The
Saluda Hill Cemetery is located across Hwy. 225 from the old deserted town
of Blakeley, once the propionate county seat of Baldwin County. From
Bay Minette, travel southwest on Highway 138 (also called Hurricane Road)
some six miles until you reach the intersection of Highway 138 and Highway
225 (Crossroads). Turn left
on Highway 225 and travel some 8 miles until you see the cemetery on the
left.
The
historical marker in front of the cemetery says:
“Saluda
Hill Cemetery is a private historical cemetery established in 1824. Among
the graves here is that of Zachariah Godbold, the only known Revolutionary
War veteran buried in Baldwin County. Many
Blakeley residents and confederate soldiers also are buried in the cemetery.”
Over
the years, the cemetery has been treated poorly by vandalizes. Most
of the tombstones have been broken off their bases and are laying on the
ground as slabs. Their as several
slabs with writing on them that cannot be read and also several stone crosses. the
majority of the burials in the cemetery are not even marked.
Surveyed
on May 25, 2001 by Leon W. Weekley
Burials:
BRUNSON,
Martha Ann
Died
Jan. 15, 1911
CONWAY,
James
1792
Sept.
8, 1847
GODBALD,
Zechariah
Apr.
3, 1763
July
13, 1832
HURLEY,
John
Aug.
11, 1844
Jan.
25, 1913
HURLEY,
Nancy
Mar.
18, 1874
Mar.
18, 1874
HURLEY,
Alice Hardee
July
9, 1856
July
24, 1895
THOMPSON,
Sydney
no
dates
THOMPSON,
Hamilton
died
August 7, 1853
THOMPSON,
Christopher
June
10, 1816
May
12, 1886
THOMPSON,
Louisa S.
July
26, 1818
Jan.
30, 1894
WILKINS,
William
Nov.
13, 1805
Apr.
12, 1878
“Age
72 yrs. 4 mos. 28 days”
WILKINS,
Mary Ann
Died
April 20, 1844
“died
in her 28th year”
WILKINS,
Artmesia
(Dates
unreadable-shares marker with Mary Ann Wilkins)
WILKINS,
(Unreadable-shares tombstone with Mary Ann and Artmesia Wilkins)
MILES,
John P.
Died
Nov. 29, 1863
WILKINS,
George W.
June
22, 1790
Feb.
21, 1881
WILKINS,
Eleanor C.
Nov.
9, 1778
Nov.
15, 1861
“Wife
of G. W. Wilkins”
WILKINS,
Frances L.
July
5, 1841
Sept.
27, 1845
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