Acton Cemetery

Shelby County, Alabama

a.k.a. Old Acton Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Information and Survey

Dated November 2004

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Near New Hope Presbyterian Church on Cahaba Valley Road. Located in woods south of Blackhorse Bend just off Palomino Trail.
Cemetery census taken by Rollin Lee "Ron" Johnson, Jr.


NAME                           BIRTH          DEATH                 COMMENT

ACTON, Calvin H.	31 May 1836 	29 Jun 1857    (Son of Col. John & Martha T. ACTON.)
ACTON, Elizabeth 	b&d	1828	(Daughter of Samuel & Zilpha ACTON.)	
ACTON, James 	No dates         No marker; Believed to be James ACTON,
                                               son of John & Jennie ACTON, Sr.
                                               
ACTON, James W. 	15 Aug 1832 	07 Nov 1862	Marker broken.	
ACTON, Jane	06 Jan 1831 	04 Apr 1902	Wife of James W. ACTON; Marker broken, 
                                                                   dates illegible.
                                                                         	
ACTON, Jennie  	08 Sep 1773 	22 Nov 1845	Wife of John ACTON, Sr.	
ACTON, John H.	17 Oct 1842 	24 Sep 1846   (Son of Col. John & Martha T. ACTON.)	
ACTON, John, Col. 	21 Aug 1803 	23 May 1890	Mason; Marker broken.	
ACTON, John, Sr. 	19 Mar 1773 	16 Sep 1857
ACTON, Leonard M. 	05 May 1840 	11 Nov 1861
ACTON, Marilla  	  No dates       No marker; Next to Rufus M. ACTON,
                                believed to be Marilla ACTON, wife of Rufus M. ACTON.

ACTON, Martha H.    17 Sep 1848   1861    Died Autum 1861; 
                                        (Daughter of Col. John & Martha T. ACTON).
                                        
ACTON, Martha T.   	13 Oct 1813 	15 May 1859	Wife of Col. John ACTON.	
ACTON, Rufus B. 	10 Jul 1876 	02 Oct 1877	(Son of Rufus M. & Marilla OLDHAM ACTON.)
ACTON, Rufus M.  	20 Mar 1838 	24 Apr 1899	
                Military marker reads Rufus M. ACTON, Jr.; 2nd Lt. 2nd Ala. Inf. C.S.A.

GILBERT, Infant 	b&d 	15 Oct 1882	Daughter of I. N. & N. E. GILBERT.
HARRIS, Virginia  	      No dates       Only initials "V.H."; 
                                               Believed to be Virginia Ann HARRIS.
                                               
HARRIS, William     No dates             Only initials "W.H."; 
                                            Believed to be William Leonard HARRIS,
                                            son of Virginia Ann ACTON HARRIS.

ROBERTS, Jane, Mrs. 1742 12 Sep 1826 (Mother of Jennie ROBERTS ACTON). WILSON, Andrew Nesbitt 31 Dec 1847 28 Nov 1903 WILSON, Lucy Lucia 07 Mar 1852 28 Nov 1928 Wife of A.N. WILSON.
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