This map shows the GPS Coordinates of the Adams Monuments as plotted by C. Wayne Austin. This is also known as the Latitude and Longitude location. ACME Mapper 2.0: N 34.62663 W 86.87990.
The original cemetery was just off Hwy. 20 at Mooresville near the house of Dr. W. K. Adams (d. 1846) which stood until 1929, but I've not found anyone yet who knows the exact location of this.
We will give you the gravestone location here, but I doubt the remains were moved with the tombstone slabs, so the cemetery is still there probably with some remaining parts of the monuments.
From Athens go South on I 65 to the 565 Exit. Go east on I565 to the next exit (Exit 2) and take that right (south) into Mooresville Road. Go into Mooresville by crossing old Hwy 20/72 and go to East St and turn south (or right) and go one block and the Old Union Church is on your right at the NW corner of Lauderdale St. & East St. Turn right (west) into Lauderdale St and park beside the church and walk the rest of the way into the church yard being careful not to trample the ornamental vegetation.
This aerial view uses labels to depict the various places near the monuments of Adams Cemetery #2. The road labeled as 71 is actually East St. According to the road map below it becomes Broad St. later.
This main purpose of this map is to show you the old Hwy 20 or the place where the William K. Adams home and cemetery might have stood. The home stood until 1929 and the cemetery monuments (part of) were moved in 1980. I have drawn the old Hwy 20 as a red line east/west so the home was along that red lined route somewhere. More than likely the home was near the town of Mooresville and as you can see the little village is depicted here with Hwy 20 on the north side of the village.
In olden times we would have found a bustling & thriving settlement with banks and tradesman of all kinds serving the public. Mooresville is the oldest town in Alabama and prior to about 1816 it was a part of the Mississippi Territory and this was in the county of Madison. The town sprang up as a off-load & restocking place for the settlers floating down the Tennessee River from East Tennessee and North Carolina. Some stayed and others moved on north and south depending on their final destinations. Alabama was given statehood in 1820 and later this area split off to be a part of Limestone County Alabama when that county was formed.
I have drawn red lines and cross bars along Hwy 20 to show the area where the home most likely was located. When the railroads came along this little village became very sleepy while the rails bypassed it to the north a couple of miles at Belle Mina.
The home was probably east of High St. at one time along Hwy 20.
Maps from ACME Mapper 2.0, MS Streets & Google modified for this site by Wayne Austin 4 Feb 2015.
