Cemeteries of southwest Jefferson County, Alabama

Hueytown Historical Society's

Cemeteries

southwest Jefferson County, Alabama

(includes several in west Jefferson County & southeast Walker County)

72 cemeteries recorded with over 23,200 tombstones:
52 cemeteries in Jefferson County
19 cemeteries in Walker County

1 cemetery in Tuscaloosa County

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Last Updated: December 2006

Map 1 Area Cemeteries These are all of the known cemeteries within the Map 1 area Map 1's area is south of Birmingport Road (Alabama Hwy 269), north of Interstate 59/20 and west to the Tuscaloosa and Walker county lines. Map 1 Area (full size map) Map 1 Area (small size map)		Appx nbr of markers with names	Oldest Death Date on a marker	UA Cemetery Nbr (see bottom of page)
Adger	cemetery location	884	1870	118
Atwood	cemetery location	5	1846	57
Beth-El (Jewish)	cemetery location	85	1903	129
Bethlehem Methodist Church	cemetery location	374	1828	125
Big Creek Baptist Church (f.k.a. Camp Oliver Cemetery)	cemetery location	228	1859	107
Brotherhood (African-American)				265
Brown	cemetery location	20	1844	225
Concord Baptist Church (f.k.a. Piney Woods Cemetery)	cemetery location	667	1886	114
Dogwood Grove	cemetery location	257	1861	153
Dug Hill	cemetery location	66	1902	55
Earnest United Methodist Church	cemetery location	126	1945	115
Ebenezer (a.k.a. Belle Sumpter) (African-American)				187
Forest Grove Memorial Gardens (in Pleasant Grove)	cemetery location	over 866	1982	368
Gilmore	cemetery location	21	1886	not yet assigned
Gwin	cemetery location	3	1865	218
Highland Memorial Gardens 3115 18th Ave., Bessemer, AL 35020 Phone (205)428-1201 (East of Hueytown; west of & next to exit 113 of Interstate 59/20)	cemetery location	over 7,000	1954	130
Hopewell (African-American)				265
Liberty Baptist Church (f.k.a. Short Creek Cemetery) (near Alliance)	cemetery location	960	1881	58
Lincoln				156
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (African-American)				116
Mason (a.k.a. Pacific Lodge at Dolomite) (African-American)				123
McCarty Town	cemetery location	11	1949	239
McDonald Chapel	cemetery location	342	1874	211
Miners (African-American)				274
Mud Creek Baptist Church #1	cemetery location	45	1857	111
Mud Creek Baptist Church #2	cemetery location	455	1885	111
Oak Grove First Baptist Church	cemetery location	887	1885	109
Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church	cemetery location	24	1969	110
Old Blue Creek Baptist Church (south Adger and Valley Creek communities)	cemetery location	295	1863	154
Parsons	cemetery location	5	1863	370
Pleasant Grove (f.k.a. Frog Pond Cemetery)	cemetery location	1,159	1890	122
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (f.k.a. Taylors Ferry Cemetery Short Town Baptist Church Cemetery)	cemetery location	152	1873	54
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church (f.k.a. Hueytown Cemetery) (in Hueytown)	cemetery location	1,483	1874	128
Prescott	cemetery location	81	1876	53
Providence (not inventoried by the Hueytown Historical Society yet; linked to the Birmingham Genealogical Society) (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)		~174 or ~250		106
Rock Creek Baptist Church	cemetery location	218	1849	112
Rock Creek (a.k.a. Rock Creek Church of God Cemetery)	cemetery location	333	1930	113
St. Paul (African-American)				119
Sary Salter		7	1883	not yet assigned
Shoal Creek (near Watson's Grocery; Lock 17 Road & Betty Hill Road)	cemetery location	17	1855	not yet assigned
Smith		9	1857	202
Sylvan Springs (a.k.a. Sylvan Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery) (f.k.a. Hoagtown Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery (by Angwin Mortuary Center) and West Grove Cemetery or West Grove Methodist Church Cemetery)	cemetery location	702	1887	59
Toadvine - Smithville Baptist Church	cemetery location	185	1872	108
Unknown (Township 18, Range 4 West, Section 19)				117
Valley Creek	cemetery location	995	1861	120
Vines	cemetery location	5	1919	371
Virginia Mines (west of Valley Creek Cemetery)	cemetery location	114	1915	121
Weaver	cemetery location	58	1885	56

