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Garrett Cemetery
Cherokee, Colbert County, Alabama

GPS: 34.78360, -88.01970

Fossick Lane (County Rd 7)
Cherokee, AL 35616

Published: April 23, 2023
Total records: 28

Garrett Cemetery used to be known as, "Robert M. White Cemetery".

The cemetery is located on private property about 300 feet from the north side of Fossick Lane, and about 400 feet east of the intersection with Mill Creek Loop. The cemetery is overgrown with trees and sits on the top of a small hill.

The land was once a part of property owned by Robert M. White and was intended as a family burying ground. The USGS had named this cemetery "Garrett Cemetery" on its topographical maps, and that name was copied by other maps and transcriptions. The land eventually passed into the hands of the Gaisser family, and then was sold in 2017 to the Grisham family.

Cemetery Records

Records below were transcribed from "Valley Leaves, Volume 13, No. 3, March 1979", a publication of the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society. That publication had published this transcription originally created by Helen G. Johnson of Russellville, AL. (View a PDF copy of the original transcription)

Note: Information presented in parentheses ( ) are notes added by Helen G. Johnson

Cobb, William, b. ? District, South Carolina,, June 23, 1800, d. Feb 5, 1861, age 60y 4m 12d
Davis, Shelton Hayes, son of J. M. & E. Davis, d. Jul 23, 1866, age 1y 4d
Denton, Adeline V. Mrs, wife of W. E. Denton, b. Jul 17, 1850, d. Dec 18, 1882
Denton, E. Otto, son of W. E. Denton, b. May 9, 1880, d. Oct 17, 1881
Fant, George D., b. Mar 8, 1802, d. Mar 15, 1854
Fant, Infant Son, of George D. & Sarah H. Fant, Feb 29, 1852
Fant, Mary, d. Sep 11, 1848, age 17m 6d
Fant, Sarah H., b. Dec 16, 1808, d. Mar 4, 1895
Fant, Willie, dau of W. M. & M. L. Fant, b. Jan 17, 1869, d. Aug 13, 1882
Gaisser, Baby Boy, son of T. B. & M. C. Gaisser, b. Jan 9, 1890, d. Mar 4, 1890, "Faded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven"
Garrett, Aurelia B., b. May 26, 1806, d. Mar 5, 1895
Grisham, M. E., 1819-1912, "Resting in Hope of a Glorious Resurrection"
Lair, Amanda Vera, dau of J. M. & M. E. Lair, b. Oct 6, 1879, d. Aug 17, 1880
Lair, John Mitchel, son of J. M. & M. E. Lair, d. June 13, 1891, age 13y 4m 4d
Lannom, Aurelia F., b. Sep 10, 1843, d. Aug 13, 1854
Milam, Little Billie, son of W. A. Milam, & M. A. Milam, d. Sep 25, 1879
Milam, Martha A., b. Dec 4, 1850, d. Aug 7, 1900
Milam, William A., b. Dec 4, 1842, d. Sep 17, 1896
Robinson, Wm. C., d. Mar 25, 1874, age 46y 12d "My husband" (husband of Louisa Fant)
Weaver, Henry Walton, only son of H. W. & Jennie Weaver, b. Aug 24, 1884, d. Feb 15, 1887, "Of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
Weaver, J. H., b. Charlotte Co., Va, May 18, 1815, d. May 20, 1882 (Masonic Emblem)
Weaver, Joseph Wilson, son of J. H. & N. M. Weaver, b. Jul 15, 1869, d. Aug 12, 1870
Weaver, Mary Sue, dau of J. H. & Nancy M. Weaver, b. Jul 5, 1859, d. Dec 5. 1860
Weaver, Nancy M., wife of J. H. Weaver, b. Oct 17, 1825, d. (in Texas), "In Memory of Our Mother"
Weaver, Nannie Bet, dau of H. W. & Jennie Weaver, b. Mar 18, 1887, d. Feb 15, 1889, "Suffer Little Chiren to Come Unto Me"
Weaver, S. I. Payne, dau of J. H. & N. M. Weaver, b. Oct 15, 1848, d. Mar 14, 1875, "Gone but not Forgotten"
White, Frances P., d. Dec 25, 1840, age 51, (Frances Pryor Bates White, widow of George Isbell and second wife of Robert M. White, seems to be the first person buried in the cemetery)
White, Robert M., b. Oct 11, 1781, d. Jan 24, 1855