Hipp Family Cemetery

Township 10 South, Range 2 East

Location: Isolated cemetery on 86 acres owned by Bowater Timber Company; on a ridge generally South of the Blue Ridge Cemetery

Reported in the Elbert Johnson book (page 26); resurveyed and submitted by Joseph and Peggy Montano, Jan 2002

Hearn, Wiley C., son of S.C. and Mrs. Hearn, 19 Jul 1879 – 27 Jun 1880, [On the 1880 Blount County, Alabama Federal Census: Wiley C. Hearn is 10 months old, son of Samuel C. Hearn, 24, and Mara T. Hearn, 30; Samuel C. Hearn married Mary A. Hipp 27 Oct 1872, Blount County]

Hipp, George Lee, 22 Sep 1865 – 18 Oct 1865, "Sleep on my loving child sleep, This tomb shall your memory keep, But deeper on my heart is graven, The thought that we may meet in heaven"

Hipp, Larry M., 9 Jan 1859 – 4 Aug 1876, "Sleep on my loving daughter sleep, This tomb shall your memory keep, But deeper on my heart is graven, The thought that we may meet in heaven" [1860 Blount County, Alabama Federal Census, Levi W. Hips, 40, born in NC; Violet Hips, 37, born in NC; Laura, 1, born in Georgia; possible mistake on the marker, should it say "Laura" instead of "Larry"?]

Hipp, Wiley C., 9 Jul 1854 – 10 Sep 1876, "Remember youth as you pass by, As you air so wonce was I, But as I am so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me" [Wiley, age 1, born in Georgia is on the 1860 Blount County, Alabama Federal Census with Levi W. Hips, 40, born in NC, Violet Hips, 37, born in NC; Wiley C. Hipp married Mary J. Martin 4 Feb 1875, Blount County]