© 2002-2003 Katie King
Register Family Cemetery
Madrid Located South of Dothan off US HWY 231 South. From Ross Clark Circle take
US 231 South about 12 miles then right on Sonny Mixon Rd. 2 miles.
Cemetery on the left at a junction with a dirt Rd. The cemetery is in a
wooded area and hard to see. It is in bad shape and all the stones are gone
except the ones listed. read 2003 by Lawrence & Helen Downes < ld72539@mybluelight.com>
Click on link to view headstone photos
Name B-Date D-Date Condition Inscription/Remark
1 Mary E. May 20, 1846 Mar 29, 1894 Good On back of stone
the following: Mary Register daughter of Tilmon and Mary J. Register. Mary E. first
married J.W. McDonald and then John S. Register. J.S. remarried after the death of
Mary Elizabeth . Mary Elizabeth and John Sidney Register parents of Romadus, Green,
Wren, Jewell, Iulula
2 Register, Tempa Hughes Jul 3, 1835 Feb 15, 1923 Good On back of stone the
following: Widow of Elias "Bud" Register C.W. soldier, mother of Alice V., Ellen, Carter Braxton
"Brack", Archibald, Ellas Raymond "Bud" and one more. Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Clark) Hughes. Married Jun 14, 1953
3 REGISTER Otho, Harry, Infant ----------- ----------- Good In loving memory of
Otho, Harry, and Infant Girl childerh of Elais Raymond and Ella Frances Register
4 Register, Elias ------------------ Sept 13, 1861 Good Military stone; CO A 6 ALA REGT CSA. On back of stone: Elias Register husband of Tempa Hughes Register died of disease on Sept 13, 1861 while
in the service of the CSA. He is buried in an unmarked grave near Fairfax Virginia.
There appear to be more graves in this cemetery but all the stones are missing.
There are depresions inthe ground that look like they might be from graves or where
stones have sat in the past. There are piesces of stone scattered around
but none are readable.