Carnathan Cemetery

Choctaw County, AL

by Sarah Mozingo

This cemetery is an abandoned cemetery which is located on the Saw Mill Road, near Mt. Sterling, AL. The following markers were moved from this site and placed in the Carnathan plot in the Butler Cemetery, by family members. Information contributed by Ms. Velma H. Clolinger, a Carnathan descendent.

W. G. Carnathan
Co. C 40th Ala. Regt.
C.S.A.
b. July 17, 1834
d. Aug. 13, 1889

Theresa E. Mayberry Carnathan
b. Apr. 8, 1836
d. May 9, 1925

Olive Dent Carnathan
Sister
b. May 8, 1869
d. Jan. 17, 1939

Helen Gaines Carnathan
Daughter of W. G. and T. E. Carnathan
b. Dec. 12, 1866
d. Jan. 11, 1869

Lula Carnathan
Daughter of W. G. and T. E. Carnathan
b. Feb. 2, 1865
d. Dec. 2, 1945

Mary Carnathan
Daughter of W. G. and T. E. Carnathan
b. Apr. 8, 1860
d. July 22, 1860

There is a built up brick Crypt remaining there along with several more stones. The Crypt is that of Martha Cobb Coleman and first husband, Wiley Coleman.

Wiley Coleman
b. 1787
d. 1823

Martha Cobb Coleman Hill
b. 1794
d. 1860

Martha C. Coleman later married Robert Hill. His marker is also found in the Carnathan plot in the Butler Cemetery.

Robert Hill
E. Tenn. Militia
War of 1812
b. July 24, 1783
d. Sept. 23, 1868