Limestone Community Cemetery was started during the Civil War.  The Home Guards were
chasing an army deserter.  He was moving along fairly swift so the Home Guard shot him in the
leg, wounding him.  This caused the deserter to slow down a bit. They caught up with him on
the property belonging to the Scott family, about where the old stooping Hickory Tree stood.
   
The Home Guard strung him up to the tree and hung him till he died. 
 
They dug a shallow grave and buried him, then carved his name and the death date on the
old tree.  His last name was Walker.  
 
The next morning John Spann and one of the Alfords saw dogs digging into the grave so
they took old boards and placed them over the grave so the dogs and other animals could not dig
 in.  This old stooping Hickory Tree stood about were the Northwest corner post
stands now. 

We know the last name of the deserter is Walker.   If you know anything more about this
person we would like to know.
 
This is the story that has passed down through my family for many years. And will continue
to pass on.

Then in 1866 as families became sick and died, Henry Scott decided the section of
land near the old stooping Hickory tree would serve as a family burial ground.  That
was the start of the family cemetery.

Later in the years Henry Scott decided to give the cemetery to the Limestone Community so
they would have a place for burial as long as there was space.  Henry didn't
want anyone in the community to have to pay.  It is for the Community of Limestone but
other people are taking advantage and coming from other places because they know it is
free and bury their deceased.  This space is almost gone now.

Little did Henry know that practically all these spaces would be family.  There appears to be
space toward the Northeast, but we found it to be unmarked graves.  Ethel (Scott) Barker,
 Elma (Holman) Nall, Selma (Holman) Loewe and others say there used to be many, many
little wooden markers all over that area.  So folks if you are looking for a spot please
do not dig in this area. 

There are over 500 graves that we have listed.  There are many more that we do not have
a complete count of yet.  If you know of someone buried in an unmarked grave, please
let us know so we can mark it. 
   


Copyright  ã  Jinx Dopson 1999


 

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