WATSON CEMETERY
Lawrence County, Alabama
Surveyed 25 November 2004 by Sunni Evan Montgomery <[email protected]>

This cemetery is located off of Hwy. 334, Sec 32, TR6S, R6W, private property adjoins the 
cemetery and the only way in is through inhabited, residential property that has big pit bull 
dogs roaming it, some are aggressive. This cemetery is located in thick woods that are 
severely overgrown with many fallen trees as hazards.  The residents of the property also 
report that snake infestation is high in the warm months.

* WARNING* Extreme caution should be exercised if you are thinking of entering this area 
due to all the combined hazards and dangers. 

Listing of readable and visible internments: (spelling and wording is exactly as it appears on the stones)

Upright headstones:

Elizabeth HAMELTON
        born
Feb. 6, 1796
        died
July 30, 1852

Elmira F. S. HAMELTON
        born
May 5, 1844
        died
July 22, 1852

There are 5 large, false rock tombs about 20 feet in front of the above graves.

Here lies the body
            of
Elizabeth JONES
          died
April 15, 1856
In the 92 year
  of her age

Here lies the body
          of
Rev. Elliot JONES
         died
Dec 16, 1841
In the 77 year
  of his age

There are 10 large, false rock tombs SW of the above graves. One of these reads:

Julia A.
Wife of
James MOORE
    died
Nov 21, 1849
In the 29 year
of her age

Upright headstones:

Maggie
Daughter of
S. J. & E. J. STEWART
          born
Oct. 5, 1868
          died
Dec 12, 1868

Charlie M.
Son of S. J. & E. J. STEWART
            born
Jan 20, 1874
            died
Feb 10, 1876

Travis
Son of
G. W. & N. O.
WATSON
Born Aug 8, 1881
Died July 31, 1899
Gone but not forgotten

There are about 20 + graves that are marked with unreadable fieldstones, though I suspect 
there are even more graves than this in the cemetery. Fallen and cut trees have taken a 
large toll on the cemetery and the ground foliage makes a lot of the area difficult to see 
more graves.

Condition: severely neglected, overgrown and almost all but lost.