FAIRCLOTH CEMETERY, (River Road east) COLBERT COUNTY,
ALABAMA
This topographical map shows the GPS of
the Hobgood Cemetery. ACME Mapper 2.0 says these coordinates
are: N 34.78517 W 87.46073
To
reach this cemetery from the intersection of Hwy 133 & River Road go east about
12 miles and just before you reach Wheeler View Dr. on the left there is a (brushy
covered) bridge
across the gulch on the left of the road that goes back into the thicket. Go
into that and turn right after going over the dirt covered bridge and go out into the open
field and bend back left & follow the edge of the thicket until you get nearly to the end
or about 70 yards from the end of
that. Turn into the thicket again which may be full of saw briars and go to an old fence
row and
cross over that without injuring yourself as it is very steep and overgrown here
so the fence is about 5 feet high. The cemetery is at the base of one of
the many tall hackberry trees due west of your position here.
Notice the red-check pointer indicating the place in this odd shaped thicket where
the cemetery exist. If all else fails to find this cemetery go to the corner of
the old barn still inside the thicket and walk straight out or northeast about 30-40 yards and you should
see the disheveled & broken stones leaning against and scattered all around a
Hackberry tree cluster. The cemetery is also about 10 yards on the west side of
the old hog wire fence that spans this thicket.
Maps from
ACME Mapper 2.0, MS
Streets 2005
& Google modified for this site by Wayne Austin 27 Dec 2012.