Pre-Civil War Cemetery

The West Main Street Cemetery was established in the late 1850’s by the Jones Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which was located nearby. Among notable persons buried here are: Thomas A. Albert (1796-1876), for whom Albertville is named; W. M. Coleman (1860-1926), the city’s first mayor; and L. S. Emmett (1841-1903), a pioneer merchant.

Marker is on West Main Street (Alabama Route 205), on the right when traveling west.

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