Winston Plantation Slave Cemetery
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Winston Plantation Slave Cemetery

Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA

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    Coordinates: 34.56750, -85.61306
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This is a cemetery located on the top of a hill outside of Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama. According to a local man who videotaped this cemetery, it belongs to the Winston Plantation. I have searched all the cemeteries to locate people buried there. There was no luck elsewhere. I've done genealogical work on the people shown to have tombstones & located additional information. According to death certificates, this cemetery is called a "Community" cemetery or it's called Valley Head Cemetery. There is an old Valley Head Cemetery but it is not this one. It is located down the road that went in front of the old lumber store. The road used to be paved but currently is in bad repair. The road makes a turn toward an old house or cabin, however, it continues straight ahead until you reach this cemetery. The road is overgrown and the cemetery is overgrown. It is about a mile or so outside of Valley Head. There is no sign or fence to identify or surround it. It is a very large cemetery. There are tombstones, some marked with rocks, and some unmarked. Winston Plantation was owned by William O. Winston who was a lawyer from Rogersville, TN in 1838. The people buried here were either mulatto or black. There are descendants who are looking for them.
This is a cemetery located on the top of a hill outside of Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama. According to a local man who videotaped this cemetery, it belongs to the Winston Plantation. I have searched all the cemeteries to locate people buried there. There was no luck elsewhere. I've done genealogical work on the people shown to have tombstones & located additional information. According to death certificates, this cemetery is called a "Community" cemetery or it's called Valley Head Cemetery. There is an old Valley Head Cemetery but it is not this one. It is located down the road that went in front of the old lumber store. The road used to be paved but currently is in bad repair. The road makes a turn toward an old house or cabin, however, it continues straight ahead until you reach this cemetery. The road is overgrown and the cemetery is overgrown. It is about a mile or so outside of Valley Head. There is no sign or fence to identify or surround it. It is a very large cemetery. There are tombstones, some marked with rocks, and some unmarked. Winston Plantation was owned by William O. Winston who was a lawyer from Rogersville, TN in 1838. The people buried here were either mulatto or black. There are descendants who are looking for them.

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