Southern Graves

Jemima J. "Jennie" McDaniel Ensley Green was born 7 April 1885 in Tennessee to George Oliver (1862-1941) and Sarah E. Capps (1864-1922) McDaniel. Jennie married Rev. Messer Ensley (1852-1933) about 1914. He was more than thirty years her senior. Some time after the death of Messer, Jennie married a Mr. Green. Her death certificate, however, noted she was again a widow. Brother Ott McDaniel was the informant. Jennie's death was a result of injuries sustained when she was hit by a car in early November 1936. She suffered a broken leg and a crushed skull. (Death certificate via Ancestry .) Chattanooga Times  (Tennessee) Monday, 9 November 1936 - pg. 7 Georgia Woman Killed. Special to The Chattanooga Times. DALTON, Ga., Nov. 8. -- Mrs Jennie Green, 51, who was injured when struck by an automobile Friday on the Dixie highway near Westville, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hamilton Memorial hospital here. Mrs. Green is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. M...

Myles Lafayette Green was a son of Peter B. Greene (d. 1836). In 1850, Myles married Ann E. Persons (1832-1879). This union produced at least five children: Ella G. (d. 1892), Myles Claude (d. 1923), Orville Lafayette (d. 1890), George Peter (d. 1926), and Mary Lois "Mamie" (d. 1923). Mamie was born approximately six weeks after the death of her father. And the deaths of Myles Claude and his sister Mamie were separated by just three months. Myles L., his wife Ann, and their three sons were all buried in Oaklawn Cemetery at Fort Valley, Georgia. Southern Christian Advocate  (Macon, Georgia) 5 January 1866 - pg. 8 Obituary. MYLES L. GREENE  was born February 6th, 1826, and died in Fort Valley, Ga., Dec. 8th, '65. He joined the M. E. Church in early life, but never became a decided, experimental, active and zealous christian, until he was the head of a family. From this time, the family altar was erected, and his pious fidelity continued during his entire after life. He serv...

All that remains of Thomas Green, Sr. (1775-1865) rests at Harmony Baptist Church Graveyard in Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia. In the War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files database at Fold3 , I found an interesting account regarding the time of Mr. Green's birth.  The document included in Pvt. Green's file was a letter from a Justice of the Inferior Court of Fannin County, Georgia.  It was dated 24 December 1855, and reads, in part: [Thomas Green Senior] "who claims Bounty Land under the act of March 3rd, 1855, Number 79651, for his services in the War of 1812, and who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Thomas Green Senior, who claimed and received Eighty Acres Bounty land, under the act of September 28th, 1850, and that he now claims the additional number of Eighty Acres, under the act of March 3rd, 1855, and that deponent from the fact that he has no record of his age is unable to fix the definite period of h...

Photo © 2010-2013 S. Lincecum A monument to Major General Nathanael Greene has been standing in Savannah's Johnson Square since before 1830. The "shaft of granite, fifty feet in height" has bore two tablets made of bronze since about 1885. One on the south side portrays the full figure of Greene, sword at his side. The other provides an inscription: Major General Nathanael Greene Born in Rhode Island 1742 Died in Georgia 1786 Soldier. Patriot. The Friend of Washington. This Shaft has been reared by the people of Savannah in honor of his great services to the American Revolution. Since 14 November 1902, this monument has also been General Greene's tombstone. After a long search and recovery , the remains of Nathanael Greene and his son George Washington Greene were placed here. Directly above where they were interred is a bronze wreath placed by the Savannah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It reads: To Commemorate The Reinter...

Not a great title, I know, but I couldn't resist the alliteration... I've been giving you snippets for about seven months, and I'm finally ready to share everything in one place. Photos from Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia are now all online -- more than 110 of them. As a reminder, you can view them as a slideshow or individuals, and comments are enabled. Click on the small slideshow below to go to the Picasa Web Album. Enjoy! Surnames included are the following: Adair, Alexander, Bagby, Brown, Byrd, Carter, Casey, Craig, Crow/e, Dunlap, Gossett, Green, Gresham, Haney, Hood, Huff, Hutchins, Jackson, Kelley, Liddell, McGee, Mitchell, Moss, Noel, Pattersen, Rakestraw, Reid, Roberts, Russell, Simmons, Sparks, Steadman, Strickland, Stuart, Terrell, Thompson, Wight, Williams, and Wilson.

Shadrack L. Green Co B GA Mtd Vols Mexican War Oct 13, 1800 May 13, 1864 Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia Photo © 2011 S. Lincecum Shadrack served with the battalion of Georgia Mounted Volunteers in Mexico during the latter part of the war, as well as during the U. S. occupation following Mexico's surrender and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

I have posted more than 40 photos from Midway Baptist Church Cemetery to my Picasa web albums. This small church cemetery is located in Lizella, Bibb County, Georgia. Midway Baptist Church Cemetery Surnames include Blasingame, Clark, Davis, Elder, Gates, Greene, Hamrick, Ingram, Lamar, McCallum, McCord, Moseley / Mosely, Williams, and Yarbrough. Photos may be viewed individually or as a slideshow. Some commentary is included, and comments are enabled.

Today's epitaph was found on the marble ledger stone made for Henry C. Green, located in Oak Hill Cemetery; Talbotton, Georgia. At the head of his ledger marker was a military stone that included an engraving of a " Southern Cross ." Here is the complete inscriptions from both gravestones: Henry C. Greene Co I 46 GA Inf C.S.A. Sacred to the Memory of Henry C. Greene Born in Talbot Co, GA June 18, 1844 Died in Talbot Co, GA Nov 24, 1901 Justice was his cardinal trait, but at all times, The kindness and generosity of his soul shone forth, He was in truth one of God's noblemen.