All posts by Cynthia L Jennings

Moxley Cemetery Angel-Swainsboro, Georgia

This angel sits at the edge of the Moxley Cemetery. There’s no name at the base. I am uncertain if this is simply decorative, or it’s supposed to mark someone grave.

Bay Springs Methodist Church and Cemetery-Washington County, Georgia

Cynthia Colson, 1816-1908
Reverend J. E. Hines, 1859-1909
Minnie Lee Walters, 1880-1912

A View from Ellijay Cemetery-Ellijay, Georgia

On top of the mountain, overlooking Ellijay, is the Ellijay City Cemetery.

Evergreen Cemetery-Savannah, Georgia

Chatham County

I visited the cemetery in Savannah for the first time in 2014. It’s a historic African American cemetery that has faced hardship due to poor management. While the lack of care for the cemetery is problematic, the vernacular headstones remind us how much these people were loved.

As of 2021, the owner of the cemetery has passed away, and families are still struggling to get the cemetery cleaned.

Sardis United Methodist Church Cemetery-Atlanta, Georgia

Donaldson Family Mausoleum

Oral history states that the church started in 1812 in a log cabin on the current property. The cemetery has been in existence since approximately the same time. The church and cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Mrs. E. A. Lord, 1874-1905
Edith Brown-1904-1908

Old Stone Church Cemetery-Clemson, South Carolina

Reverend Thomas Reese, 1742-1796

The Old Stone Church’s cemetery predates the existence of the church. The first confirmed burial was in 1795. Noted early South Carolinians, such as Calhoun and Pickens, are buried in the cemetery. The cemetery and church (not pictured) are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Osenappa-More information can be read about this burial here.
George (1818-1882) and Sarah (1844-1919) Xherry
Grayson Newman, 1911-1914
Mamie Arnold Cary, 1871-1906
General Andrew Pickens, 1739-1817
Rebecca Calhoun Pickens, 1745-1814