Lorene, Thank you for this information. I wouldn't rule out Gillilands marrying martins. That wasn't a big community during the mid 1800s, so anything is possible. Thank you for all your help. I can't wait to see this old cemetery. Happy Thanksgiving! Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "lorene hopkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [ALCOOSA] Gilliland Cemetery Near Kellyton, Alabama > I have been doing some research in Coosa Co. as this is where my Martin's > were born, and I ran across a site a day ago and asked them about this > cemetery and my Martin's, here is what they said. > > > Lorene, > I am not at all familiar with this part of Coosa County, but we looked in > the Coosa County Cemetery Books, Volume 3, page 66, and there is listed a > Gilliland Cemetery which is located l l/2 miles East of Kellyton on Coosa > Road #46 in woods in front of Mr. George Moon's House. There are 23 graves > with tombstones and 7 unmarked graves. The marked graves consist of > Gilliland, Brown, Wall, Steverson, Garden, Chafin, Porch. There do not > appear to be any Martin's listed unless it was a lady whose maiden name was > Martin. By the way, my wife's maiden name was Martin and her ancestors > originally came through Talladega County around Talladega City in the > 1840's. I believe this Gilliland family were not related to the Gilliland's > in western Coosa County although they may have been cousins. > Ray Murphy for Ottis Murphy > > Hope this helps a bit. > Lorene > > > > At 07:17 AM 11/25/2002 -0500, Ellis Bateman wrote: > >At 05:52 PM 11/24/02 -0600, you wrote: > > >Dear List members, > > > > > >Does anyone know of or have record of a Gilliland Cemetery near Kellyton, > > >AL? Some information found in the new Coosa County, Heritage Book lists a > > >Gilliland Cemetery near Kellyton, but I can't find any information on the > > >whereabouts of this family cemetery. If anyone has any information on this > > >cemetery like surveys and or directions on how to find it, I would be > > >forever grateful. > > > > > >Happy thanksgiving! > > > > > >Robert > > > > > > > >There is no 'Gilliland Cemetery' listed in the Coosa Co. Cemetery Books > >that were produced by the Coosa County Historical Society in 1980. There > >is a Kellyton Cemetery though that contains 3 Gillilands. > > > >Good luck. > > > > > > > > > >==== ALCOOSA Mailing List ==== > >This ALCOOSA list is currently available for adoption! > >Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >