Pioneer Cemetery - Greenville, AL
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N 31° 49.689 W 086° 37.346
16R E 535729 N 3521449
Historic cemetery, first in Greenville, contains the grave of Captain William Butler, namesake for Butler County and is located on South Park Street, between Walnut and Dunklin Streets
Waymark Code: WMJPQ5
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2013
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Cemetery contains many of the earliest settlers of the Greenville area. Also an area is marked as having a Confederate hospital there between 1861-1865.
Marker Text:
Greenville's oldest, established 1819. Captain William Butler, for whom the county was named, is buried here. He was killed fighting Indians led by Savannah Jack in March 1818. Greenville's oldest church, a community church established in 1822, formerly stood near eastern boundary.
Marker Name: Pioneer Cemetery
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Butler County Historical Society.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1967
Marker Number: Not Listed
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