Eve, Can you please tell me if you can find any GUNNELS/GUNNELLS in the cemetery book? Thanks for your help. Frank.

The only one in the 1971 transcription of Oconee Hill is: Lee, Julian Frederick 13 Jan 1856 - 24 Dec 1883 son of Thomas and Nancy Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 10:17 AM Subject: [GACLARKE] Re: Ocenne and Old Athens Cemetery > Can anyone tell me if there are any Lee's buried in these cemeteries? > >

Eve, Can you please tell me if you can find any JORDANs or STOKES in the cemetery book? Thanks for your help! Sandra

I'm looking for the grave of French Haggard died in the 1860's in Clarke Co, Ga. and wife, Judia Shields Haggard. Thanks for any help Susan >

Can anyone tell me if there are any Lee's buried in these cemeteries?

In a message dated 4/15/00 7:18:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Jo, I think the cemetery she was talking about is Oconee Hill Cemetery which is the successor of the Old Athens Cemetery next to the Fine Arts bldg on Jackson St., just east of the main UGA library. >> Yes, the Cemetery I was referring to was Ocenne which is also near the University. The Old Athens Cemetery is very small, not many graves there. My 5th Great Grandmother Winifred Aycock LANE is buried in the Old Athens Cemetery. Heather

Jo, I think the cemetery she was talking about is Oconee Hill Cemetery which is the successor of the Old Athens Cemetery next to the Fine Arts bldg on Jackson St., just east of the main UGA library. The surveys of the cemetery on Jackson St. were republished in the Clarke County Cemeteries book put out by the Athens Historical Society last year (1999). They are currently working on re-surveying Oconee Hill Cemetery. If you'd like to become a member of AHS, it's only $10 per year - send check to Athens Historical Society, P.O. Box 7745, Athens, GA 30604-7745 & you'll get a quarterly newsletter & notices of publication of the OHC book, in addition to more info on the Bicentennial of Athens exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Art Jan-March 2001! Anyone with memorabilia from the early years of Athens or items made by Athens craftspeople that would be interested in displaying these items, contact the AHS exhibit coordinator Mary Bondurant Warren at [email protected] or call her at (706) 549-1264. Thanks! Eve ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 9:32 PM Subject: [GACLARKE] Old Athens Cemetery > I saw this old cemetery, next to U of GA, IN 1994, and was appalled at the > appearance of it. I read the sign that the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL > DAMES OF AMERICAN IN GA, was responsible for it's upkeep. I am qualified to > belong to this group, but wonder what they really do? > > > Joanne Robison Case > [email protected] > ROBISON - SIMONTON - MONTGOMERY - DANIELL - LESTER >

I saw this old cemetery, next to U of GA, IN 1994, and was appalled at the appearance of it. I read the sign that the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICAN IN GA, was responsible for it's upkeep. I am qualified to belong to this group, but wonder what they really do? Joanne Robison Case [email protected] ROBISON - SIMONTON - MONTGOMERY - DANIELL - LESTER

--WebTV-Mail-29777-514 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Did you see any Watkins' there? James Watkins Alabama --WebTV-Mail-29777-514 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.120) by storefull-271.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-d/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id JAA06495; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:51:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA11465; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:49:24 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:49:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri Apr 14 09:49:22 2000 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:48:46 EDT Old-To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 102 Subject: [GACLARKE] Re: Oceanne Cemetery- Athens, Clark Co., GA Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/207 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Hi All, You are in luck:) I live in Newton Co., GA which is not far from Clark Co. I actually went to the cemetery myself about a month ago! I went on the weekend so the folks weren't their to talk to. This Cemetery is huge!!!!!!!!! It is right next to the GA University in Athens. Many of the headstones are very old and it isn't kept up very well. I did see they have been in the process of working on cleaning it up some. I found over 16 graves that belong to relatives of mine that I didn't know were buired their! Small world, huh? Mainly POPE graves, so if anyone had POPES let me know and I can send you the transcription of the graves, or if you want me to send it to the list, I can do that too:) Let me know what I can do for anyone in regards to this cemetery. Sincerely, Heather W. Bowers [email protected] --WebTV-Mail-29777-514--

Hi All, You are in luck:) I live in Newton Co., GA which is not far from Clark Co. I actually went to the cemetery myself about a month ago! I went on the weekend so the folks weren't their to talk to. This Cemetery is huge!!!!!!!!! It is right next to the GA University in Athens. Many of the headstones are very old and it isn't kept up very well. I did see they have been in the process of working on cleaning it up some. I found over 16 graves that belong to relatives of mine that I didn't know were buired their! Small world, huh? Mainly POPE graves, so if anyone had POPES let me know and I can send you the transcription of the graves, or if you want me to send it to the list, I can do that too:) Let me know what I can do for anyone in regards to this cemetery. Sincerely, Heather W. Bowers [email protected]

I would certainly hope that this cemetery would be preserved. The counties of Clarke, Oconee, and any other counties that were taken from this area should have some input. The historical, preservation, and genealogical societies would most likely be happy to work with your client and the county to preserve and maintain this cemetery. I believe there are also laws that protect cemeteries such as this one. At the very least, a survey or inventory of the headstones should be taken. This would ensure that researchers and descendants of the people buried in the cemetery would have access to this information. Who knows, I or you may have relatives buried there. I am researching my GRANT, WALKER, OWEN, RICHARDSON lines and others not yet known to me in this area. Faye Jones Yager - Alexandria, MN -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:18 PM Subject: [GACLARKE] Oconee County Cemetery (fwd) >Does anybody know who to contact to preserve this cemetery? > >David > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:09:32 -0600 >From: Richard D. Palmer <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Oconee County Cemetery > >A client of mine inherited title to a cemetery in Oconee County (Bogart) >and doesn't know what to do with it. The cemetery dates back more than >100 years, has approximately 50 graves, is on private land, and has not >been utilized in the last 20 years. We do not know what to do with it as >my client and his immediate familly do not live in this region of the >country and have no family reason to visit this area. I am looking for >suggestions as to what to do as I would not want the cemetery abandoned >and forgotten. Thanks for your help or referal. > > RDP > >

