Cheroke Co. GA - Hightower Cemetery
 
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Old Hightower Cemetery
Cherokee County Georgia
Hwy 369 between canton and gainesville
At Canton find Canton Village.
369 is not marked good but when you find it, stay on it and
do not take any junctions the road curves.
Cemetery is large and maintained. This represents a small number of graves.

Surnames Listed Bryand, Burns, Cleveland, Coffee, Drummond, Franklin,
Holcombe, Leonard, Pascoe, wilkes.

Present Hightower Church was built in Oct 1882.
Surnames listed

Leonard, J. B.              Leonard, M.E.   Happy are they whose
B 27 Mar 1850               B 20 Sept 1848  hope is in the Lord.
D 13 Mar 1909 Double stone  D 18 June 1918  Father and Mother

Leonard, Leeane
B 23 Dec 1824
D o6 Nov 1913

Holcombe, Robuy?(couldnt make out spelling)
B 11 Nov 1818
D 18 Oct 1873
A son of General L & M. R. Holcombe

Holcombe, Mary B.   This lovely bud so young and fair called
B 27 May 1825       hence by early doom. Just comes to show how 
D o2 Dec 1848       sweet a flower in paradise would bloom.

Burton, Margaret Jane  Daughter of Burton, Edward and Sarah
B
D

Pascoe, Samuel              Pascoe, Mary (wife of Samuel)
B o4 Mar 1810               B o7 Sep 1817
D o6 Mar 1887               D 16 Sep 1889
Age 82 years 22 days
Born in Cornell England

Holcombe, Lucy C.
B 04 Jan 1822
D 08 Sep 1858
She was a very orderly member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for 16
years before her death.

Pascoe, Mary
B 28 Feb 1870
D 21 Sep 1880

Holcombe, Louise
B 26 Oct 1862
D 31 May 1927

Holcombe, J.J.
B 11 Jun 1864
D 27 Jul 1937

Holcombe, J. A.
B 29 Nov 1886
D 26 Oct 1905
Son of J.J. and L.O. Holcombe.
A precious one from us has gone.
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home,
which never can be filled.

Drummond, G.M.
B 18 Dec 1883
D 25 Sep 1892

Drummond, J. B.
B 20 Mar 1880
D 20 Apr 1894

Drummond, Essie Jane
B 14 Aug 1900
D 24 Nov 1901

Wilke, J. H.
(sorry didnt get dates)

Bryand, George Mansel Thomas
B 19 July 1905
D 27 Aug 1906

Coffee, John E.
B 10 Dec 1836
D 23 Aug 1852
age 15 years 8 months 13 days

Burns, Catherine
B
D 24 Jun 1849
Age 83 years 4 months 13 days
(Lots of Burns stones in this area)

Franklin, Bedney L.
B 24 Feb 1815
D 11 Jul 1844
Age 29 years 4 months 17 days

Franklin, Mary G.
B 15 Mar 1782
D 31 July 1858
Relict of Col Bedney Franklin, deceased of Morgan Co. Georgia.
Daughter of John and Catherine Cleveland.
Grandaughter of Col. Ben Cleveland of the Revolution.
(note: big impressive stone marker/obelisk)