Isaac Nettles Gravestones

Isaac Nettles Gravestones
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Marker for "Mother" Nettles, born January 1859 and died July 6, 1933

Nearest city:	Carlton, Alabama
Area:	less than one acre
Architect:	Nettles, Issac Sr.
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Clarke County MPS
NRHP Reference#:	00000141^[1]
Added to NRHP:	February 24, 2000

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]

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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ "Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500005.pdf. Retrieved February 26, 2011.

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National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Alabama

Historic districts	Grove Hill Courthouse Square Historic District Jackson Historic District Thomasville Historic District Whatley Historic District

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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