Wills Town Mission Cemetery

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Address

314 38th St NE, Fort Payne, AL 35967

Facts

Wills Town Mission Cemetery is part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and is located in Fort Payne, Alabama.
The site contains graves of Reverend Ard Hoyt who died February of 1828, eight white settlers buried between 1841 and 1898 as well as 50 or more graves. unidentified graves possibly could be those of the 41 Cherokee who died in camp at Fort Payne before the Benge Detachment's departure.

Things To Do

Exhibits: two historical markers, one erected by the Alabama Historical Association