Lincoln Cemetery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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| Established | 1907 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 32°22′03″N 86°15′51″W / 32.36750°N 86.26420°W |
| Find a Grave | Lincoln Cemetery |
Lincoln Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, opened in 1908 for the city's Black population.
The historic marker notes that it was begun by the American Securities Company; Lincoln was for Black people, and Greenwood Cemetery, next to it, was for whites. Started in 1907, they were the first commercial cemeteries in the city, and their design, with curving roads and circles, was influenced by Frederick Law Olmsted. The first burial took place in 1908. Many of the graves are marked by "simple concrete slabs with evidences of African-American funerary art and late-Victorian motifs". Some of markers are made from marble, indicating members of the Mosaic Templars of America and of veterans. The cemetery was owned by American Securities until 1957, when its tax-exemption ended.[1]
A nine-foot tall white marble monument remembers Rufus Payne, Hank Williams's mentor, though the exact location of his grave is not known.[2]