HALBERT FAMILY CEMETERY USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. For name searches of this file, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. This is possibly the oldest cemetery in existence in Lowndes County. Two of the stones are the oldest known stones in the county. The cemetery is located on private Halbert family land off of Halbert Road west of Highway 69 south of Columbus. There is evidence of more white burials and over fifty slave burials in the cemetery. Surveyed by Russell D. James and Mike Lowery on 30 October 2003. Frances Brooks Hamilton Died 18 Aug 1928 Age 30 yrs. Rebecca Halbert 20 Mar 1840 – 24 Dec 1840 Col. Nimrod Davis 24th Rgt. Alabama Inf CSA 25 Apr 1829 – 8 Mar 1887 Xenophon Halbert 14 Feb 1798 – 27 Dec 1863 Martha M. Halbert 2 Dec 1840 – 4 Nov 1864 Rev. Joel J. Halbert 29 Oct 1821 – 17 Mar 1875 Sudie Josie Halbert 18 Oct 1869 – 28 Feb 1870 Margaret Halbert 1782 – 8 Oct 1842 John Halbert 11 Dec 1773 – 3 Jul 1854 Mary E. Halbert no dates E. F. Mullin 26 mar 1810 – 5 Jun 1850 John Portwood 28 Jul 1839 – 16 Oct 1862 John K. Portwood 13 Mar 1814 – 5 Oct 1866 Mary E. Portwood 25 Mar 1819 – 12 Mar 1867 Elizabeth P. Copeland 15 Apr 1831 – 30 Jun 1853 Mary Greer no dates Mary Aola Copeland 31 Mar 1852 – 20 Sep 1854 Rachel C. Halbert 21 Feb 1817 – 19 Aug 1828 J. T. Halbert 18 Feb 1812 – 22 Aug 1828 Jamie Boyd 19 Dec 1869 – 25 Dec 1872 May Boyd 10 Aug 1872 – 28 Nov 1873 Lottie Boyd 22 Feb 1874 – 18 Sep 1874 Scharlotta Gardner 1858 – 1923 Former Halbert family slave