New Market, Italy
Mount Paran Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Market, Alabama that was founded in the early 1800s.The cemetery contains around 400 graves, including those of early Madison County pioneers, soldiers from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War, and a large number of slaves. The land wa
s also used as a campground by both the local Cherokee people and American soldiers; the site received a historic marker in 1989 labelling it the Mount Paran Campground and Cemetery. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage's Historic Preservation Map in December 2019.
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