Posted From: Crilley
To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com
7/29/03

We're trying to make more identification on these burials. Can anyone help us out?

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
Archives by: David Paterson

Old Mill Graveyard

Located in Thomaston, west of intersection of
Peerless Rd. and Edgewood Ave., behind Thomaston
Mills Finishing Division. Copied by David E.
Paterson, September 3, 1996 This cemetery contains
many unmarked graves. No attempt has been made to
account for them. Since the cemetery is not laid
out in discernable rows, I started from the road,
copying the north half of the cemetary until I
reached the mill fence that marks the western
boundary. From there, I worked south, then east
back to the road. Many markers are damaged or
buried. If I could uncover obscured inscriptions
without an unseemly amount of excavation, I did so.

The listing below reproduces the inscriptions of all
grave markers I could locate. Dates are shown in
MM/DD/YYYY format, but otherwise all inscriptions
are transcribed verbatim. Terms of address, such as
"Rev." "Mr." and "Mrs." that are part of the
inscription are included with first names, while
"Jr." "Sr." and the like are included with the last
names. An asterisk (*) in the last column indicates
that the marker is inscribed with the name or
initials of the Sons & Daughters of Mary & Martha
Society.

The Daughters of Mary and Martha Society was a
mutual-aid society started by the ladies of St.
Mary AME Church in the 1880s. It was primarily to
provide funds for decent burial for members - hence
the tombstone inscriptions. The society was later
expanded to include men, so became the Sons and
Daughters of Mary & Martha Society. It later opened
membership to persons outside the AME church, and
expanded its charitable missions. Today, it owns
and operates several houses in Thomaston that it
rents to low-income persons, and runs a youth
program.

*

Mary *
[Stinson]
12/6/1879
10/12/1914
wife of Qunie Stinson

James
Hill
3/21/1896
1/28/1986

Jamie B.
Hill
1925
1985
U S Navy

Martha
Garland
3/13/1913
11/26/1983

Calvin
Morris
8/15/1919
9/26/1989

Mariah
[Holloway]
1/5/1825
1/16/1914
wife of Tom Holloway

Janie H.
Hicks 12/4/1957 *

Gertrude
[Jones]
11/26/1905
7/8/1920
dau. of Robert & Jennie Jones

Alexander R.
Johnson
11/16/1970
11/16/1970

Louranie *
Jones
1854
6/16/1906
wife of Brad Jones

Louise H.*
Richardson
1837
12/22/1911

George
Beall
1848
8/5/1905
married to Mattie Jones 1872

Sophronia
Searcy
7/27/1863
5/2/1923

T. L.
Willis
7/22/1949
6/19/1991
Pvt U S Army Vietnam

Mattie R.
Pierce
5/24/1923
5/12/1991

Joseph
Brown
1/14/1961
10/4/1993

Marvin Joe
Swint
8/4/1940
12/15/1986

Shirly Mae
Brown
10/30/1958
11/21/1988

Mrs. Willie Mae
Swint
7/15/1929
2/28/1989

Robert Lee
Mims
4/29/1929
7/20/1991

Charlie
Logan
4/5/1911
7/29/1986

James A.
Dubinion
12/25/1913
4/27/1989
"Charlie"

Fred
Raines Jr.
2/5/1935
7/14/1989

James E.
Walker
6/6/1952
4/15/1995
"T Man"

Alex
Reveir
6/10/1872
1/23/1914

Mollie
Walker 7/21/1917
age 46

Ruth
Green
9/1/1895
5/31/1922

Annie B.
Drake
5/17/1902
8/30/1909
daughter of Hays & Adline Drake

Dollie
Jordan 6/17/1962 *

Don
Jordan
1861
1935 *

Eugena
Cary
1863
1935
wife of Gus Cary
*

Abe
Spear 4/9/1922
erected by his wife Ella Spear A. G.
Cary 2/6/1922
d. age 56
husband of Eugenia Cary
*

