Old Plateau Cemetery

Adams, Clifton F. S., November 1908-November ?

Adams, Retson L., Jr., (Deacon), July 29, 1915-October 5, 1995

Allen, Lilly E.

Anderson, Wilton, September 24, 1907-August 17, 1990

Arthur, Juanita Smith, March 28, 1914-December 19, 1945

Barnes, Nettie Q. Pugh, July 21, 1909-June 21, 2000

Bass, William "Bill", July 18, 1903-April 3, 1995

Beckham, Robert L., April 2, 1929-April 17, 1971

Bell, Melvin, Jr., December 22, 1942-July 31, 1995

Bell, Melvin, Sr., October 22, 1922-November 23, 1998

Benjamin, Enoch, Sr., April 7, 1906-September 10, 1984

Benjamin, Larry, January 7, 1964-January 5, 1968

Benjamin, Mattie Lucille Singleton, December 15, 1908-July 17, 2001

Bennett, Alberta, January 7, 1891-August 17, 1973

Boykin, Elnora Jones, October 24, 1918-June 21, 2000

Boykin, Ernest, Sr., February 18, 1910-November 4, 2000

Bradley, Solomon L., November 21, 1902-September 18, 1980

Brantley, Virgie Lee Roberts, December 5, 1915-November 4, 2001

Brown, Clarence Eugene, died January 27, 2001

Brown, Johnny

Brown, Oneal

Burroughs, Robert E.

Byrd, Ella Louse Singleton, December 22, 1922-June 6, 1988

Carter, Robert T., February 6, 1944-March 25, 1969

Clark, Mosley, February 6, 1895-May 18, 1978

Clark, Shirley Ann, "Big Shirley", September 21, 1942-June 28, 2000

Clarke, Marshall, July 16, 1917-September 1952

Coates, Fred, September 8, 1909-March 5, 1982

Collins, William, February 11, 1892-June 23, 1944

Cotrell, Hettie, August 10, 1897-February 10, 1920

Craig, Eddie

Craig, Viola S., January 23, 1890-May 21, 1981

Curtis, Donald Maurice, November 10, 1957-February 19, 1985

Davis, Lucille, April 4, 1916-August 21, 1989

Davis, Mamie R., December 11, 1919-November 12, 1980

Davis, Mollie Marie Singleton, July 22, 1941-September 22, 1971

Davis, Theophilis, Sr., September 10, 1961-March 11, 2000

Davis, Thomas H., Jr., June 22, 1902-January 30, 1972

Davis, Uola R., November 14, 1903-April 13, 1979

Dawson, Coley, Sr., May 27, 1926-November 5, 2001

Dean, Lillie Bell, January 26, 1918-March 4, 2001

Dial, Sylvia, November 1, 1911-January 16, 1978

Dixon, elmer, December 6, 1921-July 20, 1982

Dubose, Dessie

Dunklin, Annie Lee, April 10, 1924-May 28, 1982

English, Mamie C.

English, Minnie B., May 15, 1898-January 10, 1971

Ezell, Frank, November 25, 1910-February 1977

Fenn, Ida Maggy, May 16, 1876-?

Flinn, Willie, June 18, 1988-May 9, 1978 (born in Gainestown, AL)

Fountain, Mary Jane Maiben, September 14, 1920-October 17, 2000

Fox, Clarence E., August 20, 1965-January 8, 1982

Franklin, Josephine M., September 21, 1913-April 12, 1980

Franklin, Ralph Lee, March 24, 1949-May 12, 1995

Friend, Marie J., December 26, 1909-August 2, 1975

Gamble, Agnes Chestang, September 9, 1900-January 31, 1973

Gilchrist, Nathaniel, October 12, 1925-November 15, 2000

Giles, Marcellis

Givens, James, 1886-1964

Graham, Simmie, August 29, 1907-December 21, 1997

Green, Joseph

Griffin, Willie Johnson, July 3, 1947-June 7, 2000

Haigler, Lillian Marion, February 26, 1925-June 8, 1998

Hall, James Brown, Jr., August 1, 1951-September 26, 2001

Hall, Mary, September 6, 1870-August 19, 1959

Hall, Ruby Deal, February 28, 1913-February 18, 2001

Harris, Betty Fountain, died January 21, 1999

Harris, Collis Farandis, January 22, 1944-December 28, 2000

Harris, Earl T., November 19, 1917-January 4, 1972 (WWII)

Harris, Edmond, August 28, 1909-December 25, 1988

Harris, George, Sr., 1863-June 1916 (unmarked)

Harris, Harold

Harris, Malinda Singleton, 1878-October 29, 1928 (unmarked)

