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Elko Switch Cemetery, 20-1 Summary Report, page 17
3. Dorothy S. Johnson, Certified Genealogist, Huntsville, Alabama
...Ms. Johnson has no record of the project's historic cemetery in her files.
4. Ed Peters, Public Affairs, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
...He was not aware of the identification of the historic cemetery.
5. 1st Sergeant Tommy Johnson, Pastor, St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church
.He provided names of people who are presently associated with many of the churches that were once established in Mullins Flat and Pond Beat, two communities that existed prior to the installation of Redstone Arsenal. He was not aware of the cemetery.
6. Reverend Wayne Snodgrass, Progressive Union Missionary Baptist Church & Deacon George Green, Center Grove Methodist Church, Huntsville, Alabama
.Neither of these men knew of the historic cemetery.. Cedar Grove and LaGrange churches used a cemetery within "walking distance, on a hill not far just west of the church." This cemetery is probably the Moore Cemetery on Redstone Arsenal. Pine Grove and Gaines Chapel had a cemetery north of the church. The historic cemetery is not associated with any of these churches.
7. Aaron Burns
.Mr. Burns remembers Elko Switch as a stop on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad where fertilizer was unloaded and cotton was shipped. It was also a commuter stop into Huntsville. The road up to Elko Switch was dirt and in 1909 was called Rural Free Delivery No. 5.. In order to get to Elko Switch from Mullins Flat one had to
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