​​​​​​​​​​Gone But Not Forgotten: Montgomery County Alabama Cemeteries

Oakwood Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery's founding predates  Montgomery County's. By 1810, people began burying the deceased in the area that would eventually become Oakwood. In 1818, Andrew Dexter, a founder of Montgomery, sold or gave the northeast quarter of section 7, Township 16, Range 18, to General John Scott, also a founder of Montgomery. Scott added five and one-third acres to the land Dexter transferred to him and Oakwood formally became a cemetery. In 1847, 1848, 1850, 1855, and 1863, Oakwood expanded through various land transactions including purchases and donations. [7]  Thousand of people were buried in Oakwood and Oakwood Annex, including country musician Hank Williams, prominant pre-and post-Civil War local merchant John Dowe, and notable late eighteenth-early nineteenth century African-American businessman Victor Tulane.