Willis Wood Family Cemetery
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Willis Wood Family Cemetery

Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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In 1972, Wood descendants Lenda Haynes McCain (Willis Wood), Irene Kirk (Winston Wood) and Ione Blake (William Wood) located the Willis Wood Cemetery. It had been reclaimed by nature, covered with briars, honeysuckle vines, and trash and was part of a hog lot. They found a few of the headstones that were tossed aside and identified many of the graves.

The cemetery is located on a farm near the County Club Road, Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama.

Historic Marker:
"Willis Wood and Elizabeth Cochran Wood were also the parents of the first white child born in Randolph County--Eliza Hall Wood, who was born November 10, 1833."

From transcription of another survey by Diane Herren on 4 February 1990: "Early death records show the deaths and burials below for High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery; however, since one of those shown is Fletcher W. Haynes, who is known to be buried in the Willis Wood Cemetery, I feel that this may at one time have been called the "High Pine Cemetery."

Township 22, Range 12, Section 4
On private property off Banks Road south west of Roanoke, Alabama







In 1972, Wood descendants Lenda Haynes McCain (Willis Wood), Irene Kirk (Winston Wood) and Ione Blake (William Wood) located the Willis Wood Cemetery. It had been reclaimed by nature, covered with briars, honeysuckle vines, and trash and was part of a hog lot. They found a few of the headstones that were tossed aside and identified many of the graves.

The cemetery is located on a farm near the County Club Road, Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama.

Historic Marker:
"Willis Wood and Elizabeth Cochran Wood were also the parents of the first white child born in Randolph County--Eliza Hall Wood, who was born November 10, 1833."

From transcription of another survey by Diane Herren on 4 February 1990: "Early death records show the deaths and burials below for High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery; however, since one of those shown is Fletcher W. Haynes, who is known to be buried in the Willis Wood Cemetery, I feel that this may at one time have been called the "High Pine Cemetery."

Township 22, Range 12, Section 4
On private property off Banks Road south west of Roanoke, Alabama







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  • Added: 9 Jan 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2565322