Harpersville Garden of Memories - Harpersville, AL
N 33° 20.117 W 086° 26.320
16S E 552238 N 3688598
Harpersville Garden of Memories, where the oldest known grave is that of Oprah Moore (1772-1823), consort to Rev. (Doctor) Lemuel Moore.
Waymark Code: WMFA5T
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2012
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The marker is a standard, metal ALabama Historical Commission historical marker. The marker is located in front of the cemetery on US Hwy 231 about two miles sount of Harpersville. The marker was placed by the Friends of the Historic Harpersville Memory Gardens.
Marker Name: Harpersville Garden of Memories
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Marker text:
The oldest known grave is that of Oprah Moore (1772-1823), consort to Rev. (Doctor) Lemuel Moore. This is the final resting place of American Revolutionary War Patriot William Jennings (1761-1840) and the professed burial site of the Last Creek Indian Chief of the Kewahatchie Tribe, Boz Shepard and his family (c. 1836-37). On January 24, 1964, a devastating tornado destroyed most of the oldest grave markers and killed ten citizens, including five members of the same Kelly family. Thousands of Shelby County’s earliest settlers and area residents are buried here.
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2006
Marker Number: None
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