On impulse I am posting this annotated information from the Ritch Cemetery in Muscogee Co GA. The surnames of RITCH, GILMORE, AKIN, JOHNSON, MOTLEY, HARRIS, FULLER, BARBEE, TAFF, and MOORE are represented. If it is useful to you, please contact me to share data about our mutual ancestors. Franklin Ingram f_w_i@email.msn.com The Ritch Cemetery is Cemetery #38 on the Fort Benning Military Reservation. It is located at the intersection of Moore Road and Beaumont Trail. There are 21 graves. Four graves are unmarked. Some of the Tombstones are quite large and ornate and some are missing dates. All of the known children of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore are buried in this Cemetery with the exception of their son, Thomas Jefferson Ritch. He and his wife, Julia Amanda Harris, are buried in the Hollywood Cemetery, Atlanta, GA. The graves are marked as follows: 1) Julia Belle Ritch, 14 Feb 1873 – 9 Dec 1893 [Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Ritch and Julia Amanda Harris] 2) John L. Akin, 8 Feb 1898 – 28 Mar 1899 [Presumed son of Zaidee G. Ritch and Charles F. Akin. Zaidee G. Ritch is the daughter of James Heard Ritch and Sarah Johnson.] 3) Leila M. Akin, 9 May 1875 – 12 Jul 1899 [Presumed daughter of Zaidee G. Ritch and Charles F. Akin. Zaidee G. Ritch is the daughter of James Heard Ritch and Sarah Johnson.] 4) James Heard Ritch, 13 Aug 1848 – 6 Jan 1918 [Son of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore. Married Sarah Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson and Keziah Motley. Keziah Motley is the daughter of Thomas Motley and Lourina Barbee. Samuel Johnson is the son of Aron Johnson. Aron is buried in the Primitive Baptist Cemetery, St. Mary’s Road, Columbus, GA. A number of the Motleys and Johnsons are buried in the Johnson or in the Motley cemeteries, Fort Benning, GA..] 5) Mrs. Sarah Ann Ritch, 11 Nov 1844 – 9 May 1924 [Sarah Johnson, wife of James Heard Ritch.] 6) Jessie Clyde Moore, 20 Aug 1889 – 25 Jan 1910 [Relationship is unknown.] 7) John F. Ritch, 21 Oct 1854 – 7 May 1915 [John Frost Ritch, son of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore. Married Pearl Taff (not sure that this is accurate or that the spelling is correct).] 8) Edward Gilmore Ritch, No Date – 22 May 1899 [Son of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore. Edward died without Issue.] 9) Emanual Ritch, 27 Jul 1814 – 31 Jan 1884 [Born in NC, probably Mecklenburg Co, son of David Ritch. Married Sarah Jane Gilmore.] 10) Sarah Jane Ritch, 11 Dec 1816 – 12 Apr 1891 [Sarah Jane Gilmore, born in Washington Co GA according to the 1850 Muscogee Co GA Census. Married Emanual Ritch.] 11) Miss Susan J. Ritch, No Date – 6 Feb 1895 [One of six daughters of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore who never married, who had no Issue, and who continued to live in the home of their parents.] 12) Martha E. Ritch, 13 Sep 1846 – 11 Nov 1902 [One of six daughters of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore who never married, who had no Issue, and who continued to live in the home of their parents.] 13) Missouria A. Ritch, Age 56 years, No Date – 12 Feb 1905 [One of six daughters of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore who never married, who had no Issue, and who continued to live in the home of their parents.] 14) Sarah W. Ritch, 4 Aug 1844 – 25 Dec [1914] (Year broken or shot off) [One of six daughters of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore who never married, who had no Issue, and who continued to live in the home of their parents.] 15) Nancy A. Ritch, 13 Sep 1839 – 1 Jul 1909 [One of six daughters of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore who never married, who had no Issue, and who continued to live in the home of their parents.] 16) Mary M. Ritch, 6 Aug 1837 – 12 Dec 1914 [One of six daughters of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore who never married, who had no Issue, and who continued to live in the home of their parents.] 17) Grover Cleveland Ritch, 1 Aug 1885 – 27 May 1887 [Son of Thomas Jefferson Ritch and Julia Amanda Harris. Thomas Jefferson Ritch is the son of Emanual Ritch and Sarah Jane Gilmore. Julia Amanda Harris is the daughter of Gray Harris, born in NC, and Nancy Fuller, born in GA. Gray Harris and Nancy Fuller were married in Putnam Co GA.] 18) Unmarked: Four (4) graves.