Coffee County, Georgia - Cemeteries KIRKLAND CEMETERY Submitted by Melody Moore McCook ************************************************************************ 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/ *********************************************************************** Georgia Coffee County KIRKLAND CEMETERY This cemetery is located off the New Forrest Hwy. Follow the signs to Sand Hill Church and take a left after the Church. The cemetery is down a dirt road on the right side with an iron fence around it. At one time it was called Rock Hill Cemetery. The iron fence is one of a few, if not the only one left surrounding a cemetery in Coffee County. *NOTE*These graves are all marked unless otherwise indicated. This is not a complete listing of the gravesites there and unfortunately they are not in any particular kind of order. Elias Kirkland 4/11/1892-3/22/1963 Margaret Kirkland 1/27/1893-1/18/1952 Unknown brick grave J. E. "Tead" Kirkland 7/12/1899-12/17/1965 Vera McAlum Kirkland Infant Daughter of Joe and Bertie Kirkland (no dates) Infant son of Joe and Bertie Kirkland (no dates) Unknown brick grave Annie Kirkland Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. E. "Tead" Kirkland 3/18/1918-6/18/1919 Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. E. "Tead" Kirkland 9/5/1926 Willie "Dump" Kirkland 2/2/1873-2/16/1925 Elizabeth Y. Kirkland 9/13/1871-12/20/1940 Theatus Kirkland Smith 12/14/1914-8/21/1988 Unknown infant In memory of Stephen Lester son of S. M. & Bette Murray 11/12/1891-9/14/1899 Could we but see its little face Delighted with the Heavenly Place Unknown Brick/cement grave wife of Warren Thigpen 1/1855-10/1901 Celia Lankford Kirkland Meeks 1834-1918 Timothy J. Kirkland, Sr. 9/14/1862-4/25/1936 Lauraney C. wife of T. J. Kirkland 2/21/1861-1/22/1909 Josephine Ricketson Kirkland unknown cement slab Wayne D. Wray "Doug" 4/17/1953-1/4/1987 Mary J. E. Kirkland Born 10/27/1873 Died 9/6/1875 Of such is the kingdom of heaven Frank Kirkland Born 4/5/1888 Died 10/7/1889 Gone to be an angel Alice Kirkland 4/11/1854-12/15/1915 James C. Kirkland 6/5/1936-6/3/1981 Kiler Kirkland 4/20/1884-2/4/1933 Mabell Kirkland 2/9/1890-4/20/1969 Margaret Thelma Kirkland Wray 1/23/1928-4/22/1986 (Unknown infant) Kirkland Dorothy Laverne Kirkland 1/31/1943-2/9/1943 Infant of Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Kirkland Mary E. Williams Wife of Travis Kirkland 8/28/1864-12/9/1892 married 12/28/1890 Infant of Travis Kirkland and Fannie Carver 10/31/1918 Travis Kirkland 2/8/1862-3/26/1935 Fannie Carver Kirkland 12/8/1875-5/28/1937 Cecil R. Williams 1905-1921 US Army Emma J. Stapleton 1931-1932 Terrell I. Youngblood 7/21/1912-1/7/1987 Lula Mae Kirkland Youngblood 10/14/1893-5/8/1995 David J. Youngblood 8/9/1886-8/24/1950 (Military Marker) Joseph L. Youngblood Georgia Pvt. Co F 318 Infantry World War I 11/30/1894-10/22/1967 "Tony" Alfred Y. Stapleton 5/25/1932-5/17/1958 Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Tanner Alonzo Tanner 2/19/1905-2/6/1906 Unknown cement slab may be grave of June Kirkland Unknown cement slab may be grave of Kiler Kirkland Ethel Kirkland (infant - no dates) Harrison 10/10/1897-5/3/1901 Son of Harrison and Winnie Kirkland Joseph Son of H. & W. Kirkland 12/3/1895-4/7/1901 Ira F. son of Harrison & Winnie Kirkland Born 4/27/1894 Died 12/29/1894 Only sleeping Sallie Fender Wife of Josh Kirkland 1824-1903 Kirkland Twins 9/17/1992 Dewitt Kirkland 9/6/1908-2/16/1984 Infant baby of JA & Aliph Melvin 3/27/1910-5/7/1910 Heaven has claimed it's own Infant of I. J. Williams 2/6/1911 All is well Clarence son of . J. Williams 6/18/1908-9/13/1912 Charity Lewis 6/27/1891-2/17/1908 Penelope Gaskin wife of Z. W. Kirkland, Sr. 4/6/1842-12/29/1927 Z. W. Kirkland Born 3/23/1885 Died 1/13/1908 **The following graves were surveyed on October 30, 2000.** K. A. Kirkland Born on November 5, 1891 Died October 19, 1936 Minnie Lee Tanner 8/31/1886-4/21/1958 Green Tanner 9/7/1888-12/17/1976 Daughter of Mose & Lucy Kirkland 1903-1911 Mose Kirkland 7/29/1852-3/4/1924 Lucy T. Kirkland 8/9/1863-11/30/1930