BY SARAH STEPHENS
ELMORE/AUTAUGA NEWS
The 2nd annual camp stew fundraiser for Old Kingston Historical Cemetery will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 at 9 a.m. Pre-orders are encouraged by visiting their Facebook page at Old Kingston Historical Cemetery. You can also contact President Lee Jones at 205-755-9555.
The address is 1276 County Road 21 North in Prattville.
All proceeds go directly for the beautification and maintenance of the Old Kingston Historical Cemetery located near Prattville on County Road 21.
Quarts of camp stew are $12.50 each. OKHC will also have a bake sale, and more information will come on specific cakes and goodies available. All of it will be homemade!
About Old Kingston Historical Cemetery:
This cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Autauga County having been established as a burial ground by at least 1841. Near Prattville, the land was officially set aside as a burial ground when the county seat was in this area from 1834 to 1868. The area was first known as Kingston and was later renamed Old Kingston.
Buried here is Mr. W.N. Thompson who was born in Wilshire, England in 1791 and died in 1851 and also served as the first circuit clerk of Autauga County when the county seat was located in Kingston. Also buried here are Native Americans, slaves, whites, African Americans, a sheriff, teachers, and soldiers from the following U.S. wars: War of 1812, Civil War, WWI & II, Korean War and Vietnam War.
In December 2005, the Old Kingston Historical Cemetery Committee, a not-for-profit group, initiated a cemetery restoration project. This cemetery was placed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register on November 12, 2008.
In February of 2020, the Alabama Historical Commission gave the Cemetery Committee $10,000 to help with restoration.
The cemetery is Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.
