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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. II, page 237
TOWNSEND CEMETERY LOCATION: Sec. 7-2-1E - NE NW NW. Approximately 1/8 mile east of Highway 241 and 2-1/2 miles north of Meridianville. This cemetery is set back of a house on Highway 241. TOWNSEND - To the Memory of Sarah T., daughter of John E. & Sarah T. Townsend. Born November 21, 1848 - Died December 30, 1854 Aged 6 years, 1 month & 9 days. TOWNSEND - Martha J. - In memory of Martha J., daughter of John E. & Sarah T. Townsend, Born August 21, 1850 - Died December 14, 1854, Aged 4 years, 3 months and 23 days. TOWNSEND - In Memory of Parkes M., son of John E. & Sarah T. Townsend. Born January 9, 1847 - Died December 26, 1854, Aged 7 years, 11 months and 17 days. Note: These children probably died of a common communicable disease since they died within a period of 16 days. Census, Oct. 31, 1850 Townsend, John 29 Va., Farmer - $16,000. ) John C. Townsend -m- Sarah -Sarah 22 Ala. ) E. Freeman Feb. 19, 1843. Mary 5 " Parkes 4 " Sarah 1 " UNKNOWN CEMETERY LOCATION: Section 5-2-1E - NE NW NW. On the property of the Helton Ranch (Jerry Helton, owner) is a large cemetery with no markers. The cemetery is on Walker Lane and covers approximately one acre. It is terribly overgrown and has many, many "sinks." Mr. Helton said he had no idea who was buried there or even whether the cemetery was Negro or white. Mr. Helton speculated that it might be the slave graveyard of the Walker family. A little over a quarter of a mile south of the driveway leading to the Townsend Cemetery, above, is a historical marker which reads: "Near here lived John Williams Walker (1783-1823) President of Alabama's First Constitutional Convention, 1819, and Alabama's First U. S. Senator, 1819-22. Walker County in Northwest Alabama, created 1823, was named in his honor. Four of his sons, Percy Walker, John James Walker, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Richard Wilde Walker were prominent in Alabama politics." Mr. Helton's land and the cemetery plot was at one time owned by the Walkers and Walker Lane was named after them. HUNT CEMETERY LOCATION: Section 22-2-1E - C. E/2 NE SE. On Macon Lane HUNT - W. A. Hunt. Our Father. June 24, 1873 - May 19, 1926. None knew thee but to love thee. HUNT - Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunt - April 13, 1906 - April 13, 1906 Note: There were two bases here to which the matching tombstones were gone. This cemetery is located on the edge of the road. 237 - (841)