Granbery Manor House - Cemetery

Alford Cemetery



May-Granbury House and Alford Cemetery

 

Revolutionary War Pvt. John Alford built a two-room house on this land c. 1810, expanding it in 1812 and 1820. The Alford cemetery retains three markers that were placed as early as 1822. 

 

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