Lauderdale County, Alabama
Wesson Cemetery
Laud Cem # 160 T2S, R11W, Sec 15
Surveyed June 2016 by Joe Flippen & Robert Torbert
Location: From Florence, go N on AL 17 about 2.3 m to the Emanuel Baptist Church on the Lt. The cemetery is in the field just to the N of the church. To reach the cemetery, drive up the lane beyond the field and ask at the house at the end of the lane for permission to drive across the field. There are two tombstones within the concrete wall.
WESSON FAMILY
H.H. 1806 1877 Harrison
W.E. (26SE)1819 (16NO)1918 Wilie Ellen Herron
H.J. 1854 1876 Henry
R.J. 1858 1876 Robert
Evie (MY)1845 1919 Rachel Evaline
D.B. 1861 1889 Dudley
C.C. (NO)1851 Columbus Christian
REW footstone (Rachel's)
1850* Census of Laud Co AL 1870 Census 1880 Census
Harrison Wesson c1796 c1806
Wilie Ellen c1809 c1820 c1819
Leander L. c1826
Martha R. c1830
Rachel E.(Eva) c1835 c1845 c1845
Mary E. c1838 c1848 c1848
Christian C c1844 c1851 c1851
Robert J c1848 c1858
Henry c1854
Dudley c1861 c1861
* 1850 ages are off by 10 yrs.