Old Rutherford Cemetery
Hatton, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
Spencer Waters surveyed this cemetery in the 1960's at that time he recorded only one stone which was the tombstone of Caldonia Landers. He states "This appears to be a small family cemetery on the Old Moulton - Florence road, some 3 or 4 hundred yards southeast of Iron Bridge. A couple more graves can be distinguished here by the sandstone markers although no inscriptions are readable on them."
I also talked with Don Landers a grandson of Caldonia. Don said that he could remember there being about 3 more graves which only had rocks used as markers. He did not know who might be buried in these graves.
We have no idea how large this cemetery might have been or who might have been buried there. Mr. Waters gave this cemetery the name Landers Cemetery, due to Caldonia's tombstone. Throughout the years several people visiting the Lawrence County Archives were in search of the Old Rutherford Cemetery. We know the Rutherford family owned the land where this cemetery is located and Caldonia's maiden name was Rutherford. Therefore we have chosen to use the name Old Rutherford for this cemetery.
Spencer Waters surveyed this cemetery in the 1960's at that time he recorded only one stone which was the tombstone of Caldonia Landers. He states "This appears to be a small family cemetery on the Old Moulton - Florence road, some 3 or 4 hundred yards southeast of Iron Bridge. A couple more graves can be distinguished here by the sandstone markers although no inscriptions are readable on them."
I also talked with Don Landers a grandson of Caldonia. Don said that he could remember there being about 3 more graves which only had rocks used as markers. He did not know who might be buried in these graves.
We have no idea how large this cemetery might have been or who might have been buried there. Mr. Waters gave this cemetery the name Landers Cemetery, due to Caldonia's tombstone. Throughout the years several people visiting the Lawrence County Archives were in search of the Old Rutherford Cemetery. We know the Rutherford family owned the land where this cemetery is located and Caldonia's maiden name was Rutherford. Therefore we have chosen to use the name Old Rutherford for this cemetery.
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Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
- Total memorials218
- Percent photographed77%
- Percent with GPS0%
Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
- Total memorials37
- Percent photographed68%
- Percent with GPS0%
Hatton, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
- Total memorials21
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
- Total memorials71
- Percent photographed86%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 26 Jun 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2454901
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