Originally, Jospeph and Mary Barclay were buried in the Barclay Cemetery in Scottsboro. The following excerpt is from the book, History of Union Cemetery, by Joann Thomas Elkin:

"When Joseph and Mary died, they were residents of Jackson Co., AL and were buried in what was known as Barclay Cemetery, near Scottsboro. On 12 Jan 1990, a Barclay family memorial monument was erected by the City of Scottsboro, AL in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The monument reads: "IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH BARCLAY AND WIFE MARY LEDBETTER BARCLAY JOSEPH P. BARCLAY 1811 - 1872 AND WIFE MARTHA HOGUE BARCLAY AND ALL OTHERS WHO WERE BURIED IN BARCLAY CEMTERY REINTERRED JANUARY 12,1990"

The monument and reinterrment were made possible through the efforts of a Barclay descendant, David Boyd Anderson, who resides in Scottsbooro, and the City of Scottsboro. The city's purchase of land for an industrial park included the location of the Barclay Cemetery ; both the Barclay descendants and the City of Scottsboro desired to preserve the memory of those who had been bured there."



I have talked to David Boyd Anderson's son, James, and he recalls his father's involvement in the relocation of the Barclay Cemetery. He said that his father was not very happy with the idea but agreed to it eventually. James says that The City of Scottsboro was also supposed to be placing a monument on the property where the Scottsboro Industrial Park is now located to allow people to know where the Barclay Cemetery had originally been located. However, when the mayor of Scottsboro presented him with the monument, they had engraved The Anderson Cemetery on the monument instead of The Barclay Cemetery. Mr. Anderson would not accept this monument since it has the wrong information engraved on it. Nothing else was ever done so The Barclay Cemetery location will never be known to those of us who never saw it.