Download
[Page]
[Document]mcc-jrr_511-016
Jordan - Lanier Cemetery, 51-1 Summary Report, page 16
KNOWN BURIALS
Per the photos inserted above, plus an infant son of Louisa Augusta Lanier Sumner (1806 - 1852). The infant died Oct. 25, 1836, age 11 days, according to family records and historical documents.
Prepared by John P. Rankin, October 25, 2004, Revised September 17, 2005
An earlier report written about this cemetery is inserted below. It has some duplication of material covered above, but most of the content is somewhat different, as it was originally used for another purpose.
JORDAN - LANIER CEMETERY
(51 -1)
This cemetery is in a pasture on the east side of Patton Road, just a bit south of the junction with Neal Road. It carries the identifier 51-1 on the Redstone Arsenal cemetery database. It should be named the William Lanier Cemetery, as he is the patriarch of all known to be buried there. The only Jordan buried there according to legible markers is Mary LANIER Jordan, a daughter of William who married Henry Jordan and preceded her parents in death. The cemetery is perhaps half a mile southeast of the location of the William Lanier residence site. He moved to Madison County from North Carolina (with possibly a short stay in Tennessee) by August 30 of 1809 to live in Huntsville near his brothers Thomas and Isaac Lanier.
16 - (2035)