Harris, Nettie P., February 15, 1896-August 2, 1971

Harris, Samuel Swift, March 18, 1927-October 10, 1967

Harris, Winnie R. E., May 9, 1909-June 9, 1985

Hatch, Allie Mae Bumpers

Hawthorne, Stella G., June 4, 1913-June 16, 1972

Hayes, Hattie, November 3, 1918-October 28, 2000

Higgenbothan, D. L., September 17, 1920-November 30, 1977

Hill, Roosevelt, January 1, 1913-October 27, 1982 (WWII)

Holloway, Rance, July 10, 1911-January 6, 1972

House, Charlie, February 11, 1907-November 5, 1988

House, Nevada T., January 24, 1907-July 31, 1994

House, Theresa M., 1928-1982

Howard, Annie Pearl, June 17, 1942-November 24, 2000

Howze, Edirene, February 9, 1909-January 19, 1979

Hubbard, Adell, February 19, 1916-November 21, 1981

Hubbard, Jim, Sr., June 10, 1889-May 31, 1978

Hubbard, Lucy M., June 10, 1897-January 16, 1981

Hudson, Agnes V. McBride, June 23, 1957-June 21, 1995

Hudson, Bessie, February 19, 1907-December 11, 1988

Hudson, Hattie Lee, April 3, 1948-July 19, 2000

Hudson, John, August 14, 1896-January 1, 1988

Hughes, Cleo Bradley, February 14, 1921-November 30, 1999

Jackson, Creola, March 15, 1920-July 20, 1991

Jackson, Louise Y., June 11, 1929-December 25, 2000

Jackson, Moses D., July 10, 1963-December 25, 1971

Jackson, Richard, Jr., June 19, 1930-November 18, 1982

Jenkins, Nathaniel, March 26, 1913-July 3, 1988

Johnson, Lewis Lee, Sr., march 25, 1944-September 25, 2001

Johnson, Mamie Dorena, March 22, 1912-March 12, 1998

Jones, Claude, February 3, 1895-January 27, 1966

Jones, Eugene, June 18, 1945-August 12, 1984

Keeby, Oria, November 4, 1911-August 5, 1978

Kidd, Edgar (Reverend), March 21, 1874-December 25, 1961

Kidd, Mandell, April 1878-August 11, 1950

Kim, Elsie Mae, July 22, 1930-July 14, 2000

Law, Gracie Mae, May 7, 1925-February 7, 1972

Law, Larcenia B., April 12, 1912-January 22, 1970

Law, Lillie M., January 15, 1923-July 27, 1970

Law, Tonie, Jr., April 10, 1913-April 30, 1982

Lee, Janita D., May 11, 1907-August 28, 1982

Lloyd, Mingo, August 29, 1882-March 17, 1973

Love, Dora E., August 26, 1917-October 6, 1976

Lynch, Clark, March 5, 1935-February 27, 1985

Matthews, Frances, December 2, 1914-June 20, 1981

Matthews, Warb, June 30, 1903-September 8, 1987

May, Mary, August 31, 1892-August 18, 1973

McCants, Ada B., July 4, 1903-November 25, 1974

McCants, George, March 2, 1922-November 25, 1974

McCants, Mattie Gamble Andry, September 21, 1929-May 20, 1994

McCarty, Willie Ann, Dec. ?-June 3, 1975

McCovery, Andrew, February 22, 1934-December 3, 1988

McGadney, Earl

Mills, Euris Jean Robinson, March 29, 1938-May 7, 1997

Mitchell, Ernestine, December 12, 1932-?

Montgomery, Lula T., November 6, 1903-September 6, 1995

Moore, Reather, May 12, 1910-September 28, 2000

Morrisette, Mary E., March 26, 1908-Dec. ?

Murphy, Rosa Mae, 1944-1947 (unmarked)

Palmer, Ella, November 18, 1880-November 26, 1931

Partridge, Sam (Deacon), February 15, 1886-March 7, 1977

Peoples, Matilda, August 7 ?-January 19, 1987

Pettis, Barbara Singleton, March 18, 1931-November 12, 1990

Powe, Eric E., May 29, 1909-December 4, 1974

Powe, James, September 7, 1914-January 31, 1973 (WWII)

Prince, Evelyn M., February 23, 1937-January 2, 1997

Rembert, Henry L., May 6, 1954-August 16, 1974

Robinson, Elnora, May 30, 1903-March 7, 1972

Robinson, Nolan, May 2, 1936-November 29, 1971

Russell, Alice Williams, March 6, 1900-November 27, 2000

Shamburger, Annie, December 26, 1900-September 10, 1960

Shamburger, Maude A., July 8, 1900-August 27, 1983

Singleton, Agnew, April 17, 1925-January 27, 1999

Singleton, Annie L., December 29, 1899-February 21, 1967

Singleton, Catherine Elizabeth "Carrie", 1904-February 25, 1967

Singleton, Charles, January 8, 1908-February 7, 1970

Singleton, Dock, August 9, 1910-August 18, 1988

Singleton, Donnie R., April 5, 1970-March 20, 1991

Singleton, Frank, Jr., April 6, 1907-January 11, 1983

Singleton, Frank, Sr., 1879-November 21, 1941

Singleton, George W., November 3, 1906-August 11, 1969

Singleton, Jacqueline C., July 16, 1951-August 28, 1996

Singleton, James E., July 8, 1919-January 19, 1969 (WWII)

