Clifton Family Cemetery Inscriptions Jenkins County, GA

CLIFTON FAMILY CEMETERY
Jenkins County, Georgia

Location: 1.2 miles west of US 25 on Gip Rd. Cemetery is located 
in a cultivated field, surrounded by chain-link fence.

Census taken January 24, 1998 by L.L. Ketchum

Historical: A grave marking ceremony was conducted by the Sons of the 
Confederacy at the grave of Phillip Newton Clifton on January 24, 1998. 
Re-enactors marched, posted and later presented the flag, fired a musket 
salute, and played tattoo and taps.  A soloist in period dress sang hymns 
acappella. Descendants gave an invocation, addresses, and closing prayer.
(See The Millen (GA) News, Wednesday, January 21, 1998).

One of the descendants related in his address that Phillip Clifton and 
an older brother joined the cavalry together. In one of the last battles 
of the Civil War, in South Carolina, Phillip was shot in the head and 
left to die on the battlefield. His brother went in search of him, found 
him barely alive, and got him medical help for a hole that had been blown 
in Phillip’s skull.  The surgeon "patched" the hole, using a silver 
dollar as a plate. The "plate" remained with Phillip the rest of his life.

Format is: No.    Name
           Dates
           Inscriptions/Notes

1	Geo. W. Clifton	
	May 3, 1814-Mar. 17, 1892	
	Father; In memory of; He was faithful to every duty

2	Martha A. Clifton
	Aug. 1, 1817-Nov. 14, 1901	
	Mother; In memory of; She was faithful to every duty.

3	P.N. Clifton
	May 2, 1841-June 17, 1917	
	VA stone: PVT Co F 5 GA Cav Confederate States Army

4	Lawson Clifton
	Jan. 30, 1904-Jan. 1, 1921	
	Son of Dr. B.L. & E.E. Clifton; Gone but not forgotten

5	Addie Clifton			
	Aug. 8, 1910-June 13, 1912	
	Dau. of B.L. & E.E. Clifton; In memory of our bab

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