calloway 1904-1939 W/o Ed Coleman Crowder, Mandy 1854-1914 Culbertson, Eleanor Died Mar 25, 1944 Darden, Sarah 1841-1924 Darenell, Mattie Hartwell 1875-1932 Davis, Cenie Belle Harley 1911-1932 Infant of Rufus & Cenie Bell B/d 1932 Dennis, Jennie 1865-1916 Douglas, Chas 1871-1916 Dorsey, Ora 1886-1918 Drake, Allen 1860-1919 Ector, Victor 1925-1929 S/o Sam Ecter & Mary Hunter [Ester?] Estes/Esters, George 1891-1918 Fears, Dories 1925-1958 D/o Lewis Gates & Lizzie Austin Fears, Monroe Feb 12, 1855-Jul 18, 1933 Death Cert: Evanson Cemetery Finney, Tinnie 1908-1920 D/o Lucius Finney Fuller, Susie 1847-1922 D/o Berry Ronley Garrett, Tom 1858-1928 S/o Robert Terry & E. Strong Gilmore, Augustus 1837-1914 Gilmore, Ray 1888-1930 S/o Gus Gulmore & Laura Parkerson Goss, Britt 1860-1918 Goss, Lonnie Lou 1912-1913 D/o Charles Goss Goss, Mattie 1889-1917 Taylor, Mattie Green 1885-1917 Green, Willie Emma 1911-1919 Hall, Annie Luther 1853-1908 Heath, Young 1888-1911 S/o Mollie Palmore Hendricks, Clemmie 1885-1938 D/o Lucius & Lizzie Henderson Howell, Infant of Jim B/d 1914 Hubbard, Effie 1897-1937 D/o George & Nettie Carlisle Hughey, Charlie Lee 1908-1937 Hugley, George W. 1912-1914 S/o Will & Hattie Huguley Hugley, Tom 1866-1913 Hugley, Carrie B. 1896-1922 D/o Tom Hugley Johnson, Gladys B/d 1917 Johnson, Charlie 1865-1936 S/o Jack & Lee Anna Johnson Johnson, Will 1883-1917 Joiner, Infant of Emma B/d 1915 Joiner, Frances 1854-1914 Killians, Dan 1845-1920 Laney, Sallie 1897-1929 [Died in Mobile, body sent back to Roanoke] Lesley, Rev. Charles C. 1845-1909 Mathews, Jesse 1886-1920 S/o James Mathews & Georgia Johnson McDowell, Caroline 1895-1917 McGurie, Ellis 1839-1908 S/o James McGuire & Eliza Wright McGurie, Lola Pearl 1915-1917 McPherson, Lila May B/d 1919 McPherson, Harriet Hines 1850-1950 McPherson, Lorenzo 1895-1925 S/o John McPherson & Harriet Hines [H/o Annie Rowland McPherson 1892-1962] Moody, Carrie 1849-1919 Moody, Mary Liza 1882-1944 [Maiden name possibly Hill] Nelms, John 1854-1924 S/o Lewis Nelms Infant of John Nelson B/d 1914 Pearson, Infant of James & Caroline B/d 1908 Pearson, Jim 1858-1918 Pearson, Sam B/d 1913 S/o Jim & Linda Pearson Pearson, Will 1878-1918 Phillips, Nettie 1849-1917 D/o Minor Phillips Pitts, Edder B. 1904-1931 D/o Saul Sackford & Ludie Parker Reid, Horace Infant of Harden Reid & Vicie Heflin Robertson, Sandy 1891-1913 S/o U. Robertson & Jenny Hill Rowe, Isaac 1851-1916 Scales, Rob 1900-1926 S/o John Scales Shealy, Infant of Walker B/d 1913 Sherrer, Fannie died 1928 Sims, William 1884-1908 Smith, Glennie B/d 1918 Smith, Lori 1872-1917 Smith, Martha 1832-1919 Stewart, Eva 1895-1911 D/o Tobe Minniefield & Mary Stewart Strickland, Mollie 1868-1936 D/o Ed Slargers & Mary Williams Tatum, Tom 1897-1919 Terry, Chas. C. 1845-Sep 18, 1909 Thomas, Ben 1906-1917 Thomas, Ofelia 1880-1917 Thomason, Barbara 1873-1913 Tucker, Laura 1842-1917 Turner, John 1874-1917 Turner, Luther 1883-1909 S/o Jim Turner Ussery, Henry 1878-1918 Walton, Mary 1923-1924 Walton, Polly Patterson 1872-1937 Watkins, Louise 1873-1924 Wells, Julius 1918-1926 S/o Luke Wells & Emma Cameron Whitaker, Anne 1860-1915 Wilkerson, Rich 1874-1913 Williams, Mollie 1887-1930 D/o Dave Chewning & Fannie Atkinson Williamson, Mary 1823-1923 Wilson, Infant of Ed & Ella B/d 1914 Wood, Carrie 1873-1931 D/o Adeline Lawson Wright, Calvin 1865-1933 S/o Nep & Harriet Wright Wright, Laura 1838-1928 Wright, Lucas 1877-1917 S/o Cal & Pattie Wright Infant of Mattie Zachery B/d 1914