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Ward Mountain Cemetery, 20-2 Summary Report, page 5
Ward Mountain Cemetery, Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co., AL, June, 2002.
Cemetery is located in the west half of Section 8, Township 4S, Range 1W. The stones outside the fence (and inside also) are likely just outcroppings of the mountain rocks, rather than fieldstones for graves.
The stone pictured here is outside the gate of the cemetery. The cemetery seems to lie on the line between the NW/4 and the SW/4 of S8-T4-R1W. It is about a quarter mile south-southwest of the cemetery on the grounds of the U. S. Space & Rocket Center. It is just beyond the north end of Golf Course Road, which runs north from Goss Road, as shown on Sheet 2 of the October 1986 General Site Map series. The cemetery is on the east of the greenway, into the wooded area about 35 yards.
With no inscribed tombstones for guidance regarding burials, the land records remain the only realistic avenue of learning of the cemetery's past. The insert below shows the OLD LAND RECORDS OF MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA page by Margaret M. Cowart that addresses this location:
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