Chilton Cemetery Association

Abney Cemetery

For genealogical information on the Abney family, please visit this website.

Historic Atlas of Alabama (Vol 2, Cemetery Locations by County) number: 81
Cemeteries of Chilton block designation: M
Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance number: 11-001389

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Diagram Number	Image	Information	Notes
1		Thomas Hamilton Abney 1792 Edgefield S.C. 1870 Chilton Co AL	On double stone with Mary Ann Gosden Abney
2		Mary Ann Gosden Abney 1800 Delaware 1848 Chilton Co AL	On double stone with Thomas Hamilton Abney
3		Erasmus Hurt Alley Apr 6, 1880 Oct 19, 1949	On double stone with Nelle Abney Alley
4		Nelle Abney Alley Dec 19, 1888 May 22, 1970	On double stone with Erasmus Hurt Alley
5		LeRoy Christopher Dec 12, 1908 Aug 3, 1910	Son of T.S. & Margaret Christopher
6		Estelle Abney McMillian Aug 12, 1886 July 6, 1928	-
7		Evelyn Lilly Abney Born Dec 15, 1883 Died March 3, 1924	Dau of S & M Abney
8		Samuel Abney 1835 1917	Sgt Co D 10 ALA CAV September 10, 1835 Feb 12, 1917 Military Stone Southern Cross from the UCV
9		Martha Abney Oct 25,1845 May 25, 1922	-
10		Norma T. Brown Nov 24, 1934 Recently deceased no death date carved yet	On double stone with George K. Brown -not deceased
11		Zack T. Abney January 6, 1873 June 24, 1954	Son of Martha Walker and Sam Abney
12		Virginia Abney June 30, 1826 May 3, 1907	On double stone with Mary Abney
13		Mary Abney Oct 23, 1818 August 20, 1888	On double stone with Virginia Abney
14		Mary Abney Brown June 23, 1880 June 9, 1963	On double stone with Francis Horatio Brown
15		Francis Horatio Brown Oct 12, 1872 May 10, 1957	On double stone with Mary Abney Brown
16		Francis H. "Rash" Abney Jr. Apr 9, 1920 Feb 2, 1991	Francis H. Brown Jr. U.S. Army Military Stone
17		Frances Brown Gulledge Nov 15, 1906 Dec 15, 1995	-
18		Frank Britton Brown Jan 20, 1918 Feb 28, 2003	-

Possibly 2-3 unmarked graves in addition to those listed.

Williams Goodgame Workday

We are in the process of
rescheduling this workday,
please check back for more information.

The Chilton Cemetery Association will hold a workday at the Williams Goodgame Cemetery. This historic cemetery in Jumbo has been heavily vandalized.

We need a volunteer with a pick up truck with a trailer hitch, and we also need water to mix up concrete. If you can help with either of those needs please contact Katherine at 294-2197.

If you want to volunteer but can't do physical labor, we need people to man "jigsaw puzzle" tables. At this cemetery the vandals broke the headstones up into st size pieces. If you can't participate please consider a monetary donation towards the work.

Directions: From I-65 travel north up Highway 145 about eight miles and turn right onto County Road 61. Go one half mile, the cemetery is on a slight rise on the right .

The Williams Goodgame Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Jumbo community of northeast Chilton County. Thomas H. Williams buried here was the first Sheriff of Chilton County, back when it was Baker County. Thomas Williams was also a Lt. in the Confederate States Army. Other veterans in this cemetery are Edward Willis, also in the CSA, and John Crockett Goodgame who served in the Alabama militia during the late Creek war of 1836.

The images below show how this cemetery has been vandalized, please help us restore this cemetery by volunteering your time. Please contact us at

The grave of Nancy Williams, who died at the age of two.

The graves of Sallie Williams, John Williams, Robert Williams and Ocie Williams.

The graves of Tom Williams, Rebecca Williams, and Sheriff Thomas H. Williams.

