JONES COUNTY GA Miller Cemetery -Damascus Church Road File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "David V. Clinard" Location: North of Gray off of US 129, turn left on unmarked dirt road across from Ellis Church Road. This is Damascus Church Road. Go about 1.5 to 2 miles and on your left in the woods is what appears to be an abandoned cemetery. It's called the Miller Cemetery on the Jones County "DOT" map. There appears to be some land clearing going on in this area; clear-cutting of the trees or some kind of development. I hope the cemetery is safe. No relation to me, but here are the graves I found: There is a small stone wall enclosure visible from the road with a huge oak tree growing in it. It's about 12 feet by 18 feet and contains no visible graves. Next to this enclosure are: Annie Miller infant dau. AJ and EW Miller 8/2/1861 - 8/15/1862 Then there are 5 footstones in a row, with these initials: JM, BAM, MEM, KVM, MAFM. At the head of these footstones is one large headstone with inscription on all four sides as follows: M.E. Miller born 9/17/1878 (?) B.A. Miller born 8/12/1880 (and written under this is) James Miller born 2/11/1883 K.V. Miller born 10/5/1872 M.A.F. Miller born 10/30/1853 (written under this names is) "All Killed by a cyclone Feb. 19, 1884" To the left down a short slope is this headstone and slab: Frances Elizabeth Miller 8/3/1859 - 9/7/1927. Next to it is an older slab with worn writing that I could not make out. There were several, maybe 40 obvious unmarked (sunken) graves in the surrounding area. There was one more headstone away from the others that read this: John Pounds, Georgia, Private, 316 Serv. Bn. OMC, August 1922. An Official Georgia Historical marker at the US 129 intersection reads: Blountsville - Near here was Blountsville, an early stagecoach station and post office until after the War Between the States. It suffered severely during the War and the town disappeared. The home of many prominent families, Blountsville was the site of Blountsville Academy, chartered in 1834 with Allen Drury, William E. Ethridge, John W. Stokes, Francis Tufts and John W. Gordon serving as trustees. Blountsville was named for the Blount family, pioneer Georgians. A strong Baptist Church was here, first led by Rev. Benjamin Milner. The Tift, Dumas, Miller, Williams, McCullough and Hurt families were other pioneers." ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.