Tombstone Inscriptions Chelsea Cemetery Chattooga Co., GA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 William L "Bill" Stephenson, Jr. Recorded by William L. "Bill" Stephenson, Jr. November 22, 1999 "Chelsea Cemetery is located between Menlo, GA and Trion GA on" a secondary county road known in the Menlo community as the Trion road. The cemetery is high above the road on a hill across from a church at Chelsea. This is reputed to be one of the oldest cemeteries in the area. The property is a bit over an acre in size. At one time a church building adjoined the cemetery but no direct evidence of a former building site was evident. The portion of the cemetery nearest the road appears to be the newest. The majority of the cemetery is quite old with only field stones marking the graves. Only one of the field stones had engraving which was most difficult to read. The cemetery is not nearly as well maintained as others "in the county area and probably due to the remote location, it has the" least damage. There were no dislocated or broken tombstones. Every readable tombstone was recorded. Any additional recording would likely require more of an archaeological exploration that an historical exploration. Following is a list of the recorded tombstones: George Coots Jan. 8, 1882 Apr. 2, 1919 Infant Son Curtis May 18, 1851 s/o C.A. & U. M. Curtis Jordon Gober 1858 1942 Mattie Gober 1875 1952 Carrie Harper Jan. 16, 1869 Nov. 20, 1945 Charles D. Harper Aug. 21, 1866 Feb. 21, 1927 Echloe Ann Harper March 12, 1885 Age 58 Years Infant Daughter Harper 1868 d/o William & Echloe Harper James Harper 1862 Age 44 Years Martha & Coen Harper September 1849 Miles Harper March 1876 Age 60 Years William Harper June 1844 Age 85 Years William Harper, Jr. Feb. 26, 1880 Age 79 Years Andrew Henry Mar. 3, 1904 Mar. 29, 1904 Charles Henry June 5, 1902 Sept. 10, 1903 Edward Henry June 8, 1897 April 29, 1913 Ernest Henry Feb. 28, 1880 Apr. 16, 1908 Infant Daughter Henry Sept. 15, 1891 d/o W.F. & Ophelia Henry Infant Daughter Henry May 3, 1906 d/o W.F. Jr. & Dora Infant Son Henry June 10, 1894 s/o W.F. & Ophelia Henry James H. Henry Dec. 13, 1871 Aug. 3, 1920 John P. Henry Jan. 24, 1887 Apr. 20, 1918 COM 124th Inft. Julia E. Henry Aug. 18, 1850 Oct. 30, 1885 Mary Elizabeth Henry Dec. 21, 1884 Mar. 1, 1920 William F. Henry June 28, 1846 Dec. 28, 1923 Willie Lee Henry Feb. 4, 1893 Oct. 8, 1893 W. R. Henry, Jr. Apr. 8, 1878" May 30, 1909 J M Holbrook 1860 1923 Bobby Holbrooks Mar. 30, 1890 Jun. 29, 1891 Daniel J. Holbrooks Sept. 11, 1896 Nov. 20, 1918 Jane Holbrooks Mar. 2, 1866 Jan. 27, 1911 James W. Hoyle 1870 1902 h/o Mary E. Mary E. Hoyle 1872 1956 w/o James W. Otis O Flood Mar.14, 1922 Jan. 14, 1930 Grace Ellen Payton June 17, 1920 Sept. 24, 1921 d/o Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Payton Robert Lee Payton June 25, 1886 Dec. 18, 1945 Verafae Sissom Aug. 25, 1830 [Oldest readable marker] Paul Anthony Spurlock 1962 1998 Carla M. VanPelt 1921 1973 w/o Dank Dank VanPelt 1913 1986 h/o Carla M. Infant VanPelt Nov. 15, 1947 c/o Dan & Carla VanPelt Earl Ray Williams Apr. 8, 1934 May 28, 1934 Ethel Fay Williams Apr. 8, 1934 May 30, 1934 Forest Williams Oct. 8, 1903 Sept. 23, 1905 Mazzie Williams Dec. 13, 1882 June 30, 1906 w/o Lewis Williams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William L Stephenson, Jr.