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Moore - Landman Cemetery, 46-1 Summary Report, page 9

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Moore - Landman Cemetery, Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co., AL, June, 2002. This sinkhole is too large to likely be a rootball hole from a fallen tree. It is about 8 feet deep and perhaps 12 feet in diameter at the top. It is located in the northwest corner of the cemetery. It is not known whether any graves were in the sunken area. For such a cemetery, with few or no inscribed markers, investigations are facilitated by a search of the old land records. By understanding who owned the land when the burials started, one can begin to find clues as to who may be buried within the grounds. Normally, that would be the landowner and immediate family members. However, often burials would include surrounding neighbors who had the need for a space to inter loved ones. The research here started with a look at the original landowners of record. The cemetery is located in the southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 4, Range 1 West. This parcel was originally purchased from the government by Asa Thompson in 1818, as shown below: 9 - (1940)    

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