Cemetery Map
Burial grounds in the research network. This page pins only locations with a verified or documented placement; locations without a verified location are listed below the map with their status, not pinned. We do not fabricate coordinates for burial grounds.
Jones family cemetery — photographs
Jones family cemetery, behind Morton Hall, UAH campus. Photographs: UAH Archives & Special Collections, via Alabama Mosaic. Used as links pending permission.
Locations unverified — listed, not pinned
These burial locations are logged for the record but do not appear on the map above, because no verified location has been documented yet. A location must be documented before it can be pinned.
Map data & sources
- C. Wayne Austin, "Moore (Herman) Cemetery" survey (photos 6 Jun 2012; page added 3 Jun 2014) — cemetery GPS N 34.858, W -86.7787; "served as a slave graveyard at one time for the old Moore Plantation," via the Madison County cemeteries survey project (AlabamaCemeteriesWeb).
- Bureau of Land Management, National PLSS CadNSDI service — Moore cemetery GPS verified to Section 19, Township 2 South, Range 2 West, Huntsville Meridian (2026-09-27); reverse-geocode 1808 Harvest Rd, Harvest, AL 35749.
- Counter-Archive research notes — Turner Moore plantation memo (2026-09-27): cemetery analysis, Benjamin T. Moore plantation lead, and the GLO findings (David Moore as assignee of Lewellen Jones, four 1818 patents).
- UAH Archives & Special Collections; UAH News; Huntsville History Collection — Jones-Perkins Family Cemetery placement and history (marker placed approximately behind Morton Hall, not from a surveyed GPS point).
- Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research (TVAR) — 2022 ground-penetrating radar survey record ("GIS Remote Sensing & Mapping Services — Avalon Plantation").
More Maps in This Project
GLO Patent Map: The Jones Patents →
Schematic township plats of the Jones-family federal land patents, 1814–1833, from BLM GLO records.
Convict-Leasing Geography →
Jefferson County mine sites and the Madison County origin question, drawn as a clearly-labeled schematic.
Migration Path: Virginia to Alabama →
Louisa and Bedford counties, Virginia → Madison County, Alabama → Tuscaloosa, tracing the Jones/Anderson/Donnell/Perkins network.
Avalon Plantation Boundary (working map) →
The core spatial claim, staged honestly: what the boundary question is and what would resolve it.
If you have family knowledge or a document for any burial ground — including the Jones (Mary) Cemetery near the daycare — please get in touch.