Cross (Maclin) Cemetery

CROSS (Maclin) CEMETERY, County Rd 146, JACKSON ALABAMA
Mapping the Location

Photo Overviews of the Cross Cemetery: 5273/5275/5276/5277/5278/5279/5280/5281/5301/5302/5303/5304/5308/5309
/5310/5311/5312/5313/5314/5315/5316/5318/5319/5320/5321/5325
Signage Monument for the Cross Cemetery:5317

|| Inside iron Fence (older) || Outside iron Fence (more recent and most are probably descendents of freedman or slaves**
My photographical focus in this survey was the graves inside the iron fence, (Coffey & Cross) These are my distant relatives I think.

ALLEN, Beulah M., Mar 26, 1929 - Jul 4, 1992
ALLEN, Elder Worley Tom, Jun 6, 1926 - Feb 22, 2011
ALLEN, Jesse L., Jun 25, 1957 - Jan 28, 2007
BAKER, Elzie, Dec 25, 1895 - Oct 30, 1951
BAKER, John L., Feb 26, 1922 - Jun 20, 1935
BAKER, Mary, Mar 22, 1899 - Feb 4, 1985
BALLARD, Mattie L., Mar 27, 1923 - Oct 31, 1959
BARCLAY, Clara Ivory, Dec 20, 1933 - Jun 19, 2000
BARCLAY, Walter, Mar 25, 1895 - Aug 29, 1992
BIBBS, Freddy L., May 23, 1953 - May 18, 1999
BLACKMON, Ella Leona, Jan 22, 1915 - Jan 12, 2002
BLACKMON, Robert Lee, Apr 11, 1915 - Feb 14, 1976
BRADFORD, Alexander Keith, 1809 - Sep 1, 1873 s/o of James Bradford and Catherine Keith Bradford,(unmarked grave) married to Sarah Jane Keith, 2nd Frances Hodges 3rd to Margaret Moore Family History Analysis
BYNUM, James, Sr, Jan 12, 1907 - Oct 31, 1992 5339
BYNUM, Mary Alice Hollins, Sep 24, 1908 - Feb 18, 1948
BYNUM, Percy Lee, Sep 15, 1930 - Jul 13, 1988. Devoted Son & Brother 5337
CARTER, Lizzie, Oct 9, 1900 - Jan 7, 1981
COFFEY, Gen John R., Mar 27, 1814 - May 21, 1896 s/o Henry Bradford and Sarah Edmundson Coffey (Colonel in the Mexican American War. General in Alabama Militia, a reserve unit.) 5295/5298/5296/5297
COFFEY, Mary Ann Cross, Dec 28, 1831 - Sep 6, 1887 w/o General John R. Coffey; d/o Charles M. & Eliza Talley Cross 5294/5293/5294F/footstone M.A.C.:5306
COFFEY, Charles, Nov 2, 1849 - Nov 26, 1851 5284/5285
COFFEY, (Col.) Henry Bradford, Jul 12, 1796 - Apr 11, 1864 s/o Rice & Sarah Bradford Coffey (stone broken and most parts missing) 5299/5300/footstone H.B.C.:5305
COFFEY, Sarah Rial Edmundson, 1807 - 1892 w/o Henry Bradford Coffey, (not here, actually buried in the Rice Coffey Cem in Bedford Co. Tn.)
COFFEY, Infant Child of J.R. & M.A (John R. & Mary Ann Cross Coffey)Coffey, May 29, 1851 - Jul 26, 1852 5286/5287
COFFEY, John B., Feb 10, 1855 - Jan 23, 1884 s/o John R. & Mary Ann Cross Coffey 5292/5291
CONNER, Ruby Henry, Apr 18, 1922 - Jan 5, 1981
CROSS, Maclin, Aug 21, 1775 - Jun 12, 1856, Aged 81 years 5272/5271
CROSS, Mary Hall, Jan 10, 1782 - Sep 18, 1849 w/o of Maclin Cross 5269/5270
CROSS, (Col) Charles Maclin, Aug 6, 1806 - Nov 30, 1848 s/o of Maclin & Mary Hall Cross 5265/5266/5268
CROSS, Eliza Clark, Apr 15, 1812 - Jan 20, 1864 Grand Mother w/o Charles Maclin Cross b. 1806 5267/5268
CROSS, Charles M., Jr., Jun 1, 1860 - Aug 1, 1860 5289/5290
CROSS, John B., Apr 23, 1828 - Aug 28, 1840, Age 12 years 5274/5282/5283/footstone J.B.C.:5307
CROSS, William M., Nov 28, 1836 - Apr 13, 1857 5288/5290
DILLARD, William O., Mar 30, 1903 - Feb 9, 1980 5337
DRIGGS, Hattie, May 16, 1888 - Mar 4, 1982
ELLIOTT, Annie Hollins, Mar 9, 1921 - Jan 15, 1988 5333
ELLIOTT, William H., Jan 12, 1912 - Feb 8, 1988 5334
GORDON, Clara Savage, Mar 1, 1928 - Jan 11, 2003
GORDON, Shelia A., Dec 21, 1958 - Aug 27, 2003
GOREE, Vircie Lee, Jan 25, 1917 - May 2, 1987
GREENE, Beulah Odell, Sep 27, 1920 - Sep 27, 1977
HALE, Sarah L., unknown - unknown
HENRY, Annie, May 4, 1883 - Sep 1, 1972
