LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CEMETERIES - TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 11

CHISHOLM CEMETERY

Surveyed by Alfred McCroskey and William L. McDonald, 30 May 1963
Resurveyed by Orlan Irons, 24 Mar 1989.

To reach this cemetery, turn north off Cox Creek Parkway, onto AL 17 (Chisholm Road); go 4.3 miles.  Turn west (left) in front of some houses that are on the highway. The cemetery is in the back yard of one of these houses; one is partial stone, the other is a wooden frame. The legal description of this cemetery is: SW1/4 SW1/4, Section 2, T2s,  R11w.


    NAME                 BORN            DIED            COMMENTS
Chisholm, Ester           19 Aug 1819       28 May 1859     dau of John & Ester Chisholm
    [tombstone still there, but not on base.]
Chisholm, James Gum        1 Apr 1812       26 Aug 1844     son of John & Ester [top of
    tombstone still there, but broken]
Chisholm, Ester           25 Nov 1780       27 Sep 1852
Chisholm, John            22 Nov 1775       30 Jul 1847     [broken in 3 pieces]
Chisholm, Mary            10 Aug 1748        6 Mar 1827     wife of John Chisholm [Sr.]
Chisholm, John Senr.       1 Aug 1738        9 Oct 1828     
Hall, Dorinda G.           7 Jan 1804       21 Jun 1831
Johnson, Thomas            6 Nov 1850        7 Sep 1851     
     son of Thomas & Rachael Chisholm Johnson
Johnson, Rachel Chisholm  22 Oct 1821       20 Dec 1859     dau of John & Ester Chisholm
Chisholm, John Gum        23 Dec 1857       12 Jul 1860
    son of John W. & Anne Chisholm
Thrasher, Thomas           7 Jun 1825       12 Dec 1876
Thrasher, W. B. L.        25 May 1798       26 Jan 1883
    [broken in half; death date from 1963 survey.]
Thrasher, Rachel          17 Feb 1805       26 Dec 1883     wife of W. B. L. Thrasher;
    [broken in half; birth date from 1963 survey.]
Marks, Mary Elizabeth     10 Oct 1855        5 Jun 1884     wife of W. E. Marks
Thompson, Esther Melissa   6 Dec 1838        7 Jun 1840
    Inf. Dau of Thomas & Matilda B. Thompson

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