GLYNN COUNTY, GA - Cemeteries  Demere Family

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DEMERE CEMETERY, St. Simons Island, Glynn Co., Georgia
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This cemetery was located at the Demere plantation
named Mulberry Grove.  The cemetery was supposedly
located a few hundred feet from the house and enclosed
within a tabby wall about four feet high.

Seven stones were located here and in 1943, when the
Malcolm McKinnon Airport was enlarged, these stones
were removed the Christ Church burying ground.

The following epitaphs were recorded by the Georgia
Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and were
placed in a publication titled "Some Early Epitaphs in
Georgia" copyright 1924.

DEMERE, Ann 28 March 1744 to 17 December 1808.
DEMERE, Anne died 18 September 1847 age 61.
DEMERE, Capt. Joseph 17 August 1808 to 13 January 1831.
DEMERE, Raymond died 2 January 1829 age 77.
DEMERE, Raymond II 11 February 1773 to 10 January 1832 age 58 years, 11 months.
DEMERE, Raymond, Jr. 20 August [no year] 14 September 1821.
DEMERE, Thomas died 2 July 1828 age 22.