Lauderdale County, Alabama
Laud Cem # 520 T1S, R8W, Sec 23
Surveyed January 2008 by Keith Hunt & Robert Torbert
Location: From Lexington, go southeast on CR 51; turn left on CR 87; turn right on CR 497 and then take CR 499 to its end. The cemetery is up on the hill behind the house at the base of a extra large oak tree. An * indicates the correction of an error in the earlier survey published on page 395 of Cemeteries of East Lauderdale County, Alabama.
Could Martha Jane be the Millie mentioned in the Shelton Cemetery which is located at the same address?
The 1850 Census of Giles Co TN and 1860 Census of Lauderdale lists:
1850 1860
John Bently 74 yrs Farmer 84 yrs VA
Samuel Bently 43 yrs 50 yrs TN
Reta Bently 45 yrs SC Henrietta 56 yrs SC
Elizabeth Howard 17 yrs AL
Joseph Bently 12 yrs AL
Martha Bently 10 yrs AL 20 yrs AL
Labrasan? Bently 2 yrs AL (female)