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F-26 BACON, JOSEPH R. G-5 BACON, MRS. MARTHA G-10 BACON, MRS. MARY B-4 BACON, MARY J. F-29 BACON, MARY LOUISE I-4 BACON, OLIVIA L. D-44 BACON, THOMAS SENR. G-12 BACON, TOULON WINN J-15 BAKER, ANNA LYDIA F-19 BAKER, EDMOND H-16 BAKER, ELIJAH F-16 BAKER, ELIZABETH H-17 BAKER, G.V. F-21 BAKER, GEORGE F-18 BAKER, JANE ANN F-23 BAKER, MRS. MARY F-15 BAKER, NATHANIEL A-20 BAKER, NAT. MACON F-20 BAKER, REBECCA F-17 BAKER, REBECCA OSGOOD B-16 BAKER, SARAH JONES F-22 BAKER, CAPTAIN T.W.E. H-11 BAKER, THOMAS D-16 BAKER, T. SHAFFER D-4 BAKER, WILLIAM ESQ. A-17 BAKER, WILLIAM J. ESQ. H-15 BAKER, WILLIAM LAWRENCE E-14 BENNETT, MATTHEW H-8 BUSBY, MARY HOUSTIN F-1 CASSELS, ELIAS & SARAH I-11 CASSELS, MARY TALLULA I-8 CASSELS, REV. S.J. I-10 CASSELS, SAMUEL J. I-9 CASSELS, SARAH & ELIAS I-11 CAY, LOUIS EUGENE H-2 COLEMAN, MRS. SARAH F-14 COZBY, REV. JAMES G-1 DELEGAL, DR. H.R. O DUNWODY, ESTHER A-22 DUNWODY, DR. JAMES A-23 DUNWODY, COL. JAMES J-11 ELLIOT, JOHN E. FAMILY A-15 FIELD, MRS. SARAH B-32 FLEMING, MRS. ANN B-43 FLEMING, ANNA VIRGINIA D-43 FLEMING, BENJAMIN WINN B-2 FLEMING, MRS. CATHERINE B-3 FLEMING, JAMES MADISON D-42 FLEMING, JOHN B-1 FLEMING, MR. JOHN S. D-41 FLEMING, WM. LAWRENCE D-39 FRASER, DONALD C-1 FRASER, DONALD B-24 FRASER, JOHN C. B-25 FRASER, VALERIA C. I-12 FRASER, WILLIAM B-23 FULTON, JOHN ESQ. A-25 FULTON, MARGARET S. D-12 GEIGER, FLORENCE B. 0 GIGNILLIAT, THOS. S.M. I-2 GILDERSLEEVE, A. A-7 GILDERSLEEVE, DR. EZRA A-8 GIRARDEAU, CAPTAIN JOHN A-29 GIRARDEAU, WILLIAM A-28 GOULDING, SARAH D-19 GRAHAM, JAMES ESQ. B-36 GRAHAM, WILLIAM, G-8 GRIFFIN, SUSAN ANN G-13 HAM, ELIZA M. H-6 HAM, MRS. MARY H-9 HAM, MARY H-7 HARDEN, MATILDA J. D-26 HARDFORD, MRS. ESTHER D. A-32 HART, JOHN OLIVER B-38 HART, MRS. MARY C. B-37 HART, MRS. MARY G. D-7 HAZZARD, MRS. JANE F-24 HOLMES, SANFORD B-7 HOLMES, SUSAN C. B-6 HOYT, REV. STEVEN A-12 HUGUENIN, MRS. M. J-4 JONES, REV. CHARLES D-25 JONES, MRS. ELIZABETH D-30 JONES, JAS. NEWTON D-37 JONES, EVELYN D-37 JONES, JOSEPH HENRY D-37 JONES, ELLA STURGES D-37 JONES, INFANT DAU OF REV. CHARLES AND MARY JANE D-28 JONES, JOHN, ESQ. D-31 