HENRY, Beatrice WARD, May 26, 1916 - Feb 3, 1970
HENRY, Fred, Jul 11, 1911 - Apr 30, 1981
HENRY, John W., Apr 2, 1918 - Sep 23, 1996
HENRY, Leroy, Nov 20, 1934 - Sep 17, 1941
HENRY, Lottie D., Aug 28, 1949 - Nov 19, 1997
HENRY, Lucy L., Apr 27, 1914 - Jul 24, 2000
HENRY, Thomas E., Jun 24, 1935 - Nov 9, 1982
HENRY, Walter Lewis, Oct 12, 1913 - Mar 29, 1992
HILLINS, Milton, Oct 19, 1893 - Sep 24, 1949
HOLLINS, Ivan Ho, Jul 16, 1914 - Dec 6, 1979 5335
HOLLINS, Milton Sr., Jun 19, 1913 - Aug 6, 1985 5336
IVORY, Eunice, Mar 22, 1905 - Aug 30, 1996
IVORY, Frank Nickademus, Nov 9, 1922 - Nov 19, 1980
JACKSON, David C., Sep 6, 1949 - Sep 10, 1949
JACKSON, David L., Feb 5, 1929 - Aug 22, 2008
JACKSON, Eddie B., Jun 24, 1936 - Jul 5, 1998
JACKSON, Ella Mae, May 30, 1912 - Feb 5, 1991
JACKSON, Ezkel, Dec 7, 1886 - Jul 3, 1951
JACKSON, Geraldine, Jul 13, 1930 - Mar 12, 1991
JACKSON, Jimmy Lee, Jul 29, 1947 - Oct 10, 1990
JACKSON, Lila T., Jul 19, 1916 - Nov 8, 1991
JACKSON, Mary J., Mar 1, 1895 - Apr 6, 1981
JACKSON, Richard, Jul 10, 1881 - Nov 15, 1939
JACKSON, Robert, Mar 25, 1941 - Aug 10, 1982
JACKSON, Talton, Sr, Nov 7, 1912 - Nov 16, 2002
JACKSON, Waymon, Jul 7, 1911 - Apr 8, 1978
LADD, Marshall K., Sep 7, 1954 - Jul 15, 1958
LANDMON, Annie Simpson, Jun 8, 1914 - Jun 14, 1998
LANDMON, Willie, Mar 24, 1928 - Sep 8, 1963
McGOWAN, Cravin, Nov 26, 1836 - Jan 4, 1893 5322
McGOWAN, Jim, Feb 11, 1860 - Nov 29, 1909 5323/5324
McGRAW, Sarah A. Hale, Sep, 1831 - Sep, 1911
MITCHELL, Emer, Sep 24, 1886 - Feb 29, 1952 5329
MITCHELL, Elizzie, May 10, 1846 - Oct 21, 1912 5327
MITCHELL, Lois Junior, Mar 16, 1923 - Mar 16, 1975 5328
MITCHELL, Lucille W., Jun 23, 1918 - Aug 28, 1990
MITCHELL, Mary L., Feb 17, 1945 - Apr 1, 2011
MITCHELL, Samuel, Jr, Jun 12, 1920 - May 7, 1976
RAGLAND, Delois Parilee Scruggs, Apr 5, 1938 - Feb 25, 2015
RAGLAND, Tommy, Aug 22, 1935 - Apr 17, 1997
RUTLEDGE, G.W., Oct 14, 1922 - May 3, 2010
RUTLEDGE, Uzzie M., Jun 10, 1939 - Mar 14, 1988
SAVAGE, Eva Ann, Oct 10, 1910 - Sep 26, 1940
SCOTT, Elder Eddie Lee, Sr, May 9, 1925 - Feb 15, 2013
SCOTT, Evelyn Pauline, Sep 22, 1920 - Jun 28, 1990
SCRUGGS, Charlie, Dec 7, 1907 - Feb 20, 1991
SCRUGGS, Cinda Ella, Jan 3, 1907 - Aug 18, 1987
SCRUGGS, Exsom, Oct 21, 1882 - Apr 19, 1958
SCRUGGS, Jimmie, Aug 10, 1912 - May 24, 1991
SCRUGGS, Joe, Mar 12, 1890 - Nov 19, 1961
SCRUGGS, Lula H., Dec 30, 1909 - Aug 14, 1983
SCRUGGS, Mrs Ammie Jackson, Sep 30, 1888 - Apr 23, 1967
SCRUGGS, Otis, Jan 12, 1909 - Nov 11, 1995
SCRUGGS, Robert Neal, May 18, 1891 - Nov 18, 1973
SCRUGGS, Sarah Watkins, Mar 7, 1881 - Jul 13, 1973
SIMPSON, Ben Freeman, Apr 19, 1924 - Feb 23, 2010
SIMPSON, Towana F., Nov 2, 1951 - Nov 9, 1951
SMAWLS, A.J., Aug 1, 1860 - Oct 4, 1893
STEGER, Angel Michelle, Sep 6, 1969 - Mar 2, 2009
STINSON, Donald, Aug 10, 1930 - Jul 4, 2006
TALLEY, James (Jim) M., Feb 16, 1880 - Jan 22, 1975 5330
TALLEY, Willie Lee, Jan 14, 1914 - Oct 7, 1997
TEAGUE, Robert J., Jul 22, 1942 - May 16, 1994 5326
WARD, Arthur Thomas, Jun 10, 1928 - Feb 27, 1991
WARD, Roosevelt, Apr 3, 1924 - Nov 2, 1991
WARD, Thomas Edward, Aug 22, 1912 - Jan 8, 1999
WARD, Uzzie, Jan 27, 1889 - Aug 6, 1976
WATKINS, Henderson, Sep 23, 1894 - Jul 10, 1948
WATKINS, Mattie, Feb 13, 1895 - Apr 2, 1969
WHITE, Lillie Mae Henry, Nov 20, 1936 - Oct 5, 2001
WILBANKS, James Howard, Oct 21, 1948 - Dec 24, 1968
WILBANKS, Oscar, Jr, Oct 6, 1950 - Sep 29, 2009
WILLBANKS, Oscar, Jr, Oct 6, 1950 - Sep 29, 2009
WILLIAMS, Essie M., May 6, 1930 - Dec 6, 1966
_ _ _ _ _, Rufus, Jun 30, 1906 - Nov 17, 1974

