Brown-Freeman Grave
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Brown-Freeman Grave

Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, USA

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    Talladega, Alabama 35160 United States
    Coordinates: 33.42558, -86.10180
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The Brown-Freeman Grave, with two marked interments, was listed in "Talladega County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions of All Known Cemeteries 1700's to 1987", Vol. I, c. 1989 by Joseph W. and Francis S. Upchurch. It was said to have been both a white and black cemetery. The Upchurches collected their information in June of 1986 with the aid of a young man in the neighborhood who had played among the stones. The site is across from St. Francis of Assissi Catholic Church, approximately 75 yards west of East Street South. The church was erected in 1950.

The Talladega County Historical Association (TCHA) newsletter of January 1988 reflected the plan of a local physician to restore the gravesite of Laura Brown (1821-1848), wife of Henry L. Brown. Henry Brown had built the home on W. McMillan Street that was owned by the doctor.

The site was cleared for an apartment complex during 2008-2009, but construction never begun. The land owner reports there is no evidence of graves here, and that he has a letter from a local funeral home director attesting to their absence. A recent survey of the area with the father of the young man who served as guide in 1986, who had also played among the graves as an adolescent,did not disclose any markers nor the remnants of a wrought-iron fence which were said to have once been there.



The Brown-Freeman Grave, with two marked interments, was listed in "Talladega County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions of All Known Cemeteries 1700's to 1987", Vol. I, c. 1989 by Joseph W. and Francis S. Upchurch. It was said to have been both a white and black cemetery. The Upchurches collected their information in June of 1986 with the aid of a young man in the neighborhood who had played among the stones. The site is across from St. Francis of Assissi Catholic Church, approximately 75 yards west of East Street South. The church was erected in 1950.

The Talladega County Historical Association (TCHA) newsletter of January 1988 reflected the plan of a local physician to restore the gravesite of Laura Brown (1821-1848), wife of Henry L. Brown. Henry Brown had built the home on W. McMillan Street that was owned by the doctor.

The site was cleared for an apartment complex during 2008-2009, but construction never begun. The land owner reports there is no evidence of graves here, and that he has a letter from a local funeral home director attesting to their absence. A recent survey of the area with the father of the young man who served as guide in 1986, who had also played among the graves as an adolescent,did not disclose any markers nor the remnants of a wrought-iron fence which were said to have once been there.



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