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	Rehoboth Cemetery Sylacauga, Coosa County, Alabama

Cemetery: Rehoboth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (church no longer there)

Other:

Sign: No

Street:

City: Near Sylacauga

Township:

County: Near Coosa/Talladega county line

State: Alabama

Nation: USA

Zip:

Status: Abandoned

Size: Small

Directions: (Traveling south on 280 from Birmingham) :280 South to Sylacauga, Al. Turn West on Coaling Road, also listed as Talladega County Road #63.Note: at the corner of Coaling Road and 280 South is Pine Crest School.Travel West on Coaling Road for 5.4 miles and turn left (South) on the Jennings Road, also listed as Coosa County Road #78. Travel South for .6 miles. There is a pale green house on the left side of the road. This house belongs to Mr. F.W. Jennings. His driveway leads up to the top of the hill to the cemetery. Please ask permission, he is a very nice gentleman.Notes:1. Coaling Road is approx .5 miles south of the Old Federal Highway that runs through Sylacauga.2. Pine Crest School has a raised walkway across 280. Heading South - if you cross under the walkway, you went to far. Heading North - once you pass the walkway Coaling is the second road to the right.3. At this time - there is a Chevron Station and Yonders Food Store directly east of the intersection of 280 and Coaling Road.

Type: Road-public

Location: Rural

Terrain: Level

Watersource: No

Features: Trees and bushes. Several fallen trees.

Property: Private

Access: Permission-required

Enclosure: None

Gate: None

Established: About 1836.

Gravestones: About 50 - 60 graves.

Oldest: Unknown, several graves are piles of stone.

Newest: Unknown, probably early 1900s.

Removed: No

Relocated: No

Repairs: No

Methods: Adhesives

Restoration: No

Association: Unsure

Records: Unsure

Inventory: Unsure

Availability:

Landscaping: No

Paths: No

Trees: Yes4

Crypts: No

Fencing: No

Brickwork: No

Ironwork: No

Sculpture: Yes

Fountains: No

Roads: No

Buildings: No

Cement: Yes

Granite: Yes

Marble: Yes

Native: Yes

Slate: Yes

Others: Yes

Wood: No

Materials: Unsure

Architectural: Unsure

Angels: Unsure

Draperies: Yes

Fraternal: Unsure

Hands: Unsure

Lambs: Unsure

Monograms: Yes

Plants: Unsure

Photos: No

Religious: Yes

Scrollwork: Yes

Urns: Unsure

Carvings: Unsure

Condition: Cemetery neglected

Unmarked: Yes

Broken: No

Toppled: Yes

Disintegrating: Yes

Buried: Yes

Weather: Yes

Pollution: No

Vandalized: No

Overgrowth: Problem-Access

Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing

GroundCover: Yes

Drainage: Good

Owner: Private

Use: Agricultural

Bordering: Residential

Change: Same

Reason: Roads

Visited: Unknown

Archeology: Unknown

Habitat: Yes

Contacted: No one.

Surnames:

Blackmon, Green, Mize, others unknown

Other Information:

There is an elaborate marble marker for a James Woods commemorating his murder by "midnight assassins" and pronouncing a heartfelt plea for "holy vengeance."

Support:

Unknown.

Submitted by:
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name: Phillip Burnette

Email: S_creaminEagle64@aol.com

Date: February 23 2003

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