HAMMOND-ROUTT, Bob Wade Lane, MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA

Perhaps the cemetery is under this Cudzu thicket
Mapping the Location

HAMMOND, Elizabeth Louisa, daughter of Capt. William and Susan S. Routt and wife of Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond .Sep 29, 1832 died April 4th. 1851, Aged 18 years, 6 months & 3 days
In Memory of Elizabeth Louisa daughter of Capt. William and Susan S. Routt and wife of Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond born
Sept. 29, 1832 died April 4th. 1851, Aged 18 years, 6 months & 3 days also infant child Aged 8 days
Bettie that dark brown hair that lies so placid breathless round thy head and those once bright but now dim eyes. Tell me thou art gone that thou art dead, but oh the whispering angels say that bore thy spirit home pray not ask not thy any longer stay, tis God that bids you come. Her bereaved husband.

HAMMOND, Infant, Age 8 days, (no dates. On stone with Mother (Elizabeth Louisa Hammond))

HAMMOND, Susan C., Dec 24, 1823 - Dec 19, 1846, Aged 23 years, d/o Capt. Wm. & Susan S. Routt; w/o Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond.
In Memory of Susan C. Hammond, daughter of Capt. Wm. & Susan S. Routt and wife of Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond. Born the 24th of December, 1823. Died 19th December, 1846, aged 23 years. I am not dead but only sleeping.

HAMMOND, Olivia Ann Routt, Dec 24, 1836 - Sep 16, 1853, d/o Capt. & Susan S. Routt; w/o Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond., Aged 17 years. 3 mo. & 15 days. (Note: Age and dates don't correspond).
IN Memory of Olivia Ann, daughter of Capt. & Susan S. Routt and wife of Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond. born Dec. 24, 1836 - died Sept. 16, 1853, Aged 17 years. 3 mo. , 15 days.

ELLIS, Frances Claughton, Born Feb 22, 1820, died Sep 10, 1854, aged 33 years, d/o Capt. Wm. & Susan S. Routt, widow of Peyton S. Wyatt, & wife of Nathaniel D. Ellis, Esq., of Bowie, Texas.  (Frances C. Routt m. Peyton S. Watt, Feb. 8, 1837)
IN memory of Francis Ellis, Daughter of Capt. Wm. & Susan S. Routt, widow of Peyton S. Wyatt, & wife of Nathaniel D. Ellis, Esq., of Bowie, Texas. Born Feb. 22. 1820, died Sept. 10, 1854, aged 33 years.


Early Madison County marriage records reflect the following marriages of Dr. Hammond:
Benj. F. Hammond m. Susan C. Routt Jan 6, 1842
Benj. F. Hammond m. Elizabeth I.. Routt Jun 27, 1848
Benj. F. Hammond m. Olivia A. Routt Jan 25, 1853.

Census, Oct. 26, 1850
Hammond, Benj. F.  35 Ala. (Dr.) $5,855
Hammond, Elizabeth 18 Ala
Hammond, William    3 Ala
Routt, Olivia      15 Ala

For more information on the Hammond Family see Bouldin-Hammond Cemetery northwest of this place and also on this site. Dorothy Johnson in her book "Madison County Alabama Cemeteries" Vol 1 gave some indication that she had visited this cemetery which leads me to think it still exist in a nearby thicket somewhere. Eventually someone will find it again and offer it here or elsewhere as a photo cemetery survey. As of now this is the only publication of the cemetery aside from Dorothy's publication and there are no visual presentations anywhere.

Listings & Links developed by C Wayne Austin. Added here with appropriate commentary & editing 30 Jun 2017. This cemetery was originally shown in the book Madison County Cemeteries Vol 1, page 139 by Dorothy Scott Johnson.