TILLERY CEMETERY, Elkwood Section Rd, LIMESTONE COUNTY ALABAMA

With this map we see the GPS coordinates also known as the Longitude and Latitude of the Tillery Cemetery as N 34.97269 X W 86.78847. Alternate Location: In the center of the North East Quarter of Section 12, Township 1 South. Range 3 West on the south side of Davis Branch back in a field. The cemetery is just north of a TVA Utility right of way for the Electrical Towers, which hopefully will continue to provide a driving path to this cemetery far back into the woodland.

Find this cemetery by following northeast the Hwy 53 (Ardmore Hwy) to Elkwood Section Road and turning right. Follow that for about a mile and turn south (right) into a white lime gravel field road used by TVA to inspect the utility Electrical Grid lines. After going thru a hedge of trees including a dry gulch continue following the road until you come under the utility towers. Continue to follow the utility inspection road west under the utility towers. After you come to the first set of poles go under that set and then another set and go another 50 yards (150 feet) past the second towers and turn your vehicle due north (right 90 degrees) and head to the woodland 40 yards away. The cemetery is inside a woodland area about 10 yards into the woods and is easily seen in the winter, but can be found in the summer. There is an old hog wire fence around most of the cemetery.

You begin your off road journey traveling south west of Elkwood Section Rd still inside Madison County Section 7 and cross into Section 12 of Limestone County where you will find the cemetery in the center of the Northeast Quad of section 12. Eppy Tillery purchased one eighth of the Section 12, but if he records are correct the one south of this one below the 12 in the map above. He would have owned the 1/8 of the section one parcel west from the 1/8 section parcel next to the Madison/Limestone County lines as depicted in the above map drawn off in yellow areas.
Maps from ACME Mapper 2.1, MS Streets & Trips 2004, all modified for this site by C. Wayne Austin 20 Jun 2015.