Myrtlewood Cemetery – Livingston – Sumter County – United States

Myrtlewood Cemetery is located on McKee Street in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, and serves as the principal cemetery of the community. Cemetery surveys identify approximately 1,000 graves, with the earliest known interments dating to 1834. The burial ground remains active and contains families associated with long-established Sumter County names, including Adams, Arrington, Battle, Brown, Chapman, Harris, Houston, Kennard, Mason, Mitchell, Scruggs, Tartt, Williams, and Wilson. ([alabamamaps.ua.edu](https://alabamamaps.ua.edu/cemetery/text/Sumter.pdf?utm_source=openai)) Myrtlewood Cemetery is included in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. ([ahc.alabama.gov](https://ahc.alabama.gov/cemeteryprogramPDFs/Alabama_Historic_Cemetery_Register.pdf?utm_source=openai)) Researchers can consult cemetery documentation in the University of West Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Library, whose Arrington Collection includes Livingston and Myrtlewood Cemetery records compiled for Sumter County. ([uwa.edu](https://www.uwa.edu/julia-tutwiler-library/alabama-room-archives/arrington-collection/arrington-collection-cemeteries/?utm_source=openai))