FAIRCLOTH CEMETERY, (River Road east) COLBERT COUNTY,
ALABAMA
Mapping the Location
Area Overviews of the Cemetery:
6962 / 6963 /
6370 / 6372 /
6373 / 6964 /
6965 / 6966 /
6967 / 6968 /
6969 / 6970 /
6972
Getting a better view of where in this vast thicket this cemetery is located.
Most photos shot in western sunlight: 6973 /
6974 / 6975 /
6977 / 6978 /
6979 / 6980 /
6981 / 6982 /
6983 / 6984
Nearby Hennigan's Store - 1950s name: 6940
FAIRCLOTH, Cordilo, 31 Mar 1786 - 18 Oct
1853. SACRED to the memory of CORDILO FAIRCLOTH who was born March 31, 1786
died in blessed hope of a glorious immortality October 18th 1853 Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord. 6949C / 6949
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FAIRCLOTH, M. C., Consort of C. Faircloth, 23 Nov 1806 - 3 Feb 1835. SACRED
To the memory of M. C. FAIRCLOTH Consort of C. Faircloth born November 23rd 1806
who departed this life February 3rd 1835. 6944
/
6943
FAIRCLOTH, George R. son of C. & S Faircloth, 24 Jun 1818 - 24 Oct 1845. 6956C / 6956 / 6957
FAIRCLOTH, Thomas, 8 Jun 1833 - 15 Jun 1833. son of C & M. C. Faircloth. 6959 / 6958
FAIRCLOTH, _ _ _ _ _ _ , daughter of C & M. C. Faircloth, 17 Mar 1825 - 24 Aug 1834. 6945C / 6945 / 6946
FAIRCLOTH, Martha C., 23 Apr 1831 - 23 Oct 1833, daughter of C & M. C Faircloth. 6954 / 6953
When the Faircloths' all died this land was a part of Lawrence County Alabama. From my Graveyard analysis it appears this was one family with Cordilo being the male progenitor & M.C. being the lady. The children all seem to be from Cordilo & M. C. Faircloth, but one child is from Cordilo and S. (C. & S.) suggesting there was an earlier wife of Cordilo Faircloth. You get the task of proving all this with these hints as I am unrelated and will not pursue this. [C.W. Austin.]
Sources: No known prior publication
existed of this cemetery, except it may be in the three volume set of books "Old Times in
Colbert, Franklin & Lawrence County Alabama" Added here initially by C. Wayne Austin
27 Dec
2012, based on photos dated 22 Dec 2012, about 4:00 pm. This cemetery was listed on Findagrave.com
with confusion from all the broken stones. I was able to put a couple of them
back together a little better than the last visitor. They had 8 listings with
all shown basically as unknown fragments whereas we identified those as six
monuments including only one unknown Faircloth daughter as shown above. With a
little luck from a sharp probe the top of this stone might be located. One of
the parts of one stone is stacked against a tree over on the northwest corner of
the old rotting barn and needs to be brought back to the cemetery.