Matilda Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery Inscriptions Baldwin County, GA MATILDA CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH built September, 1877 Indexed by Marcelle Bridgeman Directions: From the Baldwin County Courthouse, go south on Wayne St. which becomes Business 441 South. Stay on 441S and bear to the right at the fork (intersection) with the Vinson Highway, which is 1.2 miles from the courthouse. Continue for another 3.1 miles to the intersection of 441 and 243. At this intersection, 441 goes left and highway 243 (the Gordon Highway) goes straight. Go straight and follow 243 south. Go 5.1 miles on the Gordon Highway to J.F. Hall Road. Turn right. Go .2 of a mile and take the dirt road through the woods to the left. If you cannot find the dirt road and reach the railroad tracks, backtrack .2 mile to the dirt road. Once on the dirt road, the cemetery is less than .1 mile and on the right. The iron fences of the cemetery are partially visible from J.F. Hall Road. Abbreviations used below: "w/o" = wife of; "s/o" = son of; etc., "Insc:" = Inscription "per TT" = according to "Tombstone Records of Baldwin Co., Georgia, Exclusive of Milledgeville" compiled by Mrs. George H. Tunnell (chairman) and Mrs. Guy Wells (regent), as part of a project by the Nancy Hart Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, Milledgeville, 1939. Grave listing: 1 James Milton Stevenson 1859 1929 2 Annie Elizabeth Hearn Stevenson 1874 1913 3 Sally Stevenson Insc: infant d/o James and Annie H. Stevenson 4 Ruby Stevenson Insc: infant d/o James and Annie H. Stevenson 5 Lucile Stevenson Insc: infant d/o James and Annie H. Stevenson 6 James M. Stevenson Jr. Insc: infant s/o James and Annie H. Stevenson 7 Hearn Stevenson Insc: infant s/o James M. and Annie Stevenson 8 Thomas J. Hearn CSA Soldier Co. K. 4th Ala. Inf. 9 Sarah Matilda B. Hearn 1847 1939 10 Frances Hearn Insc: infant d/o Thomas J. and Sarah M. Hearn 11 Minnie Hearn Insc: infant d/o Thomas J. and Sarah M. Hearn 12 Walter Hearn Insc: infant s/o Thomas J. and Sarah M. Hearn 13 Carrie Tollison Hall Feb 10 1882 May 12 1970 14 William Dosh Tollison Apr 22 1886 Sep 5 1951 15 Mattie Avery Tollison Jun 11 1888 Nov 27 1975 16 Abraham Blair Echols Sep 16 1866 Nov 29 1943 17 Mattie Fite Echols Feb 5 1874 Aug 8 1960 18 Frank Fite Echols Dec 21 1895 Oct 21 1922 Pillow has d. year as 1922. Headstone and slab have d. year as 1921. WWI Soldier Ga. 2nd Lieut, 64 Inf., 7 Div. 19 Eva Weaver 20 Baby Weaver 21 Anne Winter(s) 22 Dolly B. Winters May 22 1886 Jul 13 1913 One indexer believes d. date is Jul 11, 1917 23 Will(iam) Winters Jan 21 1877 Mar 31 1930 24 Katie W. Batson Apr 8 1901 Jul 4 1917 25 George Thomas Hall Feb 14 1874 May 25 1941 Pvt. 2 Ga. Inf. 26 (unmarked grave) 27 Mrs. Emma E. Hall 1881 1946 Dates are tentative. 28 (unmarked grave) At least 7 unmarked graves. 