Nearby Map 2 Area Cemeteries Map 2's area is north of Birmingport Road (Alabama Hwy 269) and west of Interstate 65 North (of downtown Birmingham). Basically, the northwest quarter of Jefferson County. Map 2 (small size map)		Appx nbr of markers with names	Oldest death date on a marker	UA Cemetery Nbr (see bottom of page)
Adams (northeast of the town of West Jefferson)	cemetery location	30	1864	19
Bagley Bend (northwest of Graysville)		13	1892	20
Bivens Chapel (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)				72
Crumly Chapel Methodist Church (north of McDonald Chapel; southeast of Adamsville)	cemetery location	1,802	1858	71
Eaton-Posey (north of Sylvan Springs; west of Adamsville)	cemetery location	5	1896	not yet assigned
Fraternal (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)	cemetery location			74
Glasgow Hill (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)				64
Linns Crossing (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)				25
Midway United Methodist Church (in Adamsville) (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)	cemetery location		~1888	67
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church (southeast Graysville)		205	1893	30
Praco (African-American)		13	1944	372
Quintown (a.k.a. Quintown Church of Christ Cemetery) (southeast of the town of West Jefferson; next to the Quintown Church of Christ)		356	1893	21
Salter (near the Short Creek community north of Birmingport Road)	cemetery location	148	1839	61
Shady Grove (north of Sylvan Springs; west of Adamsville)	cemetery location	71	1880	62
Union Grove (northwest of Graysville)	cemetery location	23	1899	18
Union Grove #2 (in western Adamsville)	cemetery location	480	1879	63
Village Falls (Mulga; north of Pleasant Grove)	cemetery location	1,107	1866	68
West Jefferson Freewill Baptist Church (west of Graysville; in the town of West Jefferson)	cemetery location	1,884	1891	22
West Pratt (Bethel) (near the old Praco community; north of Birmingport)		10	1896	60
Williamsburg Baptist Church (northeast of Short Creek; west of Adamsville)	cemetery location	167	1868	179

Nearby Map 4 Area Cemeteries Map 4's area is east & south of Interstate 59/20. Map 4 (small size map)		Appx nbr of markers with names	Oldest death date on a marker	UA Cemetery Nbr (see bottom of page)
Brighton (not inventoried by the Hueytown Historical Society; linked to the Birmingham Genealogical Society) (east of Hueytown; all interment records are stored at Oakland Cemetery - see address below)	cemetery location			134
Cedar Hill (Managed by the City of Bessemer) (Note: Most of the interment records of Cedar Hill Cemetery have been published in Fred & Christine Shaw Ward's book at the Birmingham Public Library - Linn Henley Research Building. For a lookup, please email David Reed at the email address shown at the top of the page)	cemetery location	~11,000	officially 1891*	173
Click (next to the Midfield First Baptist Church)	cemetery location	11	1849	226
Elmwood 600 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SW, Birmingham, AL 35211 Phone (205)251-3114 (Largest cemetery in Jefferson County; just west of downtown Birmingham) (Note: Elmwood employees have stated that they do not have sufficient time or resources for genealogy research.)	cemetery location	on 412 acres	~1900	139
Moore (McCalla community; southwest of Bessemer)	cemetery location	381	1822	158
Oakland 1300 Warrior Road, Birmingham, AL 35218 Phone (205)785-8143 (Just east of Fairfield in the Ensley community of Birmingham) (Note: Oakland employees stated that they would be happy to search their interment records for Oakland, Forest Grove and Brighton cemeteries)	cemetery location	over 10,000	1884	126
Union Baptist Church (linked to a web site maintained by Kay Rockett) 5187 Avenue K, Lipscomb, AL 35020	cemetery location	~1,300	~1859	134
Valhalla 839 Wilkes Road, Midfield, AL 35228 Phone (205)428-5331 (West of Hueytown; bounded by Brighton, Midfield & Birmingham) (Note: Most of the interment records of Valhalla have been published in Fred & Christine Ward's book at the Birmingham Public Library - Linn Henley Research building; call nbr F332.J4 W375 2001. For a lookup, please email David Reed at the email address shown at the top of the page)	cemetery location	over 12,000	1926	135

Nearby Tuscaloosa County Cemeteries (all within Map 2 - Eastern Tuscaloosa County)		Appx nbr of markers with names	Oldest death date on a marker	UA Cemetery Nbr
Antioch (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)		~600	~1890	121
Davis Creek (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)		~225	~1830	127
Friendship (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)		~400	~1837	122
Hepzibah (not inventoried by the Hueytown Historical Society; linked to the Rootsweb's Tuscaloosa County)		~200	~1856	130
Liberty Baptist Church (Abernant) (south-southeast of Mud Creek Baptist Church; north of Yolande & Abernant)	cemetery location	206	1861	126
Old Hepzibah (not inventoried by the Hueytown Historical Society; linked to the Rootsweb's Tuscaloosa County)		~40	~1854	273
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Abernant) (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)	cemetery location	~700	~1837	129
Prudes Creek (need a volunteer to inventory this cemetery)		~250	~1884	78
Warrior (not inventoried by the Hueytown Historical Society; linked to the Rootsweb's Tuscaloosa County) (west of Providence)		~19	~1864	75
Tuscaloosa County Cemeteries on ALGenWeb (linked to a Rootsweb site)

Nearby Walker County Cemeteries (all are within the Map 2 area - southeast Walker County)		Appx nbr of markers with names	Oldest death date on a marker	UA Cemetery Nbr
Brasfield	possible cemetery location	397	1873	164
Bryan		485	1889	163
Busby	cemetery location	48	1860	168
Caradine	cemetery location	3	1859	140
Corinth Church of Christ (north-northwest of the Pumpkin Center community)		70	1926	153
Fairview		664	1845 & 1863	165