Information on the location and photos of the graves of John and Sarah Thompson Whitsett, grandparents of Sarah Childress Polk, wife of President James K. Polk - Hale County, Alabama | ||
The Graves of John and Sarah WhitsittHale (formerly Greene) County, Alabama |
May 22, 2000, Mr. Joseph Whitsitt Strickland of Birmingham, Alabama writes: "I
am very pleased to report that I have made a visit to Hale County
and have seen the graves of John and Sarah Whitsitt. I had
planned on being in a neighboring county on Thursday, May 18, so
I contacted Ed Avery, who owned the land that contains the grave
site (and who brought the information forward regarding the graves),
and I met him on that day. He and his wife Mary Ann were very gracious
and were excited to be showing the cemetery to a member of the family. John
Whitsitt
Mary
Perry, died 1819 "The
grave markers need cleaning, repair and protection from further
harm, and I will be contacting a Hale County descendant who the
Avery's referred me to. Mr. Avery would be happy for the family
to have a fence erected around the graves. I'll look into
this further, and if anyone has any questions, please send me an
e-mail. |
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