Singleton, John C., November 17, 1912-November 22, 1962

Singleton, Katie Freeman, 1888-April 1933

Singleton, Lavanda P., March 15, 1899-March 21, 1958

Singleton, Randolph, September 15, 1920-February 20, 2000 (WWII)

Singleton, Ruth H., September 9, 1917-May 20, 1969

Singleton, Will E., December 13, 1917-February 1953 (WWII)

Smith, Charles Warren, March 10 ?-October 30 ?

Smith, Emma

Smith, Herman (D.D.), October 20, 1898-April 28, 1975

Smith, Katie, December 19, 1912-February 14, 1974

Smith, Oscar

Taylor, Annie, died August 18, 1973

Taylor, Fannie H., October 21, 1899-September 15, 1973

Thomas, James E., September 9, 1928-January 21, 1998 (US Army)

Tinsley, Joseph, March 24, 1926-October 3, 2000

Tinsley, Linda Darnell, October 20, 1949-April 13, 2000

Travis, Edna

Tunstall, Betty Doss, August 26, 1904-November 23, 1962

Turner, Ruth E., September 26, 1890-August 1969

Washam, Early, Sr., February 5, 1916-July 12, 1975

Washam, Freddie J., October 16, 1954-January 15, 1992

Webb, LaThelma S., July 5, 1938-August 13, 1974

Wells, Irene Harris, April 15, 1921-April 2, 2001

Williams, Annie Deloris Wells, July 31-August 22, 2001

Williams, Earl, April 15, 1895-February 1975

Williams, Ida Mae Fenn, May 10, 1910-September 29, 1969

Williams, Jeff Charlie (Reverend), March 22, 1910-January 25, 1994

Williams, Mary, December 1896-February 2, 1959

Wise, Autherine M., December 29, 1910-March 25, 1952

White, wilmer, March 5, 1904-July 4, 1990

Womack, Dave, 1894-1943

Womack, Ethel, 1900-1968

Womack, Minnie K. Kemp, May 16, 1938-April 6, 19?

Wright, Samuel, Sr., September 20, 1935-November 17, 1988

Young, Benjamin H., November 14, 1922-November 23, 1998

List of Surnames

Abrams, Adair, Adams, Agee, Albritton, Alexander, Algere, Allen, Alston, Anders, Anderson, Andrews, Ashford, Atkins, Austin, Autry.


Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Barne, Barnes, Baron, Beck, Beckham, Bell, Benjamin, Benson, Benton, Berry, Best, Bettis, Billington, Black, Blackman, Blackmon, Blankenship, Boggan, Bonds, Bonner, Boone, Borden, Bostic, Bowel, Bowen, Boykin, Bradford, Bradley, Brisco, Brooks, Brown, Bruell, Bruner, Bryant, Buchanan, Bullard, Bumpers, Burton, Bynum.


Calhoun, Calvin, Campbell, Carmichael, Carter, Caves, Champion, Chapman, Chenevert, Cherry, Clancy, Clark, Coates, Coats, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Coley, Colley, Collins, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Craig, Crawford, Cummings, Cunningham.


Dailey, Dale, Dalton, Darrington, Dashly, Davidson, Davis, Daw, Deocempo, Dickinson, Dixon, Dorman, Dorrough, Doss, Dossman, Dudley, Dukes, Dunagan, Dundar.


Edddwards, Eliot, Ely, English, Ervin, Evans, Everette, Ezell.


Farahakan, Farley, Farrier, Fillmore, Finch, Finlin, Fischer, Flowers, Fluker, Foley, Fore, Foster, Fowler, Franklin, Freeman, Friend, Frye, Fryson.


Gaines, Gamble, Gantt, Garrett, Gates, George, Gettis, Gibbs, Goins, Goode, Gordon, Gordy, Grace, Graham, Gram, Grayson, Green, Gresham, Griffen, Gwin.


Hafford, Hall, Hamilton, Hammond, Hammons, Hampton, Hardaway, Harmon, Harris, Harrison, Hatch, Hawkins, Hawthorne, Hayes, Heaulty, Henderson, Herman, Hightower, Hill, Holcomb, Holmes, Holt, Horn, Howard, Howze, Hudson, Hunter, Hurd, Hutchinson.


Jackson, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Joseph.


