Pike County Alabama Tomb Records: Green W. Carlisle and Mary E. Carlisle, Brundidge City Cemetery
1973 · Eustus Howard Hayes, comp., "Pike County Alabama Tomb Records," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1 (Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Spring 1973)
Named here: Green Whatley Carlisle, Mary Elizabeth Leverett, Thomas Jefferson Carlisle Sr., E. (N.?) Carlisle, 23 July 1833 or 1838 – 14 August 1862, cemetery 15 (perhaps Green's son Edmund Lee Carlisle, 1833–1862)
The book at the Internet Archive
Transcription
The survey prints each surname as a table with columns Name, Cem. (the cemetery's number in its list), Birth, Death and Remarks; the archive.org text layer reads the columns one after another, so the rows below are put back together from the order of the names (inference from the layout; each row checked against the tree).
Page 62:
Carlisle, […] Green W. | 15 | 16 Mar 1810 | 4 Jun 1882 | Husb of Mary E. Carlisle. Masonic emblem. See Thomas J. Carlisle.
Page 63:
Mary E. | 15 | 15 Oct 1816 | 12 May 1887 | Wife of Green W. Carlisle. "Who was baptized with her husband and in all the relations of life, was a faithful helpmate." See Thomas J. Carlisle, Sr.
Thomas J. | 15 | 1 Mar 1838 | 7 Mar 1916 | "Was for more than fifty years a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist church which was his first care and greatest pride." Masonic emblem. Buried between T.J. Jr. and Mattie Brooks, his wife. Also in line are: Inf of T.J. & Ellie A., Green W. and Mary E. Carlisle.
On page 62 an "E. (N.?)" Carlisle, cemetery 15, has "23 Jul 1833or38 | 14 Aug 1862 | Slab broken in middle initial and year of birth."
The introduction: the compilation of the county's tombstone inscriptions "started the last of September, 1970. The index was completed October 26, 1972 […] approximately 15,400 inscriptions from 126 cemeteries." In the list of cemeteries, Brundidge City Cemetery, "Located on South Main Street, Brundidge, Ala. Copied by E. H. Hayes Oct. 5th through 26th 1970 and compared with Survey of John P. Johnston of early 1970," stands where number 15 falls in the alphabetical list (the numbers before 17 are lost from the text layer).
Citation: Eustus Howard Hayes, comp., "Pike County Alabama Tomb Records," The Alabama Historical Quarterly 35, no. 1 (Spring 1973): 62–63, "Carlisle"; Internet Archive item alabama-historical-quarterly-v35n0104 (file AHQ_v35_n1_4_1973), https://archive.org/details/alabama-historical-quarterly-v35n0104.
What it says, against the tree
Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Whatley Carlisle | Birth | 16 March 1810 (tombstone) | 16 March 1810 | agrees |
| Green Whatley Carlisle | Death | 4 June 1882 (tombstone) | 4 June 1882, Brundidge | agrees |
| Green Whatley Carlisle | Burial | Cemetery 15 (Brundidge City Cemetery), in line with his wife and son; a Masonic emblem on the stone | Brundidge, Pike | agrees; new (cemetery, Freemason) |
| Mary Elizabeth Leverett | Birth, death | 15 October 1816; 12 May 1887 (tombstone) | 15 October 1816; 12 May 1887 | agrees |
| Mary Elizabeth Leverett | Burial | Cemetery 15 (Brundidge City Cemetery), in line with Green W. Carlisle | Brundidge, Pike, 1887 | agrees; new (cemetery) |
| Mary Elizabeth Leverett | Religion | "baptized with her husband" | — | new |
| Thomas Jefferson Carlisle | Birth, death, burial | 1 March 1838; 7 March 1916; cemetery 15, in line with Green W. and Mary E. Carlisle; a Missionary Baptist for more than fifty years; wife Mattie Brooks | 1 March 1838; 7 March 1916; Brundidge City Cemetery | agrees; new (religion, wife) |