The graves of John and Sarah Rasberry Goodgame

2009 Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the CCA will be held in the meeting room of the Holiday Inn in Clanton on September 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm. We will be discussing CCA business as well as setting our fall schedule of work on cemeteries.

You do not have to be a member to attend.

Obadiah Moore Cemetery Dedication

Heavy rains earlier in the week created enough damage to close one of the roads that visitors needed to take to get to the cemetery. Plus, the county had to come in and dump some gravel on the dirt road that leads directly to the cemetery. Despite all that, and the forecast of more heavy thunderstorms to come, there was a good turnout of visitors to the Moore Cemetery Dedication.

The new historical marker was also unveiled at the cemetery. It reads:

This cemetery is the final resting place for thirty-seven members of the Moore family. John Moore, son of American Revolutionary War Patriot and Battle of Charleston POW, Obadiah Moore, purchased this land on September 4, 1834. The Moore family migrated from Princess Anne County, Virginia to Pitt County, North Carolina, and then to Columbia and Jasper Counties in Georgia where they lived about 30 years before settling in the Chestnut Creek area of Autauga County in 1819. These early settlers served their community as ministers, postmasters, and a justice of the peace.

Obadiah Moore is buried here along with Civil War veterans Moses Moore and Hansford Chitty who both served with the CSA 59th Alabama Infantry.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.
Marker erected in 2009 by the Descendants of Obadiah Moore Nonprofit.

September 20, 2009

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	There was a good turnout especially considering the weather and the road closings.
	Sitting was restricted inside the cemetery itself due to the limited area. There are about 40 graves in this cemetery, most unmarked.
	Revolutionary War reenactors signing the visitors book.
	Outside the cemetery now flies a Revolutionary War period flag, the United States flag, and the flag of Alabama.
	The Obadiah Moore Descendants Nonprofit organization raised the monies to erect a historical marker at the cemetery. The cemetery was registered as historic by the CCA, to view and download the historical certificate please click here.
	(L-R)Kathryn Kotke, James Moore, Fred Kotke. James Moore is the oldest living descendant of Obadiah Moore. Kathryn Kotke and Fred Kotke were the previous landowners who donated the cemetery land to the Obadiah Moore Descendants Nonprofit. Fred Kotke and his son found the cemetery and cleared it.
	SAR representative Billy Spears along with DAR representative Mary Buehler, and Obadiah Moore descendant, opened the dedication ceremony.
	Kat Reece of the CCA spoke on the Moore Cemetery and what qualified it as a historic cemetery.
	Mary Buehler, descendant of Winney and Obadiah Moore, dedicated the DAR medallion for Obadiah Moore
	Billy Speaks, SAR member, dedicated the SAR medallion for Obadiah Moore
	Susan Moore Teller, descendant of Winney and Obadiah Moore, dedicated the DAR medallion for Winney Moore
	A new granite veteran's headstone was obtained for Obadiah Moore by the CCA, Obadiah's previous VA headstone incorrectly stated that he served in the "Alabama Militia"
	On the left is the DAR medallion for Obadiah Moore, the SAR medallion is on the right. This stone lays at the foot of Obadiah's grave.
	The DAR medallion marking the grave of Winney Moore, wife of Obadiah Moore.
	Mary Buehler and Susan Moore Teller place a wreath on the grave of Obadiah Moore.
	Benny Harris, Obadiah Moore descendant, is inducted into the SAR.
	Descendants of Obadiah Moore posing with a Revolutionary War reenactor.
	The ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Atchison Cemetery

Historic Atlas of Alabama (Vol 2, Cemetery Locations by County) number: 78
Cemeteries of Chilton block designation: M
Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance number: 11-001405

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Photographs courtesy of Joel Atchison

