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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. II, page 308
OLD MAYSVILLE CEMETERY (Morrow-Stewart Cemetery)
LOCATION: Section 17-3-2E - approximately in the S/2 S/2 of section. This cemetery is located in a grove of trees on a hill due east of the Flint River Primitive Baptist Church on the Flint River.
FORSEY - Sacred to the Memory of Sarah Eliza Forsey who Departed this life January 20th, 1840 aged 17 mo. & 11 days.
FORSEY - E......Forsey who Departed this life November 18th 181.. aged 31 years...and....
[Note: The footstone said "E. F." The headstone was of sandstone and had failed to the ground and was crumbled beyond reading.]
FORSEY - Sacred to the memory of Richard Forsey who departed this life Nov. 7, 1855 aged ) 60 years & 1 mo. )
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FORSEY - Sacred to the memory of Eliza Forsey who departed this life Nov. 18, 1840 aged ) 31 years, 2 mo. & 10 days. The redeemed of the Lord. Isa. 62:12 )
Note: The 1830 census shows Richard and Eliza as having 38 slaves. Census, Nov. 18, 1850
Forsey, Richard 54 England - $8000. ) Richard Forsey -m- Susan E. Shotwell
Susan 28 Ala. ) Dec. 15, 1842 (MB-4)
CHAMBLESS - Martha Chambless was borne the 23d Jan. 1818 and departed this life the 11th of May, 1839 aged 21 years, 3 mo., and 16 days.
Note: Martha Stewart -m- Joel H. Chambless Aug. 4, 1835 (MB-4)
---- Note: There was a small plot of four graves enclosed by a lovely old wrought iron fence that did not have a gate. There were no tombstones.
ALBRIGHT - Franklin N. Albright - Born Oct. 5, 1878 - Died May 11, 1907. Here shrined with many a sweet & sad thought that loved ones memory lingers still.
GILES - Eliza Giles, Wife of John Giles - Born in Pittsylvania Co., Va., Aug. 23, 1811, died in Madison Co., Ala. Jan. 2, 1879.
Census, Nov. 4, 1850 Giles, John 50 42 Va., farmer
Louisa 40 Va.
George W. 20 Va.
Samuel A. 18 Va. -m- Milissa J. Severs 12-18-1856 (MB-4B)
Stephen 16 Va. Stephen C. -m- Sarah H. Crosby 11-2-1865 (MB-5)
William 12 Ala.
Edward 9 " Edward H. -m- Mary E. Martin, Lisc. 12-18-1861 (MB-4B)
Harriet 5 "
John J. 2
Note: John Giles may be buried in this cemetery in one of the unmarked graves.
MAYFIELD - To the Memory of Martha Jane Mayfield - Born May 16, 1853[1852?] - Died Nov. 8, 1853
MAYFIELD - William J. Mayfield - Born Feb. 25, 1850 - Died Dec. 6, 1850
MAYFIELD - Jacintha L., wife of John Mayfield - Born May 12, 1819 - Died Jan. 1, 1852.
Note: See next page for Mayfield census.
WHITE - Harriet J. White - Born Jan... 1830, died March ..., 1867. [Note: Illegible stone. I
can find no record of her in the marriage records or census of 1850. Her grave was in the immediate area of the Wortham plot.]
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