Gravestone for Alex Davis in the Johnson-McDuffie Cemetery in Franklin, Alabama.
Davis was a formerly enslaved man and the gravestone was placed by the family who enslaved him. The stone is inscribed: "Uncle Alex. Erected by Hunter and John McDuffie as a token for him as an honorable man, and in appreciation of his loyalty and faithful service."
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Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folk/id/1613 |