> >Which Joshua Kirkland? Yesterday, it sounded to me like she was referring to Joshua Kirkland, son of Richard and Hester Kirkland. Joshua's wife, Sarah "Sallie" Fender, is buried in the Kirkland Cemetery. My previous information was that the location of Joshua's grave was unknown. So this is new to me. I know some people who know right where Ward Cemetery is. Next time I'm down there, I'm going to make an effort to find it. I'm told it has gotten in very bad shape. I've always been told it was "in the edge of a field". Who else does the book say is buried there Clyde? I think Hester Ward to be one, for sure. Jeff > >According to the Coffee County Cemetery book, there were only five marked >graves there, when they surveyed it. And, since B. H. Tanner is no longer >buried there, there can't be much left. >Nancy Parr wrote: > >> Clydie, Emmett and Others, >> If anyone finds Ward Cemetery on the Tanner farm, please keep me in >> mind. Joshua Kirkland is supposed to be buried there so I'd be very >> interested in knowing the exact location of this cemetery. >> Thanks :-) >> Nancy E Parr > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >If you would be interested in adopting a GaGenWeb county, please contact >Melody at mmccook@bellsouth.net to see which counties are >available for adoption. All counties can beneift from extra volunteers! > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Jeff Tanner wrote: > Who else does the book say is buried there Clyde? I think Hester Ward to > be one, for sure. > > Jeff Okay, here is everything that's on page 473 of my 1982 edition of the Coffee County Cemetery book. We have a later edition at the Augusta Genealogical Society Library and it says (words to the effect) that B. H. Tanner was moved. I'm working there this morning and I'll try to remember to check the wording. Ward (Old Ward) Cemetery (located on the Wes Tanner farm in Central Church area) Ellis, Infant Feb. 7, 1910/Mar. 9, 1911 s/o B.F. & Olive Hilliard, Araminta (sic) D. Kirkland Mar. 6, 1860/Sept. 28, 1878 w/o James F.; Married-June 14, 1877 Hilliard, Infant (no dates) infant of J.F. & Armainta (sic) Hilliard, James Franklin Apr. 15, 1859/Mar. 17, 1879 h/o Arminta (sic) D. Kirkland; Married-June 14, 1877 Tanner, B. H. May 25, 1813/June 20, 1881 h/o Eliza Taylor, 1st; (?) Ward, 2nd Wards History of Coffee County (p. 125) states: Some of the people buried in Ward Graveyard are... 1. Old man Mose Kirkland, father of Zene & Josh, buried there before the Civil War 2. "Daddy" and old "Mammy" Ward, parents of Old Ward's of Coffee County, buried 1849 3. Mother of W.M. Denton, buried about 1845, d/o James Preston Ward 4. B.H. Tanner, Sr., 1st Sheriff of Coffee County Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 1, (p. 292) states that James Preston Ward died in 1852 and is buried in the Ward Cemetery on Lot of land No. 364, 6th District, Coffee County. (possibly "Daddy" Ward refered (sic) to in Ward's History above, No. 2)