Unmarked graves - Grave sinks and fieldstones: 5331/5332

** I am not aware if this is a mixed heritage cemetery, but most mixed heritage cemeteries evolved by being first a burial ground prior to 1865. The slave owners & families were buried there and they allowed their slaves to share in the same cemetery grounds. After the slave owners family moved away and/or died out the descendents of the slaves continued to use the same premises, though it was outside the main premises of the owners area. This separation is usually not complete in that all races used the outside of the fenced area even after the family designation ceased to exist. That might be because some unmarked graves were for white friends and relatives of the original family when the premises was not heavily populated with graves. So we cannot conclude that the graves outside the fence are only African American. The several grave clumps over this more than two acres graveyard were started as family oriented grave areas and grew, but not usually maintaining the original family designation. This analysis may be wrong, but the conclusions are based on very distinct clumping of graves over a large area. This indicates a lack of organization of the cemetery in general, usually related to lack of a formal survey of the premises and layout of the graves, not uncommon in rural areas in olden times, but this seems to have been continued as a tradition by African Americans in later times.
I believe this cemetery is named after Maclin Cross who seems to be the progenitor of the Cross family here and later the Coffey family came to this community from Bedford County Tennessee and married into the Cross family.

This cemetery was visited on a cloudy/rainy 1 Feb 2016. I have no historical publication to compare this listing with. It is also present on Findagrave.com