Kemp, Kendrick, Kenku, Kennebrew, Kiel, King, Kirksey, Kitchen, Kitt, Knight, Koens, Kohnes.


Lambert, Lampkin, Lassiter, Law, Lawson, Lee, Lemay, Lemelle, Lett, Levels, Lewis, Lilly, Linson, Little, Longmire, Love,


Malone, Martin, Mason, Mayfield, McArthur, McBride, McCasky, McCaster, McConnico, McCovery, McCoy, McCrackin, McCruter, McFadden, McGill, McGlothen, McKoy, McMillian/McMillan, McNeal, McReynolds, McSwain, Melecio, Mencer, Meriweather, Miles, Miller, Milton, Mims, Mitchell, Montaque, Montgomery, Moore, Moorer, Morgan, Morris, Mose, Moss, Mulder, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Mushatt.


Nelson, Nettles, Newman, Micholson, Nobles, Nunnally.


Oliver, Osborne, Owens.


Peavy, Penn, Perkins, Perry, Petaway, Pettway, Pike, Porter, Portis, Posey, Powe, Powell, Prairie, Presley, Price, Prince, Pritchett, Proctor, Pruitt, Pugh.


Quarles.


Raines, Ramsey, Randell, Randolf, Ray, Reels, Reese, Reeves, Reynolds, Richardson, Rivers, Roberts, Robins, Robinson, Rocker, Roper, Rothchild, Ryan.


Sanders, Sanford, Saunders, Savage, Saxton, Selvey, Shade, Shaheed, Shelton, Simmons, Singleton, Smiley, Smith, Snider, Spencer, Spivey, Spruill, Stallworth, Steen, Stewart, Stokes, Stovell, Strange.


Tallley, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Thompson, Thompston, Thornbar, Thornton, Tigner, Tilus, Tinsley, Todd, Tolbert, Trice, Trotter, Tucker, Turner.

Upshaw.

Walker, Ward, Ware, Warren, Washam, Waters, Watson, Watts, Weathers, Weaver, Wells, West, White, Whitfield, Whittington, Wicks, Williams, Williamson, Winston, Wise, Witherspoone, Woodards, Woodie, Woods, Wright.


Yarber, York, Young.

A Brief History of Old Plateau Cemetery

The land which the old cemetery is located on, was thick woods, and owned by an old famous African, named Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis, born circa 1847, Dahomey Africa (New Benin), died 1935, Plateau, Alabama (Africa USA). He was the last survivor of the slave ship "Clotilde", 1860. Well as history goes, there was a large family of Singletons, who purchased some land from Cudjoe, which was located in Magazine Point, just a small distance from Plateau. They purchased the land for a family plot, for the Singleton family, in about 1876. This section was located right on the corner of Old Baybridge Road, when pass this way today. It is all over grown with bushes and trees, and filled with unmarked graves of Singleton relatives. Some maybe marked, but from my last visit, it was so thick, I could not see a thing. A few years ago, it was all cleaned out, and you could see some headstones, and old faded flowers, but as of October 2001, you could not see them. My great grandfather, Frank Singleton, Sr is there somewhere, along with hundreds of family members. As time went on, other citizens of Plateau and Magazine Point, began burying their loved ones there, and then it got out of hand, to the point, no one wanted to care for it anymore. Not long ago, they came up with a solution to as, if you were residents of Plateau and Magazine Point, you were allowed to be buried there. Today there are many family, friends and neighbors, resting there, including my grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts and other family that passed through life. I tried to do a survey of the place, which did not work out too well. The time of the year was off, and I ran into standing water, and some kind of black snakes, which made me leave. I did run into a living ledgend, who goes by the name of "Mr. Hubbard", who once owned a famous store called "Hubbards' Store". Believe me when I say that this is the most handsom and niecest man in the world. He is 93 years young, and don't look a day over 60. He pointed out a lot of things, that had gone unseen by me and my dad, who had acompanied me. His mind was as sharp as a tack, and he walked as if he was in his 20s, which I am proud to say, he walked better than me. He is related to the Singleton family one way or another, and knew most of all the family members, including my grandmother, who passed away October 4, 2001. He was at the survice, and also belonged to the same church as she. He pointed out a tall monument, in honor of Cudjoe Lewis, and from this one visit to this cemetery, I learned a whole lifetime of knowledge, which I am glad to share. I visit this cemetery as often as I visit Mobile, due to my grandfather, Enoch Benjamin, Sr., being buried there. As I learn more, I will add it to this section. I am just so very pleased that I got a chance to see and learn more about this place, not really knowing the history of it. I was also told that Cudjoe Lewis owned most of that land all around the cemetery, and across the road from it, while the Singleton family, owned most of Plateau in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The land is now owned by different individuals, and like other things in the world, it has become a money issue.