I have sought help from every other means I know to get at least minimal recognition for the "John Blackwood Cemetery" located SE of what is now known as Central (old timers call it Sims Central). It is located on private property but not on space good for anything but a cemetery. A nearby resident some years ago was acquainted with it when it was more intact, saying there were perhaps as many as twenty graves there. Its namesake and his spouse may or may not have been the first buried there, but he died in 1888 and she in 1895. It is more precisely located at the SW-1/4 of the NW-1/4 of section 31 of R4W, T9S on a prominent knoll SW of the paved road shortly before and SE of Central, Cullman county, Alabama. When I was last there the place had been so ravaged by vandals and neglect that little except unmarked marker stones and one sign of "John Blackwood Cemetery" was about the only visible evidence it was more than undisturbed land. Direct vehicle access is not provided, yet. Two of those graves belong to: John Blackwood, b. abt 1819, Blount co. AL, d. 1888, Sims Central, Cullman co., AL, C.S.A., Co. G, 56 Alabama Partisan Rangers, husband of, Malinda Beavers Blackwood. b. abt 1823, TN, d. abt 1895 (she had died in the Herrin community, Morgan co., AL) Any recording or registering of this cemetery for whatever protections such documentation would afford is appreciated. If there is more I can do I seek your advise. What does Alabama legislation provide now for protection of grave sites on private property? James E. Blackwood, retired school teacher of Cullman, AL 35057 can confirm these and later details if desired. Richard Brock [email protected]