These cemeteries have been transcribed by various persons, some from Shelby County and some from other places. We would like to thank all those that have participated on the project. It is realized that some errors exits in these records, but every effort has been made to insure accuracy. Some markers are particlly destroyed, faded and hard to interpret and some information came form individuals. Please email Leonard Irish to report any discrepancy in these records.
To view a list and link to the Black Cemeteries in Shelby County, Click here.
Many of the Black Cemeteries are unknown. If you have knowledge and location please E-mail.
First Name With Marker
Benjamin F. Adams
J.W. Allen
Jehun Crocker
James Lee Davis
Chancer H. Harvey
James E. Barlow
Caroline Lodge
E.S. Hearn
James Biggar
Claborn Yarborough
William Borders
William Echols
Ida Ross
Laura Borden Bradshaw
Brandon Paige Shofner
George Groves
H.L. Brook
Edith Brown Noble
Louiza E. Bryce
Mary Buckley
Freeman Buckner
W. M. Pounds
William Burrow
First Burial
1860
1896
1887
1885
1863
1929
1870
1874
1836
1878
1890
1855
1875
1890
1986
1875
1821
1893
1888
1881
1898
1851
1867
Theophilius Campbell
E.W.Pitman, Sr.
Lesly L. Cannon
Sallie L.Cannon
Deliah L. Paul
Nelson Waling
Daniel W.Edge
Redmon Choate
Jules Carlton
James Clardy
Martha Yates
Johnnie Taylor
Sarah Armstreet
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Martha McLendon
Edmund Thomas
Mary Charity Creech
1860
1888
1877
1842
1892
1848
1897
1861
1896
1871
1912
1983
1887
-
1865
1873
1876
D.S. Daughtery
Catherine Davis Pinkston
Ennice Daw
Jim DeFee
Richard Jowell
Benjamin H.Schooler
James Royce Risinger
Three Sanders
Infant Eaves
Infant Eddins
Martha Ellington
Aubrie Brookshier
Warren A. Lovell
Sarah D. Sanders
Joel Ferguson
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Ora Miller
Mary Magdaline Weaver
Mary Nelson Lawson
Mary Gibbs
Lenora Jane Durrett
Eglintine Greer
Joseph A. Matthews
1899
2004
1902
1882
1860
1864
1980
1847
1883
1860
1861
1889
1930
1852
1881
-
1917
1845
1988
1888
1884
1844
1890
Henrietta Hall
Patsy Hamilton
Matilda Hancock
Robert Bolton
Rebecca Matsler
J.D. Hilliard
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S. M. Cannon
Mary Ann Crenshaw
Sarah A. Holt
Infant Hooper
-
Barker Ferguson
George S. Hutto
Howell Hudson
Elijah Morris
-
Mary J. Barkeloo
Robert G. Farmer
Coolidge King
Amanda Oates
John Latham, Jr.
Una Law
Carl Littleton
Shanon McKee
Julius Bridges Armstrong
Haven Lovell
Geo. Washington Lee
1882
1880
1877
2004
1928
1887
-
1889
1873
1910
1895
-
1901
1881
1844
1865
-
1854
1917
1870
1871
1855
1894
1996
1874
1899
1899
1872
Martha Moce
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Bettie B. Smith
Richard Hubbard May
John May
Martha Donaldson
John H. McNairy
Jarrell B. Chandler
William H. Moore
Irene Martin
Perry Nelson
Joseph Edwin Winn
Edward Mathis
Mary F. Mull
Laura Johnson
Frank M. Lynch
John Henry Potts
Fannie Jetton
W.R. Dornetll
William Smith
John Day
Mildred N. Campbell
Amanda Oates
Fannie Oates Hutto
Isaac C. Ogden
-
J.A. Johnson
Mary Christian Perry
J.M. Bradley
Mahalie Oliver
1897
-
1895
1879
1870
1906
1859
1861
1859
1922
1866
1863
1804
1896
1889
1887
1887
1849
1885
1841
1852
1953
1871
1860
1826
-
1858
1858
-
1884
-
John W. Nethery
Elvira Pinckney Payne
Banks Permenter
Rebecca Matsler
Franklin C. Reeves
J.H. Anderson
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Jams L. Fausett
James H. Walker
Lenah J. Carroll
Amanda L. Golden
Essie Hines
Ella Holley
Mary Gullick
Mathilde Motley
Nora Ellen Reynolds
John Sample
W.S. Samford
William Moore Borders
S.E. Hughes
Henry Ennis Sellman
Emma I. Foster
Polly, Indian Girl
M.L. Shofner
Edward J. Sholar
Archabald Turbeville
N.J. Sinclair
Cooper Smith
Lillie Mott
Minnie Azula Jones
Maria Jones
Robert W. Spann
Clarenda Vaughn
France E. Vaughn
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1861
1872
1888
1928
1914
1878
-
1906
1845
1875
1875
1908
1878
1860
1908
1902
1847
1895
1891
1881
1998
1884
1838
1894
1854
1867
1867
1891
1863
1896
1860
1947
1898
1884
A.J.G. Tatum
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Lizzie Roper
Howard Wayne Tollett
James N. Lister
Jack Bowlin
Sarah Hall Truitt
W.L. McCary
Mary C. Tyer
Burford Hairgrove
James M. Walker
Isaac Stewart
Nora Harvey
James Denton Wilburn
Infant Taylor
John B. Tyler
Nancy Whiteside
John J. Whitton
Tonnie Wilkerson
Almer Madden
B.M. Wilson
Clarinda Jones Wimberly
George Windham
Nancy Richardson Parker
James Morgan Truitt
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1867
-
1828
2005
1850
1951
1848
1872
1884
1898
1986
1892
1882
1906
1879
1879
1870
1865
1913
1900
1873
1870
1860
1880
1850
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