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Maple Hill Cemetery, Phase 1, page xvii
9 Dorothy Scott Johnson, Madison County Orphan's Court Minutes, 1810-1817. Johnson Historical Publications, 1973. Mrs. Johnson has also published extensive Madison County cemetery records through the same publishing company: Volume I (1971); Vol. II (1978).
10Deed Book G, pp. 183-184. Deed Book F, pp. 78-82, notes that this land was excepted when LeRoy Pope had to put up substantial holdings to cover a large loan his son, Willis Pope, and John P. Hickman were unable to meet in 1820. A further reference to this site is found in Deed Book F, pp. 131-133, which identifies the graveyard as near the property of Dr. David Moore's "Longwood" Plantation.
11 Deed Book M, p. 30.
12 Deed Book 114, pp. 637-640. The plat map is reproduced in this volume.
13The Chancery Volume containing these proceedings has been missing for some years. However, various documents permit a reconstruction of pertinent documents: Orphan's Court of Madison County, Case #1451 (1848); Minute Book 12, p. 365; the will of William H. Pope, Record Book 14, p. 141. The transactions resulting from the land sales can be found in Deed Book BB, pp 272 ff. Deed Book 114, pp. 637-640, includes a description of the property to be sold and the Hansbrough Plat Map.
14Deed Book X., pp. 267-268, records the Donegan purchase from the Pope Estate; Deed Book UU, pp. 143-144, records the Donegan sale to the City.
15Margaret Ann Goldsmith Hanaw, "Five Generations of Life: My Family and the Huntsville Jewish Community, 1852-1982," Huntsville Historical Review, Volume 12, (July-October) 1982.
16 Deed Book 152, p. 121.
17 Deed Book 204, p. 521.
18 Deed Book FFF, pp. 189-190, records the Steele sale to Morris Bernstein; Deed Book FFF, pp. 588-589, records the Bernstein sale to the City. For the Pope-Steele sale, see Deed Book BB, pp. 274-275.
19 Deed Book 95, pp. 592-593. The original Thomas White purchase of the Pope property is found in Deed Book BB, pp. 278 ff. The 1886 sale of Thomas White to his son, James B. White, is recorded in Deed Book LLL, pp. 502-503.
20()n August 22, 1928, Robert E. Spragins, President of the Cemetery Commission, addressed a letter to the City Attorney outlining the duties and responsibilities of the Commission, including its membership. City Hall, Vertical Files, File 164, "Cemeteries."
21Deed Book 111, pp. 495-500, records the purchases of Lots 1-9 of the Chapman-Lee Addition for the new mausoleum site.
22Deed Book 115, p. 502.
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