Tuesday's Tombstones

A long forgotten cemetery in a neighboring town. While the town it resides in is listed as a historical village, and is on the national register, the property that the cemetery is on belongs to the Tennessee Valley Authority. When first purchased, about half o the the 2500 (some estimates are between 2500-8,000) graves were relocated. Only a handful of them documented.  Deeply overgrown and unkempt, this historical cemetery of "The first town in Alabama" is left to it's own accounts. The residents in the historical town, some 20 or so people, pay no attention. Historical Committees have large waiting lists of obligations with very little funding.  At one time this cemetery, about 8 acres or so, was a beautiful setting overlooking a grassy field and bustling river of merchant boats. At high water levels, the lower portions of this cemetery are submerged.  Many of the stones are broken, buried and scattered about the property.

There are many stories like this across the country. Join a preservation society near you and help preserve our ancestor's final resting places.