Isaac Nettles Gravestones

The Isaac Nettles Gravestones are three unusual headstones in the Mount Nebo Baptist Church Cemetery near Carlton in rural Clarke County, Alabama. Surveyed for the National Register of Historic Places' Clarke County Multiple Property Submission, they were added to the Register on February 24, 2000.[1]

Isaac Nettles Gravestones
Marker for "Mother" Nettles, born January 1859 and died July 6, 1933
Nearest cityCarlton, Alabama
Coordinates31°20′47″N 87°52′5″W
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectNettles, Issac Sr.
MPSClarke County MPS
NRHP reference No.00000141[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 2000

Mount Nebo Baptist Church, a traditionally African American Baptist church, was established in the 19th century. The three Nettles markers are made of concrete and feature death masks, presumed by scholars to be of the people whose graves they mark. They are attributed to Isaac "Ike" Nettles, a local man who created them between 1933 and 1946. When surveyed in 2000 the markers had not weathered well, with only the most ornate one, with three individual masks on one marker, in good condition.[2]

  • Marker for Ezella Nettles, inscribed with "Angel" and "Six Dollies"
  • Broken marker for Manul Burell, died 1946

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2011.

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