Barwick Cemetery Inscriptions Emanuel County, GA BARWICK CEMETERY EMANUEL COUNTY, GEORGIA LOCATED 3/5 OF A MILE FROM NORRISTOWN, GEORGIA. AT THE INTERSECTION OF GEORGIA 221 AND THE COVENA ROAD TRAVEL EAST, THE CEMETERY IS IN A FIELD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE FIELD HAS A HOT WIRE FENCE AND THE CEMETERY IS ENCLOSED BY A CHAIN LINK FENCE. THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON THE OLD NATHAN BARWICK PLANTATION AND WAS STARTED IN 1818 WHEN NATHAN'S FATHER-IN-LAW WILLIAM WHIDDON DIED AND WAS THE FIRST TO BE BURIED HERE. HIS GRAVE IS OUTSIDE THE CHAIN LINK FENCE UNDER AN OAK TREE AND IS MARKED WITH A CONCRETE MARKER THAT SAYS "WILLIAM WHITTEN AND WIFE". THIS TYPE OF MARKER IS ALSO USED ON THE GRAVE OF NATHAN AND ELIZABETH WHIDDON BARWICK AND SAYS "NATHAN BARWICK AND WIFE" AND THE GRAVE OF THEIR SON WILLIAM WHIDDON BARWICK. ALL OTHER GRAVES ARE MARKED VERY WELL WITH THE OLDEST DATED MARKER OF FEBRUARY, 1844. ELIZABETH THIGPEN B. 8/22/1853 D. 3/13/1904 JAMES W. BARWICK B. 12/4/1864 D. 11/3/1898 CURTIS MANNING BARWICK B. 4/9/1823 D. 1/23/1902 MARY ANN KEA BARWICK B. 1/8/1833 D. 7/31/1917 NATHAN BARWICK B. 12/16/1851 D. 1/10/1933 MISSOURI BARWICK B. 5/13/1860 D. 7/23/1882 WILLIAM WHIDDON BARWICK (NO DATES) NATHAN BARWICK (NO DATES) ELIZABETH WHIDDON BARWICK (NO DATES) MARY DURDEN B. 6/30/1811 D. 10/30/1896 ELEASOR DURDEN B. 1/30/1809 D. 3/27/1861 JANE TAPLEY BARWICK MORING (STONE DESTROYED) NATHAN BARWICK B. 3/1815 D. 7/1859 D. BARWICK B. 10/1842 D. 2/1844 INFANT OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH DURDEN (NO DATES) WILLIAM DURDEN B. 8/15/1817 D. 7/11/1863 ELIZABETH BARWICK DURDEN B. 12/16/1820 D. 12/20/1909 IRA T. MCLEMORE B. 1/26/1816 D. 10/12/1886 PHOEBE BARWICK MCLEMORE B. 1817 D. 1871 MARY MCLEMORE B. 1851 D. 1856 MOLLIE A. ROUNTREE B. 1858 D. 1886 WILLIAM TAPLEY (NO DATES) NANCY LOWE B. 1840 WILLIAM WHIDDON (NO DATES) MARY DAVIS WHIDDON (NO DATES) SUBMITTED BY: WESLEY G. WILSON SR. (GGGG-GRANDSON OF ELEASOR AND MARY POLLY BARWICK DURDEN. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Wesley G. Wilson Sr. wgwilson@gateway.com ====================================================================