Alford Family Cemetery Inscriptions DeKalb County, GA

Alford FAMILY CEMETERY
DEKALB CO. GA


This cemetery is in the middle of a new subdivision, next door to 1341
Huntington Place Circle off Alford Road.  It is surrounded by a fence with
a great deal of shrubs and brush throughout the cemetery.  The graves are
in sad shape.

Some graves may have been missed, due to heavy brush.  The transcription
begins at the rear, moving from left to right.

ROW A:

Large stone with ALFORD
footstones:
Simeon ALFORD           Luther ALFORD
Dec 2, 1868             (no dates)

(large double stone)
Father                  Mother
John T                  Lucy Smith
(masonic sym.)
March 7, 1831           May 27, 1837
Dec 1, 1913             Nov 23, 1915
              ALFORD

ROW B:

unmarked grave          John O ALFORD Sr                unmarked ledger
                        Oct 2, 1866
                        Mar 12, 1926

ROW C:

James PIERCE            (broken and repaired)
(masonic symbol)        Elizabeth PIERCE
Born                    Born
July 3, 1809            Nov 15, 1816
Died                    Died
Jan 24, 1890            Jan 22, 1816

Six unmarked graves (stones with no inscription)




ROW D:

(broken)                (broken- missing headstone) probably the following
(crossed rifles)        based on Franklin Garrett's notes:
J A MORRIS              Sarah B MORRIS
Born                    Born
May 10, 1839            Dec 11, 1827
Died                    Died
Jan 17, 1901            Oct 24, 1894


Two broken box tombs

ROW E:

Walter S                two broken box tombs
ALFORD
Born
Sept 26, 1859
Died
Aug 6, 1898

unmarked grave          unmarked grave

According to Franklin Garrett's notes, two of the box tombs belonged
to Bynum and nancy Alford.  All box tombs are uninscribed.  Other names
missing that were on Garrett's transcription were John T Alford
(3/7/1831-12/1/1913) and Colie Warren (5/7/1870-7/27/1903).


transcribed by Mary West  Sept. 1999

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