Jackson Street Cemetery, Clarke Co. GA Submitted by Natalie Davis davisnm@earthlink.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** This cemetery transcribed on Mar 11, 2001 by Natalie Davis and Rhonda Moore. "Old Athens Cemetery" or "Jackson Street Cemetery" is the oldest in the county and many of the headstones are now hard or impossible to read. Much more information about this cemetery can be found in the Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Cemeteries book by Athens Historical Society (P.O. Box 7745, Athens, GA 30604-7745). They have compiled several previous transcriptions, obituaries and church records to create as complete a record as possible. The cemetery is located on the grounds of the University of Georgia on Jackson Street between the Visual Arts Building and Baldwin Hall. Last First Birth Death Other Atkinson Nathan 3/3/1817 10/4/1838 Native of Camden Co GA UGA Senior Bain Ellen Maria 4/12/1825 9/11/1854 Wife of Wm. A. Bain Barrett Elizabeth 9/29/1827 Dau of Cynthia Green 8yrs 6mo 22 days Bass Mrs. R.H. 10/24/1810 5/15/1853 Baxter Martha 4/3/1849 9/1/1850 Inf Dau of Andrew & Marth Baxter Beard Moses 4/22/1759 2/9/1833 In honor of the soldiers of the American Revolution 1776-1783 buried here Boggs Elizabeth 12/12/1775 7/4/1856 Carlton William Elijah 2/2/1824 12/15/1847 Son of J.R. & E.A. Carlton aged 23 Carlton Frances Emily 3/7/1833 5/14/1849 Dau of J.R. & E.A. Carlton Carlton Georgia Clara 3/?/1817 8/30/1819 Dau of J.R. & E.A. Carlton Cherry William 1806 ? Clark Jane G. ? 11/13/1849 Native of Scotland Cole James 4/23/1837 66 yrs old Cole Mrs. Sarah 10/3/1856 Age 83 Conger Abijah 5/4/1782 2/4/1865 Born in NJ Missionary to Indians at Brainerd Station Chattanooga TN Conger Ann 1/1/1832 1847 Dau of David & ? Conger Conger Phoebe Tappan 3/27/1781 4/1/1856 Born in NJ Wife of Abijah Daniel Asa B. Shared stone w/ Mary Daniel Mary Shared stone w/ Asa B. Dougherty Charles 10/5/1825 11/6/1826 First son of Charles & Elizabeth Dougherty Dougherty Charles 5/21/1830 5/10/1834 Second son of Charles & Elizabeth Dougherty Dougherty Robert 10/27/1836 9/19/1837 Son of William & ? Dougherty Espy James 12/7/1759 11/12/1834 In honor of the soldiers of the American Revolution 1776-1783 buried here Espy James 12/7/1759 11/12/1834 Espy Sarah 3/18/1831 Wife of James Espy aged 70 Farrell Frances 9/?/1845 Wife of James Farrell aged 28 Felton Mary Ann 1/23/1828 8/31/1851 Wife of Dr. W.H. Felton Dau of J.R. & E.A. Carlton Gamble Mrs. Mary 7/13/1794 11/2/1837 Consort of Roger L. Gamble & Dau of the late Dr. J.M. Sterett of Louisville Golding Clementina 1792 9/9/1817 Wife of John R. Golding Gorley Mrs. Mary Nov 1861 Aged 68 yrs Gorley Ann Eliza 1/2/1826 Inf Dau of Jonathan & Mary Graham Martha 11/11/1814 8/27/1862 Wife of Abner Graham Graham Andrew 3/11/1791 9/8/1830 Native of Rowan Co NC Graham Abner 11/9/1798 ? Native of Rowan Co NC Griswold Elizabeth Mar 1832 21 yrs Hardeman Mrs. Arabella Rebecca 10/2/1816 6/9/1845 Consort of B.F. Hardeman & Dau of the late Hon. Stephen W. Harris Hunt Little Sis 11/3/1849 7/14/1850 Inf Dau of Josiah Meigs & Sarah Catherine Hunt Johnson Sallie E. 12/23/1838 2/15/1859 Wife of H.W. Johnson Dau of C.B. & J.E. Lyle Lampkin Edward 10/29/1854 51 yrs old Lampkin Mary L.P. 11/4/1854 Wife of Edward L. Lampkin aged 45 Lampkin Robert Henry 12/11/1850 1/20/1869 Son of Lewis Jackson & Lucy Philps Haynes Lampkin Lampkin Lucas H. 5/7/1845 10/5/1866 Son of Lewis Jackson & Lucy Philps Haynes Lampkin Lampkin Angelica 1866 Dau of Phil & Obediance Ryan Wife of Lewis Lampkin Lane Winifred Aycock 1741 1794 Born in NC Wife of Jesse Lane Daughter of Wm. Aycock and Rebecca Pace Bradford Lyle Julia Emeline 10/11/1820 6/24/1851 Wife of Charles B. Lyle & Dau of J.R. & E.A. Carlton Meriwether Sarah Frances 11/23/1837 Age 19 Mitchell James 9/18/1841 Aged 55 yrs Moore Alsa Moore Charles Dougherty 8/11/1853 Norris John Q.A. 10/16/1825 11/23/1868 Born in NC Methodist Minister and Tailor Pressley Rev. Samuel 9/29/1836 Born in Abbeville District SC UGA Professor of belles letters & moral philosophy Randolph Dorothy 3/16/1827 Dau of Richard Randolph of Wilkes Co GA aged 19 Richards Willie 9/30/1843 Inf Son of W.C. & C.H.B. Richards Smith Mary P. 1761 2/?/1845 Born in VA Taylor Edward Clark 2/24/1852 12/13/1857 Son of R.S. & S.J. Taylor Thomas David 10/17/1822 10/27/1838 Native of Camden Co GA UGA Freshman Waddel William Henry 8/22/1838 1yr 8mo 14 days White Mary B. 8/20/1839 1/6/1845 White Ann E. 2/7/1842 2/1/1845 White Sarah J. 1/7/1841 1/8/1845 Whitfield Louisa Ann 2/5/1846 Dau of Wm. & Alice Blackledge of NC Wife of Geo. Whitfield of FL