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McElderry Family Cemetery

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Location	:	McElderry, Talladega County, USA
Coordinate	:	33.4876200, -85.9651900
Description	:	This cemetery was listed in "Talladega County, Alabama Tombstone Insciptions of All Known Cemeteries 1700's-1987", Vol. II, c. 1990 by Joseph W. and Francis S. Upchurch, The Gregath Co., Cullman, Alabama. There were thirteen marked interments identified here in 1984. A predominately African-American cemetery, "McElderry Cemetery No. 2", with seventeen interments is located approximately 400 yards to the rear of this family plot. Several headstones there are inscribed with the McElderry surname and "Application for Headstone or Marker" veteran's forms reflect it was known in the 1950's as "McElderry Cemetery" or "McElderry Home Site". The McElderry family purchased the land... Read More	This cemetery was listed in "Talladega County, Alabama Tombstone Insciptions of All Known Cemeteries 1700's-1987", Vol. II, c. 1990 by Joseph W. and Francis S. Upchurch, The Gregath Co., Cullman, Alabama. There were thirteen marked interments identified here in 1984. A predominately African-American cemetery, "McElderry Cemetery No. 2", with seventeen interments is located approximately 400 yards to the rear of this family plot. Several headstones there are inscribed with the McElderry surname and "Application for Headstone or Marker" veteran's forms reflect it was known in the 1950's as "McElderry Cemetery" or "McElderry Home Site". The McElderry family purchased the land of Chief Chinnabee, who had been a Brigadier General of friendly Creek warriors during the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814. His son, Selocta Fixico, was said by some to have been the one who escaped from the hostile encircled Ft. Lashley and traveled 30 miles to alert General Andrew Jackson at Ft. Strother of the besieged settler's peril. Jackson immediately marched his 2,000 Tennessee Volunteers to that location and engaged the hostile Creek warriors. Approximately 300 Creeks and 17 Tennesseans were slain in the "Battle of Talladega", November 9, 1813. Seventeen settlers with one hundred and twenty friendly Creeks were rescued. Lieutenant Thomas McElderry served in Captain Child's company of the Tennessee Militia. A monument was erected over the grave of Selocta at McElderry Station, intersection of McElderry (County No. 398) and Twin Churches (County No. 47) Roads, by the McElderry family. The McElderry Family cemetery is 100 yds. northwest of their country house on top of the hill, which is visible from the intersection. Notes for this description were taken from "Historic Tales of Talladega" c. 1993, by E. Grace Jemison, The Gregath Publishing Co.(3rd Printing) and "Fascinating Talladega County", by Randolph F. Blackford, Brannon Printing Co., Talladega, Alabama. The current landowner lives out-of-state, but a custodian lives on the premises and the driveway to the residence is secured with a locked gate. Spring landscaping is imminent, as well as a general cleaning of the family cemetery, which is enclosed within a cement retaining wall capped with a low wrought iron fence.

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1. McElderry Cemetery No. 2
McElderry, Talladega County, USA
Coordinate: 33.4893000, -85.9635300

2. Chinnabee Gravesite
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Coordinate: 33.4866982, -85.9625015

3. Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5004190, -85.9580050

4. Smith Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
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5. Hall Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
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6. Blankenship Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.4539180, -85.9681500

7. Mary Headen Gravesite
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8. Curry Family Cemetery at Curry Station
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Coordinate: 33.4911780, -86.0113620

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Coordinate: 33.4458008, -85.9527969

10. Old Hopeful Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.4913830, -85.9125170

11. Kelly Springs Memorial Garden
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12. Hopeful Baptist Cemetery
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13. Munford Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5343200, -85.9549800

14. Cunningham-Pyles Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5342500, -85.9543300

15. Hillcrest Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5372640, -85.9645890

16. Hopeful Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.4940000, -85.9052500

17. Sunnyside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5115300, -86.0188600

18. Sunnyside Cemetery #2
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Coordinate: 33.5115300, -86.0188600

19. Ironaton Church of Christ Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.4377520, -86.0092210

20. Union Springs Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5024350, -86.0380910

21. Lewis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.4862400, -86.0468700

22. Allen Elston 1860 Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5468200, -86.0177300

23. Jenifer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.5541500, -85.9258100

24. Boswell Community Cemetery
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Coordinate: 33.4313800, -86.0257000

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