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Lacy Cemetery, 75-1 Summary Report, page 2

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Township 5, Range 1 West. The cemetery is entirely within Section 14, at the north-south midpoint of the Southeast Quarter section line on the east. Lacy Cemetery, 75-1, Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co. AL, May 1, 2003 Box crypt of Mary W. Lacy at left; crypt of Alberta Ann Howell (collapsed) beside partially standing crypt of Prudence K. Howell. Dorothy Scott Johnson in her book "CEMETERIES OF MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA, VOL. 1" (1971) had a note as follows for these ertpts: "...identical box-type tombs unlike any others found in Madison County. Most box type tombs are made of plain quarried stone slabs; the above three were cast in cement witli molded sides and ends. The land where the cemetery is located was first purchased from the U. S. Government in 1813 by Alexander Grey Wall, as shown in the photo of the pertinent page of the Government Tract Book below. Ownership passed from Alexander to Conrad Wall (probably by inheritance, but probate records have not yet been checked). Conrad Wall sold the land to Alfred Howell, per a deed recorded in 1828, as shown in the Madison County Reverse Index to deeds. Alfred Wall sold it to Theophilus Lacy in 1838, per the next deed index shown below. It is from Theophilus Lacy and his wife 2 - (2636)    

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