JONES, JOHN D-29 JONES, MARY C-3 JONES, MOSES CLIFTON E-6 JONES, MOSES L. E-4 JONES, MRS. S.E. E-5 JONES, SAMUEL SR. C-4 JONES, SAMUEL JR. C-2 JONES, SUSAN HYRNE D-32 KALLENDER, DR. THOMAS E-13 KALLENDER, MRS. JANE E-13 KALLENDER, JAMES E-13 KALLENDER, DAVID E-13 KING, JOHN COUPER J-11 KING, JULIA ELIZABETH H-5 KING, JULIA REBECCA J-11 KING, ROSWELL J-11 KING, ROSWELL J-11 LADSON, MRS. MARY ANN A-31 LAMBERT, JOHN A-24 LAW, MRS. ANN CAROLINE A-33 LAW, ELIZABETH J-7 LAW, JOSEPH P. J-5 LAW, COL. JOSEPH J-6 LAW, MARY ESTHER A-33 LAW, MRS. SARAH M. H-7 LeCONTE, ANN Q. D-26 LeCONTE, LEWIS D-26 LeCONTE, LOUIS D-26 LeCONTE, WILLIAM I-13 LEE, MRS. ELIZABETH A-2 LEONARD, GEORGE W. I-27 LEONARD, ROWLAND F. I-29 LEONARD, ROWLAND S. I-30 LEWIS, MRS. DRUSILLA B-35 LEWIS, ELIJAH L. B-33 LEWIS, MR. SAMUEL B-34 LEWIS, SAMUEL N. B-33 LINES, MRS. DORCAS J-1 LINES, SAMUEL J. J-2 McCOLLOUGH, CORINE C-5 McCONNELL, JAMES F-30 McCONNELL, DR. ROBERT F-31 McCONNELL, T.R. CAPT. F-32 McINTOSH, JAMES MC KAY I-26 McINTOSH, ROBERT G-7 McKINNIE, CHARLES A-40 MALLARD, CYRUS S. F-2 MALLARD, ELIZA B. D-27 MALLARD, HENRY M. F-4 MALLARD, LAZARUS B-14 MALLARD, LAZARUS JR. F-11 MALLARD, SARAH S. F-12 MALLARD, THOMAS F-3 MARTIN, ANNA LOUISE H-21 MARTIN, HENRY E. H-20 MARTIN, JEANNETTE D. G-20 MARTIN, WILLIAM G. H-22 MAXWELL, AUDLEY J-11 MAXWELL, CHARLES E. D-34 MAXWELL, MRS. ELIZABETH D-24 MAXWELL, GEORGIA D-36 MAXWELL, JAMES AUDLEY D-33 MAXWELL, MRS. MARY J-11 MAXWELL, COL. WM. D-23 MAYBANK, MAJ. ANDREW A-21 MELL, SARAH S. WINN D-45 MELL, SARAH STEWART F-12 MURPHY, ELIZABETH F. C-33 NORMAN, ELIZABETH R. E-11 NORMAN, NEWTON J. O NORMAN, SARAH E. E-13 NORMAN, SUSAN E-9 NORMAN, WILLIAM D-13 OSGOOD, MRS. ANN B-26 OSGOOD, JOHN B-20 OSGOOD, REV. MR. JOHN A-19 OSGOOD, MR. JOHN B-17 OSGOOD, MR. JOSIAH B-12 OSGOOD, JOSIAH B-31 OSGOOD, MR. JOSIAH JR. B-28 OSGOOD, MRS. MARGARET B-30 OSGOOD, MARY F. B-27 OSGOOD, REBECCA B-16 OSGOOD, MR. WILLIAM B-19 PORTER, DR. ABNER B-1 PYNCHON, WILLIAM C-21 QUARTERMAN, CLAUDIUS I-15 QUARTERMAN, EDWARD I-17 QUARTERMAN, ELIZABETH I-19 QUARTERMAN, IOWA I-15 QUARTERMAN, MRS. JANE I. C-12 QUARTERMAN, JOHN L. C-16 QUARTERMAN, CAPT. JOHN