HOLT CEMETERY #1 (Hwy 251, aka old Hwy 31) LIMESTONE COUNTY ALABAMA

Mapping the Location

Area Photo views of the cemetery: 4307/4310/4311/4321/4322/4323/4324/4325/4326/4327

ALLEN, James, (born about 1800)- Died 22 Aug 1856, Aged 56 yrs. 4303C/4303/4304/4307
CRAWFORD, Martha E., 2 Nov 1835 - 3 Jun 1858. 4312/footstone M.E.C.:4313/4314
HOLT, Jesse, (born about 1804)- Died Nov 1878, aged 74 yrs 4306C/4306/footstone J.H.:4305/4307
SCOTT, James M., 16 Sep 1841 - 3 Sep 1865.4318/4319/4320
SCOTT, Joseph H., 1 Feb 1846 - 9 Dec 1864. 4316/4317/without chalk:4315/4320

Unmarked grave(s) large unmarked tomb for what appears to be multiple graves with bricks stacked at the head (east) and a large 8 inch (not carved) lime slab at the foot.: 4308/4309

This was at one time a large cemetery. There are many bricks scattered around, an indications of vaults. It is located on land bought by John and Burwell Holt in 1818. These are the early members of the Holt family from this area who are buried here. There is a large area said to be the slave cemetery which I suppose blends into the Leslie (African American) graveyard beginning about 50 yards east of here. Also it is known a Civil war skirmish was fought near here (unconfirmed) and some believe members of a Confederate unit are interred here. Both of the Scott men died during or close to the end of the Civil war. I do not know whether it was in battle or not. They died at different times.

Except for the unmarked graves the cemetery was surveyed from the north to the south with the photo numbers being the lowest on the north side. That order beginning to the north was the (1) unmarked tomb with bricks/(2)the James Allen stone and immediately beside that (3) Jesse Holt. Next after several skips or unmarked graves is the (4) Martha Crawford stone followed and side by side after many more spaces the (5) Scott tomb tops found at the southern most place. Grave sinks may be found scattered all around.

This Cemetery presentation is based on the photography of C. Wayne Austin on 17 Mar 2015.  Site linkage & programming  & adding to this site occurring on 19 Mar 2015 by the same.  It also appeared in the book Tombstone Inscriptions of Limestone County Alabama, By Linda Smith, 1992 on page 230 as taken 16 Mar 1986 by Philip Reyer &  Steve Inman for Linda's book.  They had Joseph Scott born in 1816 in error.  Sowhat I make mistakes too. The cemetery shows up on findagrave but with no one finding or visiting it which means it is a basically a copy of what Linda Smith's group found. Well this is somewhat too but with organizational differences and photos.