29 Mrs. Woodward d May 11 1926 One date only. Per TT. Not found in 1991. 30 Francis M. Bone Dec 10 1832 Nov 20 1911 31 Martha Stevens Bone Jan 26 1842 Sep 18 1925 32 John Henry Stevens Apr 5 1851 Jan 25 1927 33 Julia Antoinette Stevens Oct 18 1851 Jan 24 1919 34 Julia Pearl Stevens Oct 29 1889 Jun 8 1904 Insc: d/o J.H. and Julia Stevens 35 Henry Augustus Stevens ca Aug 1878 Dec 24 1878 Insc: Aged 4 months. s/o J.H. and Julia Stevens 36 John Henry Stevens May 7 1882 May 14 1884 Insc: s/o J.H. and J.A. Stevens Marked as d. 1883 on grave. 37 Maggie Mell Stevens May 27 1884 Mar 31 1888 Insc: d/o J.H. and Julia A. Stevens 38 Carrie M. Stevens Jun 16 1823 Jun 10 1883 39 Henry Stevens Jul 21 1813 Jan 16 1883 40 Matilda Stevens ca Aug 28 1823 Sep 3 1862 Insc: Aged 39 years, 7 days. w/o Henry Stevens 41 Walter Brewer Jun 5 1880 Aug 2 1880 Insc: s/o D. and A.E. Brewer 42 Frances Brewer Dec 25 1875 Mar 27 1879 43 Annie Eliza Finney Sep 30 1887 Oct 2 1888 44 C.(or G.) B. Finney Sep 8 1861 Jun 22 1891 45 Fanny Matilda Glenn Stevens Apr 5 1852 Apr 14 1887 Insc: d/o Henry and Matilda Stevens 46 Willard Brewer Nov 12 1886 May 16 1908 Insc: s/o D. and A.E. Brewer 47 Ernest L. Hall Jun 27 1891 Sep 26 1902 Insc: s/o L.M. and E.L. Hall 48 L. M. Hall Mar 4 1855 Dec 8 1934 49 Robert Eugene Hall May 10 1859 Mar 9 1935 WWII Soldier Ga. S. Sgt. Army Air Forces 50 Claude Adolphus Davis Sep 6 1898 Dec 27 1905 Insc: s/o A.J. and K. Davis 51 (unmarked grave) Sunken grave next to Claude Adolphus Davis 52 W. S. Parker Jul 10 1879 Jan 23 1923 per TT. Not found in 1991 indexing. 53 Mrs. Lizzie Winters per TT. Not found in 1991 indexing. 54 Mrs. Willie Winters per TT. Not found in 1991 indexing. 55 Richard O. Reynolds Feb 16 1936 Apr 16 1951 56 Bobby Lee Reynolds Jan 14 1905 Sep 8 1940 57 Treccie Turner Reynolds Jul 11 1876 Nov 28 1940 Insc: w/o John Reynolds 58 Hattie Pearl Reynolds May 31 1897 Aug 26 1973 59 William Green Reynolds Jun 22 1884 Oct 6 1964 60 John E. Reynolds May 25 1861 Feb 11 1948 61 Frank Reynolds Jul 7 1918 Dec 6 1957 WWII Soldier Ga. S. Sgt. S.V.C. Co. 41 Armed Inf. BSM 62 Henry Winters May 10 1886 Jul 31 1950 63 Thomas Lamar Hood Jan 20 1963 Jan 26 1963 64 Dan Tollison 65 Annie Louise (Laura?) S. Morgan b 1901 Insc: and Margaret No death date. 66 Fannie H. Minter Feb 6 1908 Jan 31 1985 67 Floyd "Pent" P. Minter Jun 30 1901 Jan 20 1964 68 John Henery Tollison Aug 5 1912 Jan 26 1985 69 Walter Bell Taylor May 31 1904 Feb 3 1973 70 Lucinda Jones Taylor Mar 29 1895 May 16 1975 71 Bernard Eugene Taylor Feb 10 1888 Jul 21 1973 72 William D. Tollison Jul 17 1918 Sep 14 1993 Insc: "Papa" 73 Lula F. Tollison Nov 10 1917 Jul 2 1984 Insc: "Mama Lula" 74 (unmarked adult slab) 2 graves 75 Annie Arnold Parker Jul 20 1874 Feb 9 1953 76 (unmarked adult grave) 3 graves ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Marcelle C. Bridgeman mcbridge@hom.net ====================================================================