--WebTV-Mail-115-2241 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Yes, look at <savinggraves.com> James Watkins Alabama --WebTV-Mail-115-2241 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by storefull-273.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:33:56 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from clavin.efn.org (clavin.efn.org [206.163.176.10]) by mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id LAA27791 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:33:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garcia.efn.org ([email protected] [206.163.176.5]) by clavin.efn.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id e3DIXfB07837; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:33:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([email protected]) by garcia.efn.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24472; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:33:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: garcia.efn.org: dmorgan owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:33:39 -1000 (HST) From: "David W. Morgan" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GACLARKE] Oconee County Cemetery (fwd) In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 [email protected] wrote: > I understand the County Commision is responsible for maintaining > cemeteries. > > James W. > > On private property? David [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm --WebTV-Mail-115-2241--

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 [email protected] wrote: > I understand the County Commision is responsible for maintaining > cemeteries. > > James W. > > On private property? David [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

--WebTV-Mail-28896-2084 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I understand the County Commision is responsible for maintaining cemeteries. James W. --WebTV-Mail-28896-2084 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by storefull-273.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id LAA11535; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:19:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA09846; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:17:13 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:17:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Thu Apr 13 11:17:10 2000 X-Authentication-Warning: garcia.efn.org: dmorgan owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:17:12 -1000 (HST) From: "David W. Morgan" <[email protected]> Old-To: [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [GACLARKE] Oconee County Cemetery (fwd) Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/202 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Does anybody know who to contact to preserve this cemetery? David ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:09:32 -0600 From: Richard D. Palmer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Oconee County Cemetery A client of mine inherited title to a cemetery in Oconee County (Bogart) and doesn't know what to do with it. The cemetery dates back more than 100 years, has approximately 50 graves, is on private land, and has not been utilized in the last 20 years. We do not know what to do with it as my client and his immediate familly do not live in this region of the country and have no family reason to visit this area. I am looking for suggestions as to what to do as I would not want the cemetery abandoned and forgotten. Thanks for your help or referal. RDP --WebTV-Mail-28896-2084--

Does anybody know who to contact to preserve this cemetery? David ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:09:32 -0600 From: Richard D. Palmer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Oconee County Cemetery A client of mine inherited title to a cemetery in Oconee County (Bogart) and doesn't know what to do with it. The cemetery dates back more than 100 years, has approximately 50 graves, is on private land, and has not been utilized in the last 20 years. We do not know what to do with it as my client and his immediate familly do not live in this region of the country and have no family reason to visit this area. I am looking for suggestions as to what to do as I would not want the cemetery abandoned and forgotten. Thanks for your help or referal. RDP

Posted on: Clarke County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Clarke?read=430 Surname: Bessie Langley ------------------------- searching for family of BessieTrammell Langley married Robert o langley. died in clark county , athens, georgia @ princton road hospital, burried in Atlanta, georgia, Fulton ,County at westview Cemetery. Died April 24,1953. Lived in Jonesboro ,Ark in early 1900,moveing away from there about 1916. A Grandaughter Hazel Darwin Mcguire

Posted on: Clarke County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Clarke?read=429 Surname: Railroads ------------------------- Forgot I owned a Georgia textbook, for Georgia History. Says that the first railroad to be chartered in Ga. was the Georgia Railroad in 1832. It was a venture undertaken by Athens citizens, and it went from Augusta (Richmond Co.) to Eatonton (Putnam Co.). It was later extended to Athens, and finally west of the Chatahoochee. Source:This is Your Georgia, by Bernice McCullar, edited and revised by Stanley Chambers, formerly executive Editor, Readers Digest Special Projects., printed by Viewpoint Publications, Montgomery, Ala. ISBN 0-932659-00-4; 1982 Copyright. Source Page 120, "First In Railroads". THIS IS YOUR GEORGIA, by Bernice McCullar, Viewpoint Publications, Montgomery, Ala. Copyrighted in 1972, LOC Card No. 72-8428, page 354 carries the same basic information regarding the first railroad charter, it's inception by Athens (Clarke Co.) citizens, name of railroad and it's route (Augusta-to- Eatonton, later to Athens and to west of the Chatahoochee, except the older version carries the name of one of the citizens, it's president, James Camak. Hope this helps.

Posted on: Clarke County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Clarke?read=428 Surname: Railroads ------------------------- Started seeing people with stock in RR and Banking Co.'s in the 1830's. I think the Secretary of State office of Georgia could tell exactly. They hold land lottery info also. I know in Walton Co., Ga. in 1841 some of our Sansom family land sold as right of way to railroad.

Posted on: Clarke County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Clarke?read=427 Surname: ------------------------- In Clarke County, what sources are available that give dates detailing when various RR lines began operation? I am seeking to document exact dates when possible. Thank you for your help, Holly Hansen [email protected]

Posted on: Clarke County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Clarke?read=426 Surname: Bennett ------------------------- William Thomas Bennett m. Mary Hambleton in Clarke Co 11 Mar 1841. They appear on the 1850-1870 censuses. Chn. included Eleanor, Catherine, Clementina, Frances, William J., Nancy, Silas and Mary. Would like to contact anyone researching this family.