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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 247

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Pearl said Budd Cowan might be buried in Cowan Cemetery. He was around 50 or 60 years old when he died. He was Oscar's son. “There could be 27 people buried there, but they are not all Cowans.” The researcher remembered George Jones (1889-1931) being shown on RSA records as buried in the Cowan Cemetery, thus, Pearl was asked if she recalled the Joneses. She replied, “ I don't recall anybody named George Jones, but people would let others in the community be buried in their cemetery.” Pearl did not recognize the other names the Army records had listed for Cowan Cemetery, which were Mem Turner, Margaret Robinson 1941, Bertha J. Bones, 1932, Frank C...(?) 1937, and Jas. Lehman 1935. However, the Army Real Estate Map shows Myrtle Turner as owner of a small piece of land that bordered Andy Cowan on the northwest, just above Ellie Toney. Mem Turner may have been associated with it. Amanda Lightford, Celia Jones, and Magnolia Baker Lankford. The women pictured above were friends of Pearl Higginbotham. Amanda Francis Kelly Lightford was the granddaughter of Amanda Jacobs Sheffield. Amanda married John Sheffield after she had children by Jack Horton (the plantation master). Magnolia Baker Lankford (born in 1902) was Emma Lankford Horton's mother. The next section presents the interview of Emma Lankford Horton. 247 - (4280)    

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