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I My Dad and I made a trek into the backwoods of Winston County, Alabama on April 5, 2009 to see this cemetery. The cemetery located along a old road at N34 06.536 and W087 21.406. Original sandstone rocks and slabs are marked by slabs of more recent marble. There is on or two graves that appear to have been enclosed by a low sandstone wall. My Dad lived down here in the 30's and 40's. His recollection is that the Avery Cemetery was very old when he first saw it. I hope somebody can tell me more about the people buried and here.
The following was taken from Winston County, Alabama: An Historical Online Database
Avery Cemetery, Winston County, Alabama, T9S R8W S10 & 11 Approximately 10 graves, no names/dates.
The following are people buried in Avery Cemetery; from the Winston County Heritage Book:
1. Jesse Avary (10/29/1803 - 6/11/1885), s/o Robert & Lydia Avary
2. Minnie Avary (9/10/1802 - 11/2/1881), d/o Luke Crumpton & Polly Duke,w/o Jesse Avary
At the intersection of Hwy. 195 and County Road 4, head south on Hwy. 195 for about a tenth of a mile, and turn left on County Road 3065. Go 1.7 miles, and turn left on the logging road (not the other gravel road). You will go about 2 miles, and the cemetery will be on the right; it's on hunting club property, and you will probably have to walk the two miles.
Accessed: Winston County, Alabama: An Historical Online Database http://wcgs.ala.nu/averycem.txt
Date: 4/8/09
1 comment:
Hi, Greg Green,
Your post about going with your dad to the Avery Cemetery fascinated me. I, too, have been to the cemetery, and one must be "going to" the cemetery to get there, for it is tucked away in the hills of the Bankhead National Forest in Winston County, Alabama. My husband and I made a stab at going there once, without success. A few years later, we met with a diverse group of fellow kinsmen who descend from Jesse and Miriam Crumpton and trekked up to the cemetery in off-road vehicles. Imaginings danced in my head of what life might have been like in days of yore when the Avarys and their neighbors called that beautiful place home. Thank you for your blog.
Nadyne Faulkenberry Lynn
Amarillo, Texas
11 March 2017
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