>Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:51:16 -0500 >From: "Calvin Freeman" <cefreeman@bluebon.net> > >Dianne, >No, I do not live in that area...I live in Central Texas. We were in >Chilton County about two years ago, and I had the chance to search for some >of the old cemeteries. I was looking for the Goodgame/Williams Cemetery, >but unfortunately, I did not find it. I guess that is for another trip:)) >I knew that my great grandfather, Thomas H. Williams, was buried there, but >I had no idea where Charles and Nancy were buried. However, considering the >fact that they were in the Chestnut Creek for so many years, I suspect that >they were buried there. Charles was, at one time, a Methodist Episcopal >Preacher....I assume in that area. > >Thank you so much for giving me this lead...I will search it out. >Liz I just came across this thread i the digest lately, so I hope I'm not missing something key here... "Coppers" in your subject is actually Cooper on maps, although it's long been referred to as "Coopers" by many in the area. I have numerous relatives buried at Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. There's a listing of the graves at Chestnut Creek maintained online by Bruce Glenn, along with some other Chilton County cemeteries, at <http://www.bruceglenn.com/cemetery.htm>. It doesn't list a Charles Williams. Women are listed by maiden names when he's able to get them. I have a book I bought from the University of Alabama entitled "Historical Atlas of Alabama Volume II: Cemeteries by County", which they sell online for individual counties and put together for you (will provide info and links on request). In Chilton County, it shows the Williams-Goodgame cemetery, which it says has 13 graves. According to this, Thomas H. Williams (1837-1904), the first sheriff of Chilton County, is buried there. The location of the cemetery is clearly marked on the map included, not far off Alabama Highway 145, and a bit northwest of Jumbo. I'm unaware of any location where you might find an enumeration of the graves there. But the information provided in my book is said to have come from "Cemeteries of Chilton County, A Census by the Chilton County Historical Society and Archives", edited by Robert D. Benjamin. You may well be able to find someone with a copy who could search it for you. They probably have one at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. You can get more information at the ADAH web site at <http://www.archives.state.al.us/>. And they include links to various County and historical society resources on their page at <http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/hsglist.html>. Let me know if I can be of further assistance. = Steve = -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama Surnames: Jackson, Kincaid, Culver, Wingard, Thornton, Grier, Smith, Gray