Various Cemeteries
These are various small cemeteries scattered throughout the county with only one or two legible markers. If there are other obvious unmarked graves those will be noted as well.
Clarke, William, Jul 27 1761, Jan
17 1819
This appears to have been a table top gravestone that broke, and the pieces
have all been piled together. The location is approximately a half mile
south of Watsons Spring Road on Old Watson Springs Road. The GPS coordinates
are: N33°44.528' W083°19.802'. This single grave cemetery was photographed
by Natalie Davis on March 28, 2008.
Davenport, Henry, Aug 26 1784,
Oct 20 1862
McWhorter, C.W. (Mrs), blank, Aug
28 1883
The Davenport Cemetery is located in the back yard of a house on Salem Road
and is well kept. The GPS coordinates are N33°43.741' W083°23.252'. It was
photographed on April 23, 2008 by Natalie Davis and Sidney Harvey.
Dobbins, America R., Feb 20 1851,
Jul 16 1895, w/o E.S.
The Dobbins plot is located about 50 yards off of Old Farmington Road. The
GPS coordinates for this cemetery are: N33°48.408' W083°24.471'. It was
photographed on March 13, 2008 by Natalie Davis.
Durden, Betty T., Feb 4 1928, Jan
22 1996
The Durden plot is off New High Shoals Road, next to the Durden house. The
GPS coordinates for this cemetery are: N33°50.127' W083°28.734'. It was
photographed on April 23, 2008 by Natalie Davis.
Elder, Martha J., Oct 14 1887,
Jan 14 1890, d/o D.R. & Sallie
This stone is located on the west side of McRees Mill Road. The GPS coordinates
for this cemetery are: N33°50.719 W083°19.883'. It was photographed by Natalie
Davis on February 9, 2007. The cemetery consists of 3 rock walled plots
with room for up to an additional dozen graves, all unmarked.
Farmer, James E., Jul 19 1918,
Sep 4 1965, shared stone w/Frances
Farmer, Frances H., Sep 17 1923, Feb 7 1999, shared stone w/James
E.
The tombstone is located adjacent to the parking lot of Friendship Church
on Malcom Bridge Road. The GPS coordinates for this cemetery are: N33°54.122'
W083°30.282'. Photographed on February 28, 2008 by Natalie Davis.
Greer, James, 1742, 1825, VA 1st
Lt VA Militia Rev War
The gravesite is now on private property which was his property originally.
The DAR is supposed to have placed a marker there , but not right on the
gravesite; in fact outside the property. This is in DAR book. The property
was described in a Greer book as being about 16 miles west of Athens on
Hog Road - submitted by Mary L. Barnes
Lowe, John H., no dates, Medlin's
Indpt Co GA Inf CSA
Lowe, William H., no dates, Co L 3
Ga Inf CSA
Unknown
This cemetery is located between two houses in Lane Creek Golf Course subdivision
where Lane Creek Drive dead ends into Deer Trail. The GPS coordinates are:
N33° 50.303' W083°32.617'. This cemetery was surveyed on April 10, 2008
by Natalie Davis.
Overby, Asenath Caroline, blank,
Jun 1 1853, w/o B.H m/o Ann Olivia, Mary Frances, Nicholas, Barton, Basil
Earle & Asenath Caroline d/o Barton & Frances Thrasher, died in
Atlanta, 32y6m.
Thrasher-Overby Cemetery is located about a mile off Macon Highway at the
lower end of the county. The GPS coordinates are N33°44.147' W083°26.737'.
This cemetery was transcribed by Natalie Davis and Sidney Harvey on April
17 2008. It is a large granite block walled cemetery with room for approximately
30 people.
Shellnut, Buster B., 1909, 1971
This stone is located at N33°50.239'W083°29.117' on New Shoals Road between
Allens Way and Spring Valley Way on the south side of the road. Submitted
by Natalie Davis on January 26, 2007.
Tarpley, Erin Suzanne, Feb 8 1983,
Nov 27 2006
(back of marker)
Tall Cedars cemetery is located in the pasture at Tall Cedars Farm on Moores
Ford Road half a mile from the intersection with Lane Creek Road. The GPS
coordinates for this cemetery are: N33°52.394' W083°34.079'. This cemetery
was surveyed by Ned Dawson and Becky Barnette on Apr 10, 2008.
Tigner, Phillip, blank, Jan 6 1819,
Capt 2 In Ga Mil
Captain Tigner cemetery is located behind the horse corral on the north
side of the road on Beechnut Lane. The GPS coordinates are N33°48.412' W083°21.902'.
This cemetery was transcribed by Natalie Davis and Ned Dawson on March 28,
2008. There might be another 10 unmarked graves as well. Folklore states
that Captain Tigner's daughters were taken by Indians and that he bargained
with the captors by offering his life for their release.
Warfield, Gary Stephen (DVM), Jun
27 1955, Sep 30 1988
This stone is locate .8 miles down Paula Place from the interesection with
Colham Ferry Road, off the road about 300 feet to the North, in a few trees
next to the holly bush. The GPS coordinates for this location are N33°46.778'
W083°22.523'.
