Ruff-Darsey Family Cemetery RUFF-DARSEY FAMILY CEMETERY Surveyed: July 23, 1999 GPS Location:N33º21.487W084º18.934 Compiled and submitted by: Linda Sigler-Sanders & Thomas R. McConnell http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008338 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Introduction: This cemetery is located in Land Lot 77 of the 3rd district of Henry County, Georgia. Take I75 South to Exit 235. Take Tara Blvd. south (Tara turns into GA Hwy. 41) and go about 17 miles. Turn right on Minter Drive and go about 1.2 miles. The cemetery is on your right. It is overgrown and abandoned at the end of a dead-end road and the property is used primarily by a hunting club. Most of the graves listed below have been compiled from other sources and are not evident now. Only about a dozen headstones are now readable. According to sources, there are 95 graves here **. This is an inactive cemetery. Alphabetical Index Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Notes Andrews Nancy Ann Harriet Ruff 08/16/1854 09/06/1928 "Hattie", w/o William Beverly Andrews Andrews no name no date no date c/o Beverly and Nancy A.H. Ruff Andrews Andrews William Beverly 06/26/1850 12/18/1887 Coker Rebecca no date no date Corley Ophelia Darsey no date no date Corley Mary Emma no date no date Child, d/o M/M Corley Darsey Annie Barfield no date no date Darsey Bennie no date no date Darsey Blanch no date no date Child, d/o M/M Darsey Darsey Dora no date no date Darsey Edward David no date no date Child, s/o M/M Darsey Darsey F.M. no date no date Darsey Grover no date no date Darsey Jack no date no date Darsey John no date no date Infant, s/o M/M Darsey Darsey Joseph Clay 10/25/1844 01/05/1919 Co. A, 22nd GA Hv. Arty., C.S.A. Darsey Lula Frances 11/04/1873 10/03/1911 Darsey Mattie no date no date Child, d/o M/M Darsey Darsey Melissa Chambers no date no date w/o Zachery Taylor Darsey Darsey Millie no date no date Darsey Minerva Hand 10/05/1849 07/07/1920 w/o Joseph Clay Darsey Darsey Mrs. Sam no date no date w/o Sam Darsey Darsey Mrs. Zachery Taylor no date no date w/o Zachery Taylor Darsey Darsey Nancy no date no date w/o John S. Darsey, m/o George Darsey Darsey no name no date no date Infant, c/o M/M Darsey Darsey no name no date no date Infant, c/o M/M Jonnie Darsey Darsey no name no date no date Infant, c/o M/M Walter Darsey Darsey no name no date no date Infant, c/o William and Elizabeth Darsey Darsey no name no date no date Infant twins, s's/o M/M Z.T. Darsey Darsey Reason and Johnnie no date no date Infant twins, s's/o M/M Darsey Darsey Sam no date no date Darsey Walter no date no date Infant, s/o M/M Darsey Darsey Zachery Taylor 1851 no date Eidson no name no date no date c/o Louis Shelton and Daisy Duke Beall Eidson Gray no names 1902 1902 s's/o John Thomas and Birdie C. M. Beall Gray Hattaway John no date no date "Dude" Hattaway Nancy Darsey 02/06/1855 08/07/1922 Johnson J.S. no date no date No name no name no date no date Child No name no name no date no date Infant No name no name no date no date Infant Ruff Annie Bell 03/20/1865 04/21/1886 d/o B.M.P. and Nora Park Starr Ruff Ruff Benjamin Marion Preston 05/02/1852 03/18/1891 "Prest", h/o Nora Park Starr Ruff, Ruff Daniel 01/03/1823 12/07/1864 s/o B. and R. Ruff, Co H,4th Reg,GA,C.S.A. Ruff George Daniel Z. 12/18/1863 03/25/1880 s/o Daniel and Melanda Ann D. Ruff Ruff John David Monroe 09/27/1850 09/07/1932 s/o Daniel and Melanda Ruff, Masonic Ruff Mary Ann Andrews 12/11/1852 02/20/1894 w/o John David Monroe Ruff Ruff Melanda Ann Darsey 01/17/1831 