C-15 QUARTERMAN, JOSEPH F-13 QUARTERMAN, JOSEPH I-21 QUARTERMAN, JOSEPH T. I-20 QUARTERMAN, MARY B-11 QUARTERMAN, MRS. MARY A. J-3 QUARTERMAN, MRS. MARY J. D-40 QUARTERMAN, MR. ROBERT B-9 QUARTERMAN, REV. ROBERT D-38 QUARTERMAN, MRS. SARAH C-14 QUARTERMAN, SARAH E. E-13 QUARTERMAN, THOMAS A-5 QUARTERMAN, MR. THOMAS B-11 QUARTERMAN, CAPT. WM. C-13 RANDOLPH, ELEANOR G-2 ROBARTS, MRS. ANNE E. E-18 ROBARTS, MRS. HANNAH E-17 ROBARTS, MRS. HANNAH G. E-19 ROBARTS, JOHN, ESQ. E-21 ROBARTS, MRS. MARY E-20 ROKENBAUGH, J.H. 0 RUSSELL, JOHN HARDEE L-6 RUSSELL, MRS. MARY H-2 SALTUS, MRS. MARTHA B-21 SANFORD, SARAH E-13 SCREVEN, MRS. B.R. G-15 SCREVEN, BRIG.GEN.JAMES A-1 SCREVEN, BRIG.GEN.JAMES 0 SCREVEN, REBECCA ANN G-16 SCREVEN, WILLIAM E. G-18 SHACKELFORD, JAMES GREEN J-11 SMITH, MR. JAMES J-11 SPLATT, MR. EDWARD A-26 STACEY, JOHN, ESQ. A-10 STACEY, JOHN W. A-3 STACEY, JOHN WINN E-1 STACEY, MARGARET A-11 STACEY, MARY A-4 STACEY, PETER WINN D-2 STACEY, SARAH A-9 STACEY, SARAH ANN D-6 STACEY, SUSANNA A-13 STACEY, T.SUMNER D-8 STACEY, THOMAS S. D-5 STACEY, MR. WILLIAM A-14 STACEY, WILLIAM JAMES D-3 STETSON, MRS. BETSEY H-3 STETSON, MR. DAVID H-4 STEVENS, THOMAS, ESQ. C-11 STEVENS, MRS. A.M. J-10 STEVENS, AMIE C. B-42 STEVENS, ANN E. D-10 STEVENS, CAROLINE S. J-9 STEVENS, ELIZABETH S. D-22 STEVENS, ELIZABETH O. J-12 STEVENS, REV. HENRY J. B-41 STEVENS, DR. JAMES D. D-9 STEVENS, MAJ. JOHN J-8 STEVENS, JOSEPH C-9 STEVENS, MARY JANE I-28 STEVENS, MATILDA JANE D-26 STEVENS, OLIVER B-40 STEVENS, MRS. SARAH B-15 STEVENS, SUMNER W. B-39 STEVENS, THOMAS C-10 STEVENS, W.M. J-13 STEWART, GEN. DANIEL C-19 STEWART, BRIG. GEN. D. STEWART, MRS. SARAH C-18 STEWART, SARAH C. C-22 STEWART, GEORGIA D. C-22 TALLEY, CLARISSA S. E-23 THOMSON, EDWARD D. G-19 THOMSON, W.G. G-19 THOMSON, MARY E. G-19 VARNEDOE, A.T. H-13 VARNEDOE, MISS ANN C. H-12 VARNEDOE, MRS. ANN T. H-13 VARNEDOE, CHARLES S. E-14 VARNEDOE, H.M. G-3 VARNEDOE, N. H-13 WAITE, REBECCA E. F-5 WALTHOUR, WM. W. E-24 WALTHOUR, GEORGIA E-24 WALTHOUR, G.W.W. E-24 WALTHOUR, C.C.W. E-24 WALTHOUR, GEORGIA E-24 WALTHOUR, WILLIAM WURT E-24 WALTHOUR, GEORGE W. E-24 WALTHOUR, CHARLES C. E-24 WALