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'''Harpersville Garden of Memories''' is a roadside cemetery located on [[Alabama Highway 25]] in the present city of [[Harpersville]] in [[Shelby County]]. The cemetery contains well over 1,000 graves, including those of the first settlers of [[Big Springs]] in the first decade of the 19th century. On [[September 17]], [[2006]] the roadside cemetery became one of 40 cemeteries on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the 6th in [[Shelby County]]. | '''Harpersville Garden of Memories''' is a roadside cemetery located on [[Alabama Highway 25]] in the present city of [[Harpersville]] in [[Shelby County]]. The cemetery contains well over 1,000 graves, including those of the first settlers of [[Big Springs]] in the first decade of the 19th century. On [[September 17]], [[2006]] the roadside cemetery became one of 40 cemeteries on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the 6th in [[Shelby County]]. | ||
A tornado | A [[1964 Harpersville tornado|tornado]] hit the cemetery on [[January 24]], [[1964]], destroying many of its older markers and monuments. | ||
==Notable burials== | ==Notable burials== | ||
* [[Boz Shepard]] | * [[Boz Shepard]] (died c. 1837) last chief of the [[Kewahatchie Tribe]] of the [[Creek Nation]] | ||
* [[William Jennings]], | * [[William Jennings]] (1761–1840), Revolutionary War veteran | ||
* Members of the Kidd family, early settlers of the area. | * Members of the Kidd family, early settlers of the area. | ||
* [[Orpah Moore]] (1772–1823), consort of [[Lemuel Moore]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* McAlister, Laura (September 14, 2006) "Cemetery's historic designation an opportunity to recall the past." | * McAlister, Laura (September 14, 2006) "Cemetery's historic designation an opportunity to recall the past." {{BN}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Shelby County cemeteries]] | ||
[[Category:Harpersville]] | [[Category:Harpersville]] | ||
[[Category:Alabama State Highway 25]] | [[Category:Alabama State Highway 25]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:34, 17 November 2012
Harpersville Garden of Memories is a roadside cemetery located on Alabama Highway 25 in the present city of Harpersville in Shelby County. The cemetery contains well over 1,000 graves, including those of the first settlers of Big Springs in the first decade of the 19th century. On September 17, 2006 the roadside cemetery became one of 40 cemeteries on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the 6th in Shelby County.
A tornado hit the cemetery on January 24, 1964, destroying many of its older markers and monuments.
Notable burials
- Boz Shepard (died c. 1837) last chief of the Kewahatchie Tribe of the Creek Nation
- William Jennings (1761–1840), Revolutionary War veteran
- Members of the Kidd family, early settlers of the area.
- Orpah Moore (1772–1823), consort of Lemuel Moore
References
- McAlister, Laura (September 14, 2006) "Cemetery's historic designation an opportunity to recall the past." The Birmingham News