Newville Baptist Church Cemetery - Newville, AL
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N 31° 25.390 W 085° 20.286
16R E 657960 N 3477695
History of land purchases for the cemetery located adjacent to the Newville Baptist church at the intersection of West Columbia Road and Railroad Street.
Waymark Code: WMK638
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2014
Views: 3
Marker Text:
James M. and Catherine Wells donated one half acre of land in 1887, for the site of the church and cemetery. The oldest known grave is William Y. Kirkland who died April 10, 1891. The church paid W. M. Harris fifty dollars in 1901 for two and one-half acres of land for the cemetery. In 1947, burial spaces were sold for 25 cents a square foot. Nancy Price gave the church one acre of land for the cemetery in 1958. There are over 700 marked and unmarked graves. The Newville Cemetery was listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register in 2005.
Marker Name: Newville Baptist Church Cemetery
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, The Henry County Historical Group and Friends of Newville Baptist Church and Cemetery.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2005
Marker Number: Not Listed
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