Chisholm Cemetery

From Florence Heading North On Chisholm Highway About Five Miles North Of  Florence Is The Oldest Known Cemetery In The State Of Alabama. It Is The Small Chisholm Family Cemetery. It is located Behind A Small House. Most Anyone Out That Way Will Know Where It Is.

The Chisholms Were Some Of The First Settlers Of Lauderdale County. The Pictures Below Are Of The Son And Daughter-In-Law Of John Chisholm. Esther Was The Daughter Of Benjamin Lynn, The Colorful Woodsman From Kentucky, Who Became A Christian Through The Reading His Own Bible And Later Studying And Obeying The Gospel Under The Teaching Of Barton W. Stone.

John And Esther's Daughter, Dorinda Chisholm Hall, Is Also Buried In The Little Cemetery With Her Father And Mother And Grandparents. She Was The First Wife Of B.F. Hall, A Faithful Gospel Preacher Who's Teaching On Baptism Brought True Restoration Of New Testament Christianity To The Wild Frontier.

Daughter Of Pioneer Preacher, Benjamin Lynn

In Memory Of
Dorinda C. Hall
Born The 7th Of January
1804, Died The 21st Of June 1831

Wife Of B.F. Hall

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