H. R.
Rogers
1862
1948 *

Rev. J. E.
Dozier
7/20/1857
7/27/1906 *

Annie
Hicks
Feb 1864
12/22/1911
wife of Thomas Hicks
*

Mollie
[Hall] 7/5/1917
age 32
wife of Sameul Hall. She was a member of the Turner Tab. Church

Andrew
Spear
7/4/1865
4/3/1940 *

Willie
Spear
10/16/1876
9/23/1938 *

Ella Branford
Matthews
5/16/1886
11/22/1902 *

Kaddie
White 1/13/1901
age 56
wife of Jack White
*

Nancy J.
Weaer
6/4/1875
10/3/19[61?]

William
Drake, Sr.
9/8/1858
9/30/1902
husband of Susie Holloway Drake
*

Lenora
Evans
1/13/1852
8/19/1909
wife of G. P. Rogers
*

Mary
Dallis
10/2/1872
7/19/1902
-Nee- Rogers
*

Walter
Spear
7/10/1913
7/13/1936 *

Rosa
[Sherman]
7/19/1885
4/7/1917
daughter of L. B. & Annie Sherman
*

Prof. L. B.
Sherman 2/23/1952 *

Mervin
[Trice]
Feb 1906
April 1918
dau. of J. T. & Luda Trice
*

Virginia
Lowe [no dates]

Rev. J. Roy
Moore
2/12/1905
2/5/1956

Martha Drake
Davison
4/13/1879
10/5/1940
Mamma Barth

Amanda Melvina Trice
Drake
5/12/1855
8/30/1921

Augustus
Drake
2/2/1861
11/9/1903 *

Lizzie Azalia
Spears
12/3/1881
11/24/1911
wife of Prof. M. L. Spears Q.M.I.O. of GA

Mary Drake
Cook
1878
1955

Rebecca V.
Rhodes
1876
1953

Royal Augustus
Drake
1884
1955

Lillie Belle Drake
Smith
3/22/1889
3/19/1936

Frank
Smith
1889
1922

James
Walker
7/15/1882
7/10/1937

Richard
King
1856
1928

Lucinda
King
1852
1914

Emma
[Rogers]
10/22/1873
6/23/1902
wife of Charlie Rogers

Mittie
Sandwich 12/17/1916
age 55
*

Jordan
Jackson *

Lucinda
Jackson 9/10/1918
wife of M. Jackson
*

Jorden
Jackson 7/31/1933
son of Mrs. Annie Jackson
*

Fryar
Jackson
6/12/1901
1/12/1929 *

Nora
Atwater 7/29/1931 *

Taylor
Atwater
10/21/193? [headstone broken]
*

Ludie
White
1875
1952 *

Eugene
Lovett age 26 P. D.
Worthy 10/23/1932
Georgia Pvt 314 Serv Bn QMC Frances
Worthy
1898
1943 *

Clarra L.
Durham
3/23/1902
12/29/1920

Mary
York
1878
1922
wife of Oscar S. Traylor

Willie
Worthy [rest of stone missing]

Rosa
Waide
1877
7/24/1900
age 23
wife of Green Waide
*

Daisy
Stinson
7/4/1875
11/20/1941 *

Ludie
Trice
1863
1935
wife of Tom Trice
*

M.
Drake, Sr.
5/16/1841
2/28/1915 *

Caroline
[Drake]
Aug 1842
2/11/1915
wife of M Drake Sr
*

Mattie T.
[Drake]
1878
11/7/1916
wife of T. H. Drake
*

Lizzie Jones
[Spear]
7/17/1866
9/24/1893
wife of Arthur R. Spear
*

Miles
Spear, Sr.
7/4/1878
12/1/1935 Olivia
Green
10/20/1901
8/30/1916 *

Isaac
Green 12/20/1920
age 67
*

Alice
Green
1858
1/2/1927
wife of Isaac green