BRYAN COUNTY, GA - CEMETERY Cherry Hill (African-American) ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:LaMonnie H. Moore CHERRY HILL CEMETERY, RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA, BRYAN COUNTY, located inside the Henry Ford Plantation, about 2 miles east of Richmond Hill on Hwy 144. You must have permission from the Ford Plantation to enter, or know someone who can leave a pass for you at the main gate. Canvassed in November, 2003 by Roy and LaMonnie H. Moore and Lonnie and Mary Harn, and submitted in January, 2004. Any questions, corrections or changes, please email at http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006830. Cherry Hill cemetery (African-American) Gilbert, Lizzie Jan. 11, 1879 July 6, 1958 Gilbert, Fred, born in Sandersville, Ga. Apr. 1, 1888 May 18, 1963 Unmarked grave, unreadable metal marker Unmarked grave, unreadable metal marker In memory, Eva Bacon, born Aug. 28, 1900 and died Mar. 23, 1909. At rest Unmarked slab Unmarked slab Unmarked grave, metal pipe Niles, Hattie, born April the 8, 1892, died May 8, 1910. Age was 18 (This grave is back toward the marsh, nearer the golf course.) Gilbert, Sallie 1848 June 27, 1936 Davis, Robert, born in Sandersville, Ga. April 27, 1889 Jan. 10, 1968 Ferguson, Rena, our dearest mother June 10, 1886 Feb. 25, 1956 Demery, Joe, Jr. (funeral home marker) blank Mar. 27, 1966 Shuman, Miss Judy (funeral home marker) blank April 13, 1969 Mary, (only info available) Many sunken areas that looked like graves, but no markers of any kind. History: "Cherry Hill Cemetery is the site of 102 graves. Seventy-nine graves have no markings and are most likely associated with the Cherry Hill Plantation which was in operation here from the mid-1700's to the Civil War when General Sherman burned its main house and the rice mill. Other graves are marked only with metal name plates or metal pipes. Thirteen of the graves, dating from 1910 to 1970, are marked by whole or fragmentary headstones denoting the burial places of members of the Canaan Baptist Church. Today the cemetery is overgrown with vegetation and in serious need of attention. Understandably, the Church and the Historical Society of Richmond Hill have a keen interest in improving the condition of and preserving the Cemetery."