Quartermaster Bill Myrick, Color Sergeant John Dennis and compatriot Rob Schwartz from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 tackled a huge project cleaning fallen trees and limb cleanup at the historic Old Town Asbury cemetery in Autaugaville (AL) on Wednesday February 24th. The cemetery is in a heavily wooded area off County Road 19 (Pickett Street) in Autaugaville. The recent hurricanes (in the fall of 2020) caused extensive damage at the cemetery with some huge trees fallen in the cemetery and covering the graves of some of these historic area founders.. A brick wall around Edmund Shackelford's plot was damaged. Shackelford was a veteran of the War of 1812 and Indian conflicts in the Alabama frontier and his family's home formed what is now Kingston AL. The Dragoons worked in concert with the Dutch Bend Society and the Old Autauga Historical Society in performing this work. Another commendable community service activity by members of the Prattville Dragoons.
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