Diagram Number	Image	Information	Notes
1-13	-	Unknown	-
14		Bennett Atcheson Oct 3, 1797 - Aug. 25, 1858	Click here to see original (damaged) headstone.
15-18	-	Unknown	-
19		Mary Jane Lawhon Nov. 2, 1854 - July 22, 1857	Daughter of J.T. & Z.E. Lawhon
20		Samuel Brooks Lawhon Feb. 23, 1857 - Sept. 23, 1858	Son of J.T. & Z.E. Lawhon
21		Beulah Lawhon Died July 17, 1861 Age 15 days	Daughter of J.T. & Z.E. Lawhon
22-25	-	Unknown	-

According to Joel Atchison the following family members are thought to be buried in this cemetery:

JAMES ATCHISON	BORN 1770, DIED OCTOBER 1843 IN BIBB (NOW CHILTON) CO, AL
ELIZABETH H. ATCHISON	BORN 1775, DIED BEFORE 1843 BIBB CO, AL
EDMOND ATCHESON	BORN 1794, DIED 27 JUNE 1852 BIBB CO, AL
NANCY R. ATCHESON	BORN 1801, DIED NOVEMBER 1879 BIBB CO, AL
HIGDON R. ATCHESON	BORN 1819, DIED ABOUT 1884 CHILTON CO, AL
ELIZA ATCHESON	BORN 1814, DIED AFTER 1880 CHILTON CO, AL
JASPER ATCHESON	BORN 1831, DIED UNKNOWN BIBB CO, AL
EDMOND J. ATCHESON	BORN NOVEMBER 12, 1833 DIED 13 JUNE 1862, CSA
HARRIET S. ATCHESON	BORN APRIL 03 1834, DIED JUNE 20 1863 BIBB CO, AL
BENNETT ATCHESON	BORN OCTOBER 03, 1797 DIED AUGUST 25 1858 , BIBB CO, AL
LUCY ATCHESON COX	BORN 1837, DIED ABOUT 1864, BIBBCO, AL
JUDEA ATCHISON FREEMAN	BORN 1802, BIED AFTER 1860 (UNKNOWN)
GARRETT FREEMAN	BORN 1775, DIED AFTER 1856 BIBB CO, AL
ELIZABETH FREEMAN MORRIS	BORN 1830, DIED BEFORE 1863 BIBB CO, AL
LUCY FREEMAN MITCHELL	BORN 1837, DIED SOMETIME AFTER 1862
JAMES H. ATCHISON	BORN 1806, DIED AUGUST 1884 CHILTON CO, AL
SARAH ATCHISON	BORN 1810, DIED AFTER OCTOBER 1867 CHILTON CO, AL
MANLEY M. ATCHISON	BORN 1836, 29 MARCH 1867 BIBB CO, AL
YANCY DWYER ATCHISON	BORN 1808, DIED ABOUT 1890 SHELBY CO, AL
SUSANNAH G. ATCHISON	BORN C:1810, DIED ABOUT 1839 BIBB CO, AL
JANE R. P. ATCHISON	BORN MARCH 1820 ,DIED 19 MAY 1882 SHELBY CO, AL
BENNETT M. ATCHISON	BORN 1839, DIED 24 JUNE 1862 BIBB CO, AL
GORDON ATCHISON	BORN 1902, DIED SEPT. 1902 CHILTON CO, AL

Unknown Ferrell Daughter - Mullins Cemetery

In an article written by Sarah Madge Mullins and presented to the Chilton County Historical Society, we learned that the rock pile behind the graves of James and Mary Ford Mullins covers the body of the daughter of Mary Mullins and Dr. Alfred Ferrell. Dr. Ferrell was home on leave from his services as a surgeon in the Confederate army when his daughter died. He was too distraught to bury her so he laid her on the ground and piled the rocks up around her.

A descendant of Dr and Mrs. Ferrell donated the funds for one of our $50 headstones and we've placed it on her grave.

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Marzley M. Ellison - Mullins Cemetery

After we found the hand carved field stone that marked the grave of Marzley Ellison we solicited funds to place one of the $50 headstones on her grave.

Our thanks to Ed Ellison, a descendant of the lady, for donating the funds.

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Ellison Cemetery

Veterans buried in the Ellison Cemetery now all have new veterans stones. A memorial stone was added for Josiah Ellison, who died at the Battle of Shiloh and was buried in a mass grave there.

	Samuel L. Ellison, 63rd ALA INF, Co I Private The Chilton Cemetery Association obtained a veteran's stone for him. Download Samuel Ellison's CMSR
	John Ellison, 25th ALA INF, Co. C, 3rd Sgt The Chilton Cemetery Association obtained a veteran's stone for him. Download John Ellison's CMSR
	Josiah H. Ellison, 25th ALA INF, Co. C, Private Josiah died at the Battle of Shiloh and is buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. The Chilton Cemetery Association obtained a veteran's memorial stone for him. Download Josiah Ellison's CMSR

Mullins Cemetery Dedication

On May 30, 2009, the CCA held a Dedication Ceremony at the Mullins Cemetery. If you would like to see pictures from our clean up days on this cemetery please click here.

Below are some pictures from the day.

	Members of Boy Scout Troop 259, who helped transport people from the parking area to the hilltop cemetery
	Reenactors from the 31st Alabama Infantry were on hand in period costume and black powder rifles to lend some color.
	This headstone was placed to mark the rock pile as the Ferrell baby's grave.
	Marzley Coker Ellison's new headstone next to the one that her husband, John Ellison, hand carved when he came home on leave during the Civil War.
	We estimated about 75 people attended. This view shows the Hadnot graves and overlooks the refreshments table and the Mullins enclosure.
	Another view of those attending
	The Vines area of the cemetery.
	Descendants of the Mullins family gathered in the enclosure to compare ancestry.
	CCA President, Jeff Reece, marking the Prissilla Waggoner headstone as too fragile to touch.
	Members of the 31st Alabama Infantry who were onhand to honor the Confederate Veterans buried in the cemetery with a gun salute.
	Kat Reece preparing to start the ceremony.
	The Rev. Kenny Martin, Youth Minister at the West End Baptist Church, gives the opening prayer.
	Some of the volunteers who worked on the clean up of this cemetery.
	Hunter Bennett discussing why he chose the Mullins Cemetery for his Eagle Scout Project, and what it meant to him.
	Ted Urquhart, 1st Vice President of the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance, discusses the CCA's work in the cemetery.
	At the request of the CCA, Ted presented Hunter with the historical certificate, signed by Gov. Riley, for the Mullins Cemetery.
	The 31st Alabama giving the gun salute to honor the Confederate Veterans.
	Terry Binion, the Band Director at Chilton County High School, was on hand to play Taps.
	A young photographer taking a picture of the Civil War reenactors.
	Members of Boy Scout Troop 259. The CCA extends our thanks to these young men who worked so hard over three different workdays to help us get the cemetery cleaned up and the headstones cleaned and re-erected.

Headstone Cleaning and Repair Workshop

The Chilton Cemetery Association is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a headstone repair and cleaning workshop at the Rocky Mount Cemetery in Chilton County.

The Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance will be assisting the CCA on the workday. Charles Thomas, owner of Eagle Eye Masonry in Pinson Alabama, will be onhand demonstrating the correct way to repair and clean headstones.

Everyone is invited and admission is free. This is not just for the residents of Chilton County but for anyone who wants to learn how to correctly take care of old headstones.

Details:

When: June 27, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Rocky Mount Cemetery in Jemison Alabama on County Road 51

We suggest you bring a lawn chair. Restroom facilities will be available across the street from the cemetery at the Rocky Mount Methodist Church. Our thanks to them for opening their church to us for this need. There is ample parking at the cemetery, you can also park in the Rocky Mount Methodist Church parking area.

Directions: From I-65 - the 219 Jemison Thorsby exit turn east onto County Road 42 for half a mile. At the four way intersection turn left onto County Road 51 for two miles at which time you'll go back over the interstate. Continue on Co. Rd. 51 for one mile to the Rocky Mount Cemetery on your right.