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Chilton Cemetery Association
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Clanton, AL 35046

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Jeff Reece
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Ricky Mims
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CCA In The News
Cemeteries a worthwhile cause

Historic Chilton County cemetery dedicated Saturday
(Mullins Cemetery)

Reaching First Milestone

How To Clean a Headstone

New Slab Placed at Famous Chilton County Gravesite
(Sarah Crockett Goodgame at Mullins Cemetery)

SAR Honors Jonathan Clower, Revolutionary War Veteran

First sheriff receives new headstone
(Thomas Williams, Williams Goodgame Cemetery)

Cemetery gets new historic headstones
(Mullins Cemetery)

Ellison Cemetery's new headstones dedicated

New Date Set for Reenactment
(Ellison Cemetery)

Honoring Confederate Vets
(Ellison Cemetery)

Group wants to help neglected cemeteries

Three county cemeteries added to list
(Ellison, Campbell II, & Gentry McKee cemeteries)

Remembering the dead: Preserving our local cemeteries and their memories
(Goodwin and Mullins Cemeteries)

Cemetery named to state register
(Williams Goodgame Cemetery)

  
Abney Cemetery
Topic: Cemetery Surveys Project

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

Download a diagram of the Abney Cemetery

Click on thumbnails for a larger image.

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.