02/02/1911 d/o John S. & Nancy Darsey,w/o Daniel Ruff Ruff R.H.E. no date no date Child, c/o Daniel and Melanda Ruff Ruff Willie F.M. 10/07/1861 07/25/1862 Child, d/o Daniel and Melanda Ruff Smith no name no date no date Child, s/o M/M Smith Snead Rebecca Ophelia Annie Ruff & baby no date no date "Pink", w/o Shockley Snead, m: 02/05/1878 Snead Minnie no date no date d/o Shockley and Ophelia A. Ruff Snead Ward no name no date no date Infant, c/o M/M Ward **On 1/16/00, I received the following information regarding the plat for this cemetery, from Kaye Gray Perdue, lkpardue@ga.freei.net. "The list of family members buried came from my grandmother, Mrs. Birdie Beall Gray. Her infant twin boys are buried there. The older members of my family refer to the cemetery as the Ruff/Darsey Cemetery. If you have a copy of the survey, I am using the numbers on the plot. 07. SNEAD, Mianie (member of Ophelia Annie Ruff married Shockley Snead) 08. Pink Ruff SNEAD & Baby (member of Ophelia Annie Ruff & Shockley Snead) 19. B. M. P. RUFF (Benjamin Marion Preston Ruff 05/02/1852 - 03/18/1891). He married Nora Park Starr and she is buried at County Line Methodist, Birdie Comm. Griffin, GA 20. Annie Belle RUFF 1885-1886 (child) of Nora and Benjamin RUFF 25 GRAY INFANT (Stillborn Died 1902) twin boys of John Thomas Gray, wife Birdie Catherine Beall Gray. 26 EIDSON INFANT parents Louis Eidson and Daisy Duke Beall Eidson 27. Mary Emma CORLEY (child) 28. CHILD 29. George DARSEY's MOTHER 30. Rebecca COKER 31. Grover DARSEY 32. Blanch DARSEY (child) 33. Melissa Chambers DARSEY, wife of Zachery Taylor DARSEY 34. F.M.DARSEY 38. J. D. RUFF 09/27/1850 -09/07/1932 Masonic parents were Melinda and Daniel RUFF 39. Mary Ann Andrews 12/11/1852 - 02/20/1894, wife of JDM RUFF 40. R.H.E. RUFF (child) of Melinda and Daniel RUFF 41. G.D.Z. RUFF son of D & MA Ruff 12/18/1863 - 03/25/1880 age 16 yrs 3 mth & 8 days (for to me to live in Christ and to die is to gain) 42. Melinda Ann Darsey RUFF 01/17/1831 - 02/02/1911, daughter of John S. and Nancy DARSEY 43. Daniel RUFF 01/03/1823 - 12/07/1864 Muster Roll of Co. H. 4th Regiment GA Vol Inf. Army N. VA Baldwin Cty, GA Baldwin Blue Private CSA (son of B & R RUFF) 44. Willie E.M. RUFF (Child) of Benjamin and Nora RUFF 49. Nancy Darsey HATTAWAY 02/06/1855 - 08/07/1922 50. John "Dude" HATTAWAY 52. INFANT 53. DARSEY INFANT 54. Mrs. Ophelia Darsey COLEY 55. John DARSEY INFANT 56 Reason DARSEY twin infants 57 Johnnie DARSEY twin Infants 58. J. S. JOHNSON 60. Minerva Hand DARSEY 10/05/1849 - 07/07/1920, wife of Joseph Clay DARSEY 61. Joseph Clay DARSEY 10/25/1844 - 01/05/1919 Company A 22 GA HV ARTY CSA 62. Lula Francis DARSEY 11/04/1873 -10/03/1911 (a good Christian) 63. Edward David DARSEY (Child) 64. Mattie DARSEY (Child) 65. Walter DARSEY (Child) 66. Dora DARSEY 67. Nancy DARSEY 68. Jack DARSEY 69. Millie DARSEY 70. William and Elizabeth DARSEY INFANT 70A. Mr. & Mrs. Jonnie DARSEY INFANT 74. Walter DARSEY 75. Mrs. Sam DARSEY 76. Sam DARSEY 77. INFANT 78. Annie Barfield DARSEY 79. Bennie DARSEY 80. TWIN INFANTS of Mr. & Mrs. Z. T. DARSEY 81. Zachery Taylor DARSEY born 1851 82. Mrs. Zachery Taylor DARSEY 88. Mr. Bev Andrew 06/26/1850 - 12/18/1887, married Nancy Ann Harriet RUFF 89. INFANT of Mr. & Mrs. Bev ANDREW 91 SON SMITH 92 Mrs. Bev Andrew CALEY (Nancy Ann Harriet RUFF) 08/16/1854 09/06/1928 94. WARD INFANT 95 Walter DARSEY INFANT My great-great parents were Melinda Ann Darsey and Daniel Ruff. My father's twin brothers are buried there GRAY INFANTS. Hope this will help you." Kaye Gray Pardue