The USGenWeb Archives Project - Lowndes County, Alabama: Stone Cemetery Tombstone Photos

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Genealogical information was added by Carolyn Golowka and Beth Meriwether
This information came from Bible, census, and marriage records and is in parenthesis ( ).

This family cemetery is a fairly large one and is surrounded by a brick wall (this photo) that is at least 5' high.

This is Magnolia Crest, the home of Warren Stone. This house was probably
built in the early 1820s as he came to Alabama from GA about 1818. The
cemetery is located about 200 yards east of the house and near the road.
Just past the cemetery on the opposite side of the road is a beautiful chapel
that was a private church belonging Warren Stone. It looks like it would
hold 100-150 people. The Stone's were very devout Methodists and
son John Henley Stone was a lay Methodist minister.

Chapel on the Grounds of the Warren Stone Plantation and Cemetery that belonged to him.

It is very hard to appreciate the size of the cemetery by any of these
photos. Some of these gravestones are so massive that the wealth of this
family is quite obvious but the stones for Warren & Martha are quite modest.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	OTHER INFORMATION
Stone, Charles R(ush)	Jun 20, 1836	Dec 30, 1837	Son of A(bsalum) B(enjamin) & E(lizabeth Walton) Stone (their 5th child)
Stone, Elizabeth Walton	May 27, 1812	Mar 11, 1844	Wife of A(bsalum) B(enjamin) Stone, Daughter of Timothy & Sarah Walton, Was born in GA and died at her residence in Montgomery Co., AL; She was the mother of 9 children, eight of whom survive her. Her husband and children mourn the loss of one who as a wife and mother was unsurpassed.
Stone, Margaret J. Norman	Oct 06, 1829	Sep 19, 1853	(3rd) Wife of W(arren) T(homas) Stone, Daughter of Job & Elizabeth Norman
Stone, Sarah E. Norman	Mar 11, 1824	Jan 15, 1849	(2nd) Wife of Warren T(homas) Stone, Daughter of Job & Elizabeth Norman
Meriwether, Kisiah Stone	Nov 24, 1797	Jun 28, 1854	Wife of Stephen Meriwether, Daughter of W(arren) & M(artha) Stone, Aged 56 years, 7 months, 4 days
Unknown child			near the grave of Kisiah Stone Meriwether
Meriwether, T(homas) B(rittin) C. Caple	Nov 29, 1837	Mar 11, 1859	Son of Stephen & Kisiah (Stone) Meriwether
Harris, (Mary Elizabeth) Stone	Sep 07, 1825	May 04, 1883	Wife of John G(riffin) Harris, daughter of B(arton) W(arren) & Caroline (Watson) Stone (stone is broken and her given names are not there)
Harris, Barton D(awson)	Mar 24, 1846	Nov 01, 1871	(son of John Griffin & Mary Elizabeth Stone Harris, twin of Robert Motley Harris)
Harris, Robert Motley	Mar 24, 1846	May 24, 1910	(son of John Griffin & Mary Elizabeth Stone Harris, twin of Barton Dawson Harris. This is a "stone" that we dug up and reset. It was upside down and under at least 18" of dirt.)
Harris, Callie	No Date	No Date	Age 5 years, 6 months, 'Sisters once thy pains are ended' (same stone as Jane Harris, she was Caroline Elizabeth Harris, born May 16, 1848, died 1853, daughter of John Griffin & Mary Elizabeth Stone Harris)
Harris, Jane	No Date	No Date	Age 4 days, 'Sisters once thy pains are ended'(same stone as Callie Harris, she was Sarah Jane Harris, born Jan 8, 1855, died Jan 12, 1855, daughter of John Griffin & Mary Elizabeth Stone Harris)
Harris, John G.	No Date	Dec 03, 1884	Father, Aged 59 years, 7 months (born about May, 1825)
**Harris, Florence Glenna	Mar 29, 1837	Jun 9, 1862	Daughter of W(illiam) A(ugustus) & Allie (Almedea Sidney Farley) Harris (granddaughter of John Griffin & Mary Elizabeth Stone Harris)
Holland, Eugene Edwin	Jul 15, 1859	Oct 12, 1863	Stone of (Dr.) J(ohn) S. & M(ary) L. (Stone) Holland (grandson of Warren Thomas and Susan D. Graves Stone)
Sherrill, Barton H.	May 25, 1821	Nov 18, 1851	Aged 30 years, 5 months, 24 days (Barton Henley Sherrill, his first wife was Ann Mock, second wife was Adaline P. Sinclair; he was the son of Samuel Wilson & Catherine Jackson Stone Sherrill - she was the third child of Warren and Martha Stone; )
Hamilton, William Eugene	Oct 31, 1848	Jul 10, 1849	Son of William & Louisa A. Hamilton, Aged 1 year, 8 months & 9 days (grandson of Samuel Wilson and Catherine Jackson Stone Sherrill, great grandson of Warren and Martha Stone)
Stone, Susan D.	Jul 06, 1818	Nov 22, 1845	(1st) Wife of W(arren) T(homas) Stone, Daughter of Charles & Mary Graves, Born in Alabama, Died in her residence in Lowndes Co., AL
