Madison County
John Whitaker, born 1761 in Pitt County, NC, was a Revolutionary War Soldier and established this cemetery. He and his second wife Winnie sold their land in Pitt County in 1801 and migrated to Rowan County where Winnie died, then to Mulberry, TN and finally to Madison County, AL. Whitaker, an early settler in the Bend of Paint Rock, arrived here as a widower with seven children. He married Susan Graham and they had 11 children. John Whitaker was the first person buried here after his death in c. 1835. There are now and have been many Whitakers living in Madison, Marshall, and Jackson Counties. Families buried here include Whitaker, Keel, Stapler, Ikard, Seaton, Vann and Webster. In the early years of the cemetery, families maintained their family plots. As late as the 1990s, this practice was still the only way of upkeep. On June 11, 1999, the Whitaker Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Fund was established. This rural family cemetery is maintained by family, friends and many generous donations. This cemetery remains "a family cemetery" as John Whitaker intended.| HM Number | HM1CQ0 |
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| Year Placed | 2012 |
| Placed By | By family, friends, and the community |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 15th, 2014 at 1:01am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 561936 N 3824150 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 34.55723333, -86.32488333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 34° 33.434', W 86° 19.493' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 34° 33' 26.04" N, 86° 19' 29.58" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 256 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2444-2460 Ikard Rd, New Hope AL 35760, US |
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