JAMES JACKSON CEMETERY at the
FORKS of the CYPRESS

Surveyed 5 Sep 1989
by Orlan Irons

Location: To reach this cemetery turn northwest off Cox Creek Parkway onto Lauderdale 41. Go 1.9 miles and turn right on a wood or farm road. Go through a pasture gate just as you turn off the road. Then go 9.2 miles to the cemetery. This cemetery is always clean and beautiful. It is well kept. There is a 90' X 90' cut stone wall around it 4 feet high. The cemetery is listed on the 1987 Lauderdale County Highway map. The legal description for the cemetery is NE4, SW4, Sec 29, T2S, R11W.

          NAME                 BORN               DIED                 COMMENTS
Mitchell (double)
     Etoile Hurd             16 Nov 1856       31 Jan 1932   born Prattville, Ala.;
        dau of Joseph Hurd and Mary Frost Abbott Hurd. (New Jersey)
     John Jackson            15 Sep 1854       13 Dec 1930   born Florence, Ala; 
        son of William H. Mitchell D.D. & Martha Jackson Mitchell
no name                          no date           no date   base here, but no marker
Mitchell, W. H.: D. D.        7 Sep 1812        3 Oct 1872   born in Monoghan County, Ireland
   Licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of East Alabama in 1843. Pastor of the church 
   at Wetumpka, Ala, nearly eight years, and of the church at Florence nearly 20 years.
Mitchell, William H.         16 sep 1852       30 Apr 1872   son of Rev. Dr. W. H. & M. Mitchell
Jackson (double)
     Elizabeth                      1869              1871
     Mary Steele                    1854              1861
Jackson, Sarah                      1856              1861
Jackson (double)
     James                          1822              1879
     Elizabeth Perkins              1832              1872   wife of James Jackson
Jackson (double)
     Elizabeth                      1856              1861
     Martha                         1860              1862
Jackson (double)
     Sarah Perkins                  1834              1868
     George Moore                   1829              1883
Kirkman, Miss Sallie                           31 Aug 1876   Florence, Ala.
Jackson, Jane                 3 Feb 1853       21 Oct 1853   aged 8 mos 18 dys
Kirkman (double)
     Elizabeth               25 May 1809        4 Apr 1871   wife of Th's Kirkman
     Thomas                  17 Mar 1800       21 Jan 1864   born at Rockfield Monaghan Co. Ireland
                                                             died Florence, Ala.
Kirkman, James Jackson                          1 Nov 1850
Andrews, Mrs. Jane                              3 Aug 1841   in the 61st year of her age
Andrews, Robert                                16 Jan 1848   aged 36 yrs 3 mos 8 dys; born in 
                                                             Lancaster Co PA
Mitchell, Martha             26 Oct 1812       25 Aug 1879   married Robt. Andrews 22 Oct 1835;
     married Rev. W. H. Mitchell D. D. 19 Aug 1851; dau of J. & S. M. Jackson;
     born in Nashville, Tenn.
Jackson, Thermuthis C.        4 Aug 1827        2 Oct 1850   wife of Andrew Jackson
Kirkman, James J.            13 Jan 1831       25 Sep 1864   son of Mary & James J. Kirkman
Moore, William Augustus                        26 Apr 1819   in the 25th year of his age. 
                                                             born in Wilmington, N.C.
Kirkman (double)
     Mrs. Mary Steele                          13 Mar 1833   in the 22nd year of her age
     Mary Moore - her dau                      19 Jan 1834   aged 11 months
Jackson, Jane                13 May 1831       29 Aug 1839   dau of James & Sarah Jackson
Jackson, James               25 Oct 1782       17 Aug 1840   born at Ballibay County Monaghan, Ireland
Jackson, Sarah               10 Jul 1790       24 Dec 1879   wife of James Jackson;
                                                             dau of Geo. Moore of North Carolina
Jackson, Alethea Wardlaw            1859              1942   wife of James Jackson
Jackson, James                      1848              1937   son of Wm. Moore & 
                                                             Thermuthis McKiernan Jackson
Jackson, William Moore              1824              1899   Confederate Senator 1861-1865. 
                                                             Son of James Jackson of " The Forks "
Jackson, Thermuthis McKier    2 Feb 1859              1866   dau of Wm. Moore & 
                                                             Thermuthis McKiernan Jackson
Jackson, Martha              26 Feb 1853          Sep 1853   dau of Wm. Moore & 
                                                             Thermuthis McKiernan Jackson
Jackson, John                                  28 Apr 1832   in the 59th year of his age. 
      He was born in Ballibay County Monagahn, Ireland
Jackson, Alexander                              2 Jun 1826   in the 51st year of his age. 
      He was born in Ballibay County Monagahn, Ireland
Hanna, Parolee Frances       10 Dec 1806       21 Jun 1842   aged 35 yrs 6 mos 11 dys; wife of 
                                                             James J. Hanna
Childress (double)
     John Albert             27 Sep 1808        6 Nov 1830   son of Thomas & Martha Childress
     M. Martha               15 Jan 1785        9 Aug 1836   wife of Thomas Childress
Alexander, Lorr Imer                           17 Aug 1847
     (Loor Imer is probably not the initial for this Alexander, the way it is engraved on the 
     marker and location on the marker, makes me believe it is something else,especially the Imer. )
Anderson, Ellen                                 2 Oct 1832   aged 27 yrs 1 mo 4 dys.  
                                                             wife of Henry Anderson
Anderson, Henry               2 Oct 1797        3 Apr 1846   born in Saratoga County, N.Y.; 
                                                             died in Holly Springs, Miss.
Anderson, William            12 Feb 1828        1 Jan 1850
Lasseter, James M.                             11 May 1899
Lasseter, Kate Jackson                         16 Dec 1938
Jackson, Mrs. Alexander                        15 Mar 1901
Jackson, Alexander                              3 Feb 1892
Jackson, George M.                             23 Apr 1872
Zimmerman, Bessie Lasseter                     14 Jun 1965   only date; probably death date
Zimmerman, Mercer D.          6 Oct 1885       25 Mar 1949
Jackson, Robert Andrew              1865              1936
Jackson, Alexander                  1854              1940
Perkins (triple)
     Wm. O'Neal              28 Feb 1791        2 Nov 1840
     Pocahontas Bolling      10 Sep 1806        8 May 1838   wife of Wm. O'Neal Perkins
     Mary M. O.                9 Sep1828        9 Aug 1835   dau of William O. Perkins & 
                                                             his wife Pocahontas Bolling Perkins
Hanna, Jane                                    11 Mar 1820   aged 17 yrs and 49 days
Hanna, Sarah                  8 Oct 1772       15 Sep 1845   aged 70 yrs 11 mos 5 dys. 
      born in Ballibay County of Monaghan, Ireland
Hanna, Alexander Childress    1 Jul 1835       19 Sep 1839   aged 4 yrs 2 mos 19 dys
Hanna, Jane                                    12 Sep 1829   aged 1 month;
      grand dau of Henry & Ellen Anderson