Baker County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Griffin Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Walter Griffin; Knoxville, TN; wgrif@knology.net ; March 27, 2012 Location: At N end of the pasture, 1200 ft behind the Patmos Freewill Baptist Church Parsonage at 1249 Patmos-Milford Highway (GA216). Parsonage is on the N side of GA216, about .4 mile E of the junction of GA216 & Ivey's Mill Rd. (CR67), at the Patmos Freewill Baptist Church. Access (2011) to the pasture is a metal gate 250 ft W of the Parsonage. After use, assure that the gate is closed and secured. Caution…cows and bull in the pasture. This is private property; owners (2011) are Evera & T.E. Moye; Newton, GA. GPS coordinates are 31.3819 N & -84.5591W. Notes: A monument was placed by the Griffin Family in the Patmos Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, at the junction of GA216 & Ivey's Mill Rd. The monument is in Memory of those Buried at the Original [this] Griffin Cemetery. The Patmos Church Cemetery Survey on January 29, 2003 by Steve & Melanie Young includes the information on the monument placed by the Griffin Family. The following alphabetical interment list information is directly from the monument memorial list and the Griffin Family Cemetery entry on page 42 of "Cemeteries of Baker County, Georgia", 2nd edition 2008. Last Name First Name Other Names Birth Date Death Date Other Inscriptions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin Ellen Gray Buckner Bell Buckner Maggie Gray Buckner Martha Jane Griffin 06/01/1841 11/16/1884 Gray Ludie Gray Mary Abigail Griffin 10/23/1848 02/26/1885 Griffin Elijah 1884 1884 Twins of J. E. Griffin Elisha 1884 1884 & M. E. Griffin, Sr. Griffin Infant Son 04/23/1918 1918 Son & Daughter of Griffin Infant Daughter 01/04/1920 1920 Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Griffin, Jr. Griffin John Frizzel 08/21/1808 01/18/1875 Griffin Jonathan Eldredge, Sr. 02/24/1851 06/23/1912 Griffin Mary Elizabeth Griffin 09/09/1817 05/02/1898 Griffin Mary Emma Collins 11/17/1862 01/28/1929 W/O Jonathan E. Griffin, Sr. Griffin Mary Louise, Infant 06/13/1923 1923 D/O M/M C. L. Griffin, Sr. Humphrey Nora Jane Griffin 09/24/1880 10/02/1900 Morris Macey Melinda Griffin Rooks 02/21/1854 06/23/1911 Rooks John M. 1855 05/31/1894 Rooks John Thomas 01/12/1880 07/29/1893 Thompson Morning Elizabeth Griffin 01/03/1846 Unknown baby Unmarked grave Woodard Edwin 05/12/1923 02/31/1923 Woodard Emma Lillie 08/07/1921 08/19/1927 Woodard Homer Williford 06/24/1918 12/20/1918 Five headstones were standing and readable in 2010. The following transcriptions were read from photographs taken in April 2010 by Brenda Darbyshire, Albany, GA. Griffin J. Eldredge Feb 24, 1851 June 23, 1912 Griffin Mary Emma Nov 17, 1862 Jan 28, 1929 Morris Mary Rooks Feb 21, 1854 June 23, 1911 widow of John M. Rooks wife of W. R. Morris Rooks John M. May 31, 1894 age 39 Years Rooks John T. July 29, 1893 age 13 Years