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Austin Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Place

A densely cross-connected cemetery, part of the same settlement network as Ricetown, Sapp, Sulphur Spring, Stewart’s Chapel, and several others. Andrew Jackson Sims (1828-1910) is confirmed as a Confederate soldier via an independent published roster, “Some Civil War Soldiers Buried In Blount County Alabama.”

Notable graves:

  • Andrew Jackson Sims (Veteran, 1828-1910) - confirmed Confederate soldier via an independent published roster.
  • John Fowler Hill (1842-1918) - Civil War-age veteran.
  • Laura Arana “Raney” Bruce Tumlin (1800-1898) - a 98-year life.

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