Caroline, The original Patton Cemetery is located just off Alabama 18 highway between Oakman and Corona on the same road as Patton Hill Cemetery. As you turn right off Alabama 18, go through the flat land, begin to climb up a hill toward Patton Hill Cemetery, pass a home on the right with a barn on the other side of the road, slow down and look in the ditch on the right side of the road. There you will see the grave of Andrew Patton. His grave is marked! The other graves that are in this cemetery are underneath the road-bed. I have it listed as # 245 on my Cemetery Map of Walker County. It is listed as the same number in Craig Remington's "Historical Atlas of Alabama, Cemeteries by locations and County". When this new road came through, the county workers placed the road in the wrong place and covered the cemetery. There were about 25 to 30 graves at this location. My map placing cemeteries in correct position by using a GPS. That map was published in 2000 with 304 locations and now I have found a total of 338 cemeteries in Walker County alone. I turned the information into Craig about Patton Cemetery. I hope this helps. Should you need any more assistance, please let me know. Gene Gravlee -------------- Original message from "Caroline" <carolineh@knology.net>: -------------- > Previously written: > . . . are over 100 known Pattons buried in Patton's Chapel Cemetery. > There 145 unmarked graves which probably date back to the beginning of the > cemetery. > . . . when was the beginning of the Patton Hill Cemetery? I > hope to visit next month and I will go tombstone hunting! Paula > > According to "Historical Atlas of Alabama" there are two Patton Cemeteries. > . . . 'original Patton cemetery was destroyed by road construction; at one > time as many as 25 graves were located here; the grave of ANDREW PATTON > (1772-1806) is the only stone remaining'. > T15S, R6W, Sec.26 [could not locate on map but still in south of county] > > Patton Hill Baptist Church; approx 600 marked and 177 unmarked graves; first > known interment: NEWT PATTON (1820-1885); Baker, Davidson, Earnest, Frost, > Kimbrell, Nelson, Patton, Smith, Thacker and Woods are common to the > cemetery still in use. T15S, R9W, Sec.23 [S/W of Oakman] > > This series of county maps, historical places and cemetery names and > locations can be ordered from the Univ. of Ala. Cartographic Dept. at > http://www.as.ua.edu/geography/cartlab/publications/index.html . > Scroll down to "Historical Atlas, etc.". go to "printable order form" and > you'll see that you can order only the counties about which you are > interested. When ordering by county the book is spiral bound and very > sturdy. > > Also, a county map of Walker can be ordered from the state highway dept. in > Montgomery. > http://www.dot.state.al.us/Docs/Bureaus/Equipment/General+Maps.htm > These maps are a must when finding your way around a county and show > location of most cemeteries. > > Caroline > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message