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| Contact CCA | Send donations or correspondence to:
Chilton Cemetery Association
P.O. Box 2523
Clanton, AL 35046
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| Volunteer! | The CCA needs members and volunteers to help with the following projects:
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Cemetery Restoration Projects
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Cemetery Surveys Project
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Historic Cemetery Registration Project
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Lost and Ruined Cemetery Project
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Veteran's Headstone Project
Please email us if you can help!
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| CCA Officers | Jeff Reece
President
Ricky Mims
Vice President
Katherine Reece
Secretary / Treasurer
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Caring For Our Past
There are many cemeteries in Chilton County that have been forgotten or are neglected. These are the graves of our ancestors who came into the wilderness that was Alabama. They spent their sweat and blood to develop the communities we all enjoy today. These are also the graves of our veterans who fought and died for our liberties and freedoms.
They deserve to be remembered and their resting places restored and maintained.
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| Isabella Methodist Cemetery Survey Workday (632 reads) |
Despite worries of tornadic weather, volunteers gathered at the Isabella Methodist Church Cemetery for the purpose of graphing out the cemetery so that it can be registered as a historic cemetery.
(L - R) Janette Bailey, Paul Fox, Anna Fox McCraw, Louise Williams, and Addison Williams
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While we were there, a lady arrived and started decorating the Church for a wedding. She let us in and we got this lovely snapshot of the interior of the Church.
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Just in case you don't know the church, here's a picture I took several years back of the church and the cemetery during one of our rare snows.
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| Joseph Ellison at Williams Goodgame (498 reads) |
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On March 5, 2011 members of the Ellison family and Jeff and Kat Reece met at the Williams Goodgame Cemetery to install the new headstone for Joseph Ellison. Joseph died in a hunting accident when he fell from a tree. An article about the accident was published in The Chilton View on August 1, 1889 and can be downloaded by clicking here.
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Contributions for the headstone came primarily from Benny and Ed Ellison, pictured here with Joseph's headstone.
The Chilton Cemetery Association had previously poured a concrete ledger on Joseph's grave to prepare it for the headstone placement.
(Click for a larger image) L to R: Benny Ellison, Ed Ellison, Larry Ellison, Brantley Ellison, and Llannie Ellison
Kneeling: Berneal Ellison
Members of the Ellison family gathered at the gravesite and provided the muscle to move and place the heavy granite stone.
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| Lovelady/Chesnut Hill Cemetery (470 reads) | |
Historic Atlas of Alabama (Vol 2, Cemetery Locations by County) number: 136
Cemeteries of Chilton block designation: Z
Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance number: 11-001420
Download a diagram of this cemetery
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Notes |
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James E. Johnson
September 14, 1877
April 25,1890 |
Son of J. F. and E. C. Johnson |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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| 4 |
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Unknown |
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| 5 |
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Unknown |
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| 6 |
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Unknown |
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Willie Elizabeth Loveday
June 27, 1876
May 22, 1955 |
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James Richard Lovelady
May 8, 1872
August 2, 1931 |
Woodmen of the World |
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German S. Lovelady
August 7, 1899
August 3, 1910 |
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Harvin J. Lovelady
March 7, 1896
January 28, 1901 |
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H. J. Lovelady
Dates Illegible |
Son or Daugh of J. R. & W. E. Lovelady |
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Weston "Dueie" Lovelady
December 22, 1903
March 19, 1904 |
- |
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Carvin J. Lovelady
November 17, 1893
January 4, 1916 |
Woodmen of the World |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Susan Lovelady
Died July 19,1908 |
Aged near 65 years |
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Duffie Lovelady
Feburary 24, 1881
July 26, 1904 |
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Jeneary Lovelady
September 4, 1876
July 10, 1879 |
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John N. Lovelady
April 28, 1848
January 28, 1891 |
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Sarah Lovelady
May 5, 1826
February 25, 1895 |
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M. J. Nichols
1869
1924 |
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Unknown |
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J. W. Nichols
1856
1924 |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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James David Lovelady
February 24, 1853
October 4, 1924 |
Father |
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Matilda Ann Lovelady
May 12, 1843 |
Mother |
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Sarah Velma Lovelady
November 27, 1887
January 20, 1888 |
Daughter of W. R. & R. M. Lovelady |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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| Foshee Cemetery (503 reads) | | 
Historic Atlas of Alabama (Vol 2, Cemetery Locations by County) number: 95
Cemeteries of Chilton block designation: O
Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance number: 11-001455
Download a diagram of this cemetery
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| Diagram Number |
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William F. Foshee
January 28, 1846
May 25, 1911 |
No military stone, but,
served in
Co. D, 62nd Ala Inf
CSA
Download CMSR
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Mary Foshee
August 25, 1843
August 13, 1916 |
Mother |
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Sam Foshee
June 26, 1877
June 9, 1937 |
Brother |
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Essie Foshee
April 15, 1886
January 27, 1942 |
Sister |
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Ruby Foshee
August 26, 1888
Death date not inscribed |
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Nellie Foshee
June 29, 1882
June 27, 1956 |
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| Williams Goodgame Workday (1351 reads) | |
May 8, 2010, members of the Chilton Cemetery Association, the Williams family, the Seales family and Boy Scout troop 259 gathered together at the Williams Goodgame Cemetery to try and save what remains of one of the county's historic cemeteries.
The first Sheriff of Chilton County, Thomas H. Williams, is buried here with his family. Also buried here are his in-laws, John and Sarah Rasberrey Goodgame and their grandson Reese Goodgame. Neighbors of the Williams family, Edward Willis and his son Grover, are also buried in the cemetery as is Joseph Ellison.
Sheriff Williams was also a Second Lt. in the Confederate army, Edward Willis also served in the Confederacy, John Goodgame served in the Creek War of 1836.
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Grant Seales and members of the Williams family prepare to clear the road frontage |
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We had a good group of volunteers: William Ray, David Dennis, Janette Bailey, Ivan Truss, Craig &
Heath Bennett, Charles Ellison, Jason Williams, Bobby Williams, Butch Williams, Alice
Williams, Forest & Wanda Emfinger, Bernice Williams Emfinger, Grant & Susie Seales, Clint Seales and
Caitlin Seales.
(If I left anyone out please let me know)
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Susie Seales, and her daughter Caitlin cleaning the Williams family obelisk |
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Pieces of the iron fences are missing, here members of the Williams family are reassembling some pieces that were
found on the ground and therefore could have rusted much quicker. |
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We tried to salvage all the pieces of the original head and foot stones that we could. Unfortunately
the vandals broke them up into fist size pieces.
Here David Dennis and Janette Bailey are placing the
stones on the correct graves. |
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This is all that remains of the original stone for Annie Williams who died at age 2, we only know that
these pieces are part of her headstone because they match up with the broken part of her stone still
embedded in the concrete. |
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Nancy Williams, who also died at two years old. |
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The remains of the headstone for Robert L. Williams |
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We didn't find any pieces of Sallie L. Williams headstone, these are pieces of her footstone. |
On our next workday we'll use forms and lime mortar to attach these pieces to their respective concrete slabs. We'll also be pouring new slabs for several graves. We do have headstones to replace all the broken ones but we want to save as much of their original stones that we can.
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