Ayers Cemetery, Winston County, Alabama, T10S R10W S21

A recently "re-discovered" cemetery has been found.  

A Northwest Alabamian article several years ago states the following: "Boradus Elkins 
of near Haleyville, recently found a lone Civil War veteran's grave in a wooded area, 
off Winston County Road 20, one mile east of Delmar.  On the marker this information 
was inscribed: L.L. Ayers, 23rd Regiment, Infantry, Indian.  No date.  No other burial 
plot was found in that area."  A picture of the tombstone was also included in the article.

Ronald Jackson and Peter Gossett determined to find and include this cemetery 
in their accumulating list.  Since that article was printed, Mr. Elkins has passed away 
and not many knew about it.  Some even thought that this person must have been a Native 
American, though this has been proven false.  However, not only was the cemetery found, 
but more information was collected too.

From the "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors" database on the internet:  Leonidas L. Ayers 
(Ayres), Company D, 23rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union, Rank In: Corporal, Rank Out: 
Private, on film number M540, roll 3.  From the "Winston County Register of Deaths 
(1888 - 1910)": Ayers, Leonidas L., born ?, died July 11, 1893, male, white, married, 
gauger, cause of death: meningitis, place of death: Beat 2, buried Delmar, AL, Informant: 
J.C. Taylor, M.D.  From the "Ancestral Homesteads": Mr. Ayers had homesteaded 159.83 acres 
on December 15, 1892, months before he passed away (H8069).  This land was located W1/2 of 
NE1/4 and E1/2 of NW1/4 all of township 10 south, range 10 west, section 21.  Mr. Aderholt, 
who lives nearby, as a boy remembers the grave, along with three or four other graves.  
Although the NWA article states that there were no other burials in the area, they 
did find a stone that was in alignment with Mr. Ayers.

This cemetery is located 200 yards north of County Road 20.  On Hwy. 13 in Delmar, turn 
onto County Road 20 and travel three-fourths of a mile.  Turn left on a logging road, 
which makes a bend.  Follow the bend and the cemetery will be on the right.