Old Live Oak Cemetery

"Live Oak Cemetery" redirects here. For other uses, see Live Oak Cemetery (disambiguation).
Old Live Oak Cemetery
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Selma, Alabama
CountryUnited States
Coordinates32°24′19″N 87°01′55″W / 32.40531°N 87.03203°W / 32.40531; -87.03203
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveOld Live Oak Cemetery
Bust of Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest in Old Live Oak Cemetery.

Old Live Oak Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery. It contains burials of Confederate States of America leaders, as well Benjamin Sterling Turner, a formerly enslaved African-American who served as U.S. Representative for Alabama during the Reconstruction era. The cemetery is at 110 Dallas Avenue approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) west of downtown Selma.[1]

  1. ^ "Live Oak Cemetery (Selma) – Alabama Birding Trails". Alabamabirdingtrails.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.