Mobile Public Library Digital Collections

Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Browse Items (69 total)

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The back of the back cover of Magnolia Cemetery plat book.

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Insert attached to the front of the back cover:

Ordinance amending Section 283, Code of Ordinances of the City of Mobile, restricting burials anywhere in Mobile except for the listed cemeteries - 6/1/1948

Resolution authorizing the City Tax…

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Front cover
Plan of Magnolia Cemetery 1870
Cemetery Lots Index, Square 1 through Square 34

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Back of front cover, including inserts of resolutions authorizing the execution of quit claims deeds, dated 5/19/1936 and 4/25/1933.

The cover underneath the insert shows the manufacturer, Mobile Printing & Binding Co., at 63 St. Michael St.

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Multiple inserts stapled together and inserted into the plat book in between pages 17-1 and 22.

1. Ordinance amending Code of the City of Mobile, Article 2, Chapter 12, 1965 to state that every purchaser of a Magnolia Cemetery burial space pay…

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Folded insert showing Square 24, with an authorization letter dates Aug. 21, 1975, to transfer the name of the owner of Lot 72, Square 24 to Mae C. McLendon.

The back of this page is labeled Page 30, showing Square 20, National Cemetery.

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An ordinance confirming and regulating the sale of lots in Magnolia Cemetery, adopted Feb. 6, 1899

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Lots in Square 2, designated as "Negro Section," with Magnolia Cemetery No. 2 written in pencil at the top. Nothing on the back of this page.

(Magnolia Cemetery No. 2 is also known as "Little Magnolia")

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Lots in Square No. 3. This page is incorrectly listed in the Table of Contents as showing Square 2. Nothing on the back of this page.

Note at the top says, "Transferred March 1873 to new map."

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Lots in Square 4. The back of this page shows lots in Square 6, which the Table of Contents lists as page 14.
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