Stone, Barton, Jr. (2nd view of this stone)	Aug 01, 1850	May 25, 1877	Son of Barton W(arren) & Caroline (Sophia Whetstone) Stone
Stone, Infant	No Date	No Date	Daughter of B(arton) W(arren) and Caroline S(ophia Whetsonte) Stone
Stone, Caroline S(ophia) Whetstone	Apr 02, 1823	Sep 03, 1864	(2nd) Wife of B(arton) W(arren) Stone, Married Nov. 30, 1845 (daughter of Rev. Henry & Elizabeth Houser Whetstone)
Stone, Barton W(arren)	Mar 24, 1800	Jan 14, 1884	(son of Warren and Martha Stone)
Stone, Caroline Walton	Sep 18, 1811	Oct 09, 1841	(1st) Wife of Barton W(arren) Stone, Daughter of Timothy & Sarah Walton, Born in Georgia, Died at home in Montgomery County, Aged 30 years, 21 days, Mother of 8, 6 survive her (This stone is broken up but evidently at one time it sat on a marble form flat over the grave.)
Stone, George B. (click on each of the above to enlarge the receipts for the care of George's remains and the purchase of his stone)	Mar 29, 1837	Jun 9, 1862	Son of Barton W(arren) & Caroline (Walton) Stone (killed at 7 Pines, VA, during the Civil War; see a transcription of the receipt for this monument; George Barton Stone is actually buried here. I have attached to this e-mail copies of receipts that I found in his estate papers. The Battle of Seven Pines (just east of Richmond, VA) was fought on May 31-June 1, 1862 and he was wounded but did not die till June 9th. On this date a Mr. Satterwhite purchased for Barton Warren Stone a walnut coffin which he had lined with zinc and also purchased a box of packing (?). One receipt is to Mr. Satterwhite from C. D. Yale & Co. located in Richmond for lining the coffin with zinc. The other receipt for payment is for B.W. Stone from Satterwhite. By lining a coffin with zinc they would be able to ship a body back home. They would not have used the zinc if they were going to bury him in Virginia. )
Lewis, James Edward	Dec 07, 1863	May 24, 1864	Son of J(ames) M. & Eliza (A. Stone) Lewis (grandson of Barton Warren & Caroline Walton Stone)
Lewis, Shannon	May 14, 1865	Sep 10, 1865	Second son of J(ames) M. & Eliza (A. Stone) Lewis (grandson of Barton Warren & Caroline Walton Stone)
Stone, Little Henry	Mar 28, 1875	Mar 08, 1876	Son of (Dr.) H(enry) L(ewis) & W(illa) E(liza Frazier) Stone (grandson of Barton Warren & Caroline Sophia Whetstone Stone)
Harris, Caroline L. Stone	Oct 22, 1838	Sep 17, 1858	Caroline L. Stone, daughter of Barton W(arren) & Caroline (Whetstone) Stone, Born in Montgomery Co., AL., married Joseph H. Harris on Feb. 10, 1857, Died at the residence of her father-in-law, Mr. E. S. Harris, La Grange, GA
Stone, Martha	Apr 16, 1772	Oct 08, 1834	Consort of Warren Stone (daughter of Absalom Bedell & Ruth Jackson Bedell)
Stone, Warren	Jul 22, 1766	Oct 28, 1849	Revolutionary War Patriot (DAR)
Unmarked grave			(may be the grave of Martha Glynn Stone Hamilton, but have no hard evidence to prove this; she was born about 1815 in GA and died May 17, 1893)
Hamilton, John M.	Oct 26, 1809	Sep 01, 1852	(husband of Martha Glynn Stone, the daughter of Warren & Martha Stone, from Coosa Co. where he died; he was apparently not trusted by his father-in-law, Warren Stone, as Warren went to great lengths in his will to protect Marth's inheritance from John.)
Hester, William G., Col. Other side of marker (2nd marker, flat stone that covered the grave)	May 12, 1791	Dec 09, 1832	Born in VA, He was a resident for some years in Alabama where he commanded the respect and shared the confidence of his countrymen. Possessing vital Piety, he was ornament to the church and as in life the Christian, so in death he showed the triumph of Religion. (1st husband of Elizabeth Ann Stone, daughter of Warren & Martha Stone; she married 2nd Thomas Pettus Frith and is buried in the Davis Cemetery, Autauga Co., AL)
Meriwether, W. H., G. W. and Infant Child	no dates		Children of Stephen & Kisiah M. Meriwether (William H. Meriwether, b. Oct 27, 1820, d. Dec 8, 1820; George W. Meriwether, b. Dec 21, 1830, d. Mar 20, 1831)
Stone, Lula Leola	Sep 25, 1860	Mar 31, 1864	Daughter of W(arren) T(homas) & C(ornelia) V. (Meriwether) Stone
Stone, James A.	Sep 25, 1830	Aug 13, 1835	Son of B(arton) W(arren) & Caroline (Walton) Stone, Aged 4 years, 10 months, 18 days (same stone with Martha L. Stone)
Stone, Martha L.	Sep 09, 1833	Jun 19, 1835	Daughter of B(arton) W(arren) & Caroline (Walton) Stone, Age 1 year, 10 months, 10 days (same stone with James A. Stone)
Russell, Louisa M.	May 31, 1805	Aug 08, 1835	Born in GA, Died at her residence in Lowndes Co., AL, Wife of Robert Russell (7th child of Warren and Martha Stone)