The Political Graveyard: Greene County, Ala.

Greene County
Alabama

Greene County information:

Population: 9,974 (2000); 10,153 (1990)
Land area 646 square miles.
County seat: Eutaw
Capital Impact: Greene County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Greene County -- census data on population, race, economics
Greene County ALGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Greene County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

Northeast: Tuscaloosa County
Southeast: Hale County
South: Marengo County
Southwest: Sumter County
Northwest: Pickens County

The Political Graveyard:

Politicians who were born in Greene County
Politicians who lived in Greene County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Greene County

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Private or family graveyard
Greene County, Alabama

Politicians buried here:

Charles Hays (1834-1879) — of Alabama. Born near Boligee, Greene County, Ala., February 2, 1834. Republican. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Alabama state senate, 1868; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1869-77. Died June 24, 1879. Interment at in a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

Bethsalem Cemetery
Boligee, Greene County, Alabama
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

John McKee (1771-1832) — of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., 1771. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1823-29. Died August 12, 1832. Interment at Bethsalem Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Eutaw Cemetery
Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama

Politicians buried here:

William Bacon Oliver (1867-1948) — also known as William B. Oliver — of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. Born in Eutaw, Greene County, Ala., May 25, 1867. Son of William C. Oliver and Lizzie S. (Whitehead) Oliver; cousin of Sydney Parham Epes. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1915-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Phi Beta Kappa; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen. Died in 1948. Interment at Eutaw Cemetery.
- See also Epes-Oliver family of Virginia
- See also: congressional biography.

Mesopotamia Cemetery
Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Stephen Fowler Hale (1816-1862) — of Alabama. Born in Crittenden County, Ark., January 31, 1816. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1843, 1857-61; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1853; Delegate from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Mortally wounded during the battle of Seven Pines, and died at Richmond, Va., July 18, 1862. Interment at Mesopotamia Cemetery.

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Politicians who were born in Greene County

Politicians who lived in Greene County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Greene County