Randolph County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Shake Rag Cemetery, African American - Complete Survey ************************************************ 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: Marilyn M Girardi mmgir@aol.com November 2009 Abstracted By: Linda Ayers, http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 and Marilyn M. Girardi October 2009 Shake Rag African American Cemetery Township 20, Range 11, Section 5 Randolph County, Alabama Across the road from: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery This cemetery is very badly overgrown in pine trees. Some of the pine trees are growing through the graves themselves. The condition of the cemetery and the age of the graves and field stone markers make it impossible to get an exact count on the number of graves in this section. This section of the cemetery was being used up until the early 1950’s. When the Randolph County Historical Society did their census in the late 1970’s, the following markers were there. MARKED GRAVE: Sheppard, W.H. [1872-1942] No Dates [William H. Sheppard H/o Clara Pinkard] MARKED GRAVE: Sheppard, W.A.J. 1901 -- 1926 [S/o Wm Sheppard & Clara Pinkard] MARKED GRAVE: Hill, Charlie May 24, 1864 Jul 19, 1926 [S/o Tom Hill & Caroline Carter] Possibly as many as fifty or more unmarked graves ************************* Confirmed Burials by death records or death certificates: Andrews, Jimmie Born & Died Jan 06, 1940 [S/o Oliver Andrews & Lula Lancaster] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Boskin, Charles W. B/d 1934 [S/o Bill & Mary Boykin] [Death Cert: Shake Rag] Bowen, Sallie 1861 -- 1926 [D/o Clark & Angeline West; W/o Joshua Bowen] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Bowen, Joshua 1854 -- 1935 [S/o Simon & Jane Bowen] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Bowen, Angeline 1880 -- 1937 [D/o Joshua & Sallie Bowen] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Deming, Lizzie 1876 Jun 06, 1904 [Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Fears, Alex 1850 -- 1934 [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Fears, Annie 1854 -- 1921 [W/o Alex Fears, d/o Sam Johnson] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Fears, Infant of Lena 1924 -- 1925 [Death Cert: Wedowee] Fears, Billie C. 1939 -- 1942 [S/o Paul Lancaster & Eva Fears] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Gilder, Lena Mar-1900 Apr 20, 1900 [D/o J.D. Gilder & Lottie Smith] [Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Gilder, J.R. Died before 1900 [H/o Lottie Smith-Gilder] Goodwin James Albert Oct 24, 1890 Nov 01, 1942 [S/o Dock Goodwin & Barbara Roundtree] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Goodwin, Rudolph Feb-1922 Jun-1922 [S/o Gay Goodwin & Cumi Andrews] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Hall, Wm 1846 -- 1936 [H/o Mary Ann Hall [Death Cert: Burial: Shake Rag] Hall, Mary Ann 1850 Before 1920 [W/o Wm Hall] Head, Wm Charles 1893 Aug 30, 1895 [Randolph Co Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Head, Susan Jane 1878 Sep 14, 1895 [W/o George Head, d/o Robt & Farby Sears][Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Heath, Alice 1850 -- 1925 [W/o Monroe Heath] [Death Cert: Burial: Shake Rag] Heath, Monroe 1845 Before 1920 [S/o Sam Heath & Grace Turner; Husband of Alice Heath] Heath, Grace [Turner] 1820 -- 1915 [W/o Sam Heath] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Heath, Samuel 1809 After 1900 [S/o Silvy Heath; Husband of Grace Turner] Heath, Eliza 1845 -- 1905 [W/o James Heath] [Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Hill, Carrie 1867 -- 1931 [Died in Clay County AL} [Death Cert: buried Mt. Pleasant] Hill, Thomas 1820 Before 1900 Hill, Caroline [Carter] 1830 After 1900 [She stated on the 1900 Randolph County Census she was the mother of 9 children & she had 3 living] Hughley, Otis 1876 -- 1932 [Death Cert: buried Mt. Pleasant] Johnson, Alex 1856 -- 1936 [S/o Joe Johnson & Harriet Turner] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Johnson, Willie 1874 -- 1929 [S/o Joe Johnson & Harriet Turner] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Johnson, Millie 1898 -- 1926 [D/o Wm H. Sheppard & Clara Pinkard] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Kidd, Bob 1885 -- 1923 [S/o Henry & Betty Kidd m. Lucy Prothro] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Prothro, Shadrick 1864 Nov 01, 1895 [S/o Moses Prothro] [Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Phillips, Ed 1871 -- 1940 [H/o Emma Phillips S/o Bowson Phillips & Margaret Tolbert][Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Phillip, Louie 1897 -- 1918 [S/o Ed & Emma Phillips] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Pinkard, Bob 1854 -- 1924 [S/o Isaac Pinkard & Adeline-] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Sears, Robert 1855 May 26, 1895 [H/o Feraby Sears] [Death Register: Burial Shake Rag] Sears, Feraby 1857 Mar 31, 1895 [W/o Robert Sears] [Death Register: Wedowee] Sears, Gussie 1890 Apr 02, 1895 [Death Register: Burial Shake Rag] Sears, Male 1888 May 18, 1895 [Death Register: Burial Mt. Pleasant] Sheppard, Infant Male B & D Mar 29, 1902 ? Sheppard, Clara Pinkard 1881 -- 1954 [Clara Pinkard W/o Wm H. Sheppard] [Death Cert: Wedowee] ? Sheppard, Clara L. Died Mar 22, 1939 D/o Frank Sheppard & Nora Bailey [Death Cert: Wedowee] Smith, Synthia A. 1905 -- 1937 [D/o Henry Boyd & Matilda Tolbert; W/o Willie Smith] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Tolbert Mollie 1866 -- 1942 [D/o Easter Rolling][W/o Bob Tolbert [Death Cert: Mount-Wedowee] Wood, Morris Mance 1897 -- 1933 [S/o Joe Prather & Margaret Williamson] [Death Cert: Mt. Pleasant] Mt Cannon African-American Cemetery Township 20, Range 11, Section 6. This cemetery is located near the backwater there is app. 20+ unmarked graves. None of the fieldstones have any marking. UNMARKED GRAVES Death Records for Mt. Cannon Cemetery: Lancaster, John 1878-1900 Prothro, 15 year of Female 1885-1900 Rutlan, Charles 1850-1900 The following people could be buried at Mt. Cannon, Shake Rag or any other in the Wedowee area. There was an African-American Church where the cemetery now lays. The cemetery is near the Old Dock Goodwin homeplace. Older people in the area remember memebers of the Boyd Family cleaning off the cemetery. Andrews, Infant of Oliver & Lucy M. B/d Jan 28, 1937 [Death Cert: Wedowee] Andrews, Frank 1815 Btw 1900-1910 Andrews, Adeline 1845 After 1920 [Second wife of Frank Andrews] Andrews, Dusty 1868 -- 1923 [W/o James Andrews; D/o Richard Boykin & Gracy Heath [Death Cert: Wedowee] Andrews, James 1867 After 1930 [S/o Frank Andrews; Husband of Dusty Boykin; Couple had no children] Andrews, Mary 1869 After 1920 [D/o Frank Andrews] Andrews, Jimmie [Second Jimmie] 1943 -- 1946 [S/o Oliver & Lula Andrews] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Andrews, Sarah Ann 1942 -- 1942 [D/o Oliver & Lula Andrews] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Alfred 1845 Died after 1900 Goodwin, Nelly [Prothro] 1850 Died before 1920 [Nelly Goodwin stated in the 1900 Census she was the mother of 12 children and she had 9 living.] Goodwin, Roberta 1892 -- 1915 [D/o Doc Goodwin & Barbara Roundtree] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Doctor 1863 -- 1934 [S/o Alfred Goodwin & Nelly Prothro; H/o Barbara Roundtree][Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Barbara 1870 -- 1930 [D/o Margaret Roundtree; Wife of Doc Goodwin] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Ben 1876 -- 1936 [S/o Alfred Goodwin & Nelly Prothro] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Sukie 1888 -- 1926 [D/o Henry & Betty Kidd; Wife of Ben Goodwin] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Mary Frances Nov-1932 Dec-1932 [D/o Willis Goodwin & Adell Andrews] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Tom 1945 -- 1948 [S/o Willis Goodwin & Adell Andrews] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Goodwin, Gaither Born & Died Feb 25, 1939 [S/o Gay Goodwin & Cumi Andrews] [Death Cert: Wedowee] [Gay Goodwin s/o Doc Goodwin & Barbara Roundtree] Harris, Henry 1830 Before 1910 Harris, Puss 1845 After 1920 Heath, Silvy 1790 After 1880 [She stated in the 1880 Randolph County Census both her parents were born in Africa] Kidd, Betty 1862 -- 1922 [D/o Lee & Suckey Stevens; Wife of Henry Kidd] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Kidd, Henry 1860 Before 1900 Kidd, Gus 1894 -- 1920 [Son of Henry & Betty Kidd] [Death Cert: Wedowee] Phillips, Bowson 1844 Before 1900 Phillips, Margaret 1855 Jan 21, 1923 [Daughter of Ed & Rachel Tolbert; [Death Cert: Wedowee] Margaret Phillips stated in the 1900 Census she was the mother of 9 children and she had 4 living] Prothro, Mathew Died 1896 [Death register Wedowee] Pinkard, Isaac 1812 After 1900 Pinkard, Adeline 1822 After 1900 Pinkard, Robert 1873 -- 1886 [Death register Wedowee] Pinkard, Infant of Ike B & D 1915 [Son of R. Pinkard & Ann-] Pinkard, Mary 1867 -- 1886 [D/o Isaac & Adeline Pinkard [Death Cert: Wedowee] Tolbert, Edmond 1816 After 1880 Tolbert, Rachel 1816 After 1900