Jackson County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Thornton Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bill Webb bwwebb@peoplepc.com May 23, 2004, 11:15 am Abstracted By: Bill Webb This cemetery is located near Crow Creek in Stevenson, Al. Coming from Stevenson, go west on US72, after crossing crow creek turn right on County Road 137, go approx. 1/2 mile and turn right on County Road 570, go approx. 1/2 mile and cemetery is on the right before dead end of road. The cemetery has three fenced in sections, one with Cross Family, one with Thornton Family, and one with York Family. There are several graves marked only with a stone or a wooden cross. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cross William Clark 11-09-1881 01-10-1963 Thomas Katie Jane 07-06-1942 07-04-1974 Daughter Abney David H. 10-06-1944 01-24-1960 Our Son Cross Lille Mae 10-07-1924 10-21-1989 Cross John Franklin 06-15-1919 04-15-1977 Pvt US Army WWII Cross Jerry Franklin 12-09-1952 10-24-1969 Gone to be with the Lord Green Buddy 01-17-1928 07-09-1933 Cross Eugene B. 10-22-1923 04-14-1928 Cross Eliza B. 01-14-1913 03-24-1929 Cross John B. 10-19-1882 03-21-1958 Cross Ora J. 09-12-1889 03-24-1976 Thornton J. C. No dates, Co C 5 B Ala Inf CSA Thornton Susan V. 09-30-1872 05-09-1960 Asleep in Jesus Thornton Ira 01-08-1879 01-16-1937 A little time on earth he spent till God for him his angel sent Thornton Jennie B. 09-15-1844 01-10-1929 Asleep in Jesus Thornton Mary A. Marker lying on the ground, could not read the dates York Sarah E. 03-04-1920 07-15-1979 York Riley C. 04-08-1914 10-07-1972 York Carter O. 08-03-1955 06-06-1972 Additional Comments: This information is taken from Alabama Certificate of Death: John Taylor Johnson was buried in this cemetery on 07-11-1927. He died on 07-10-1927 at the age of 79 years and 8 months. The certificate list his wife as Lizzie Johnson and his father as Wiley Johnson. The informant on this certificate was list as J. A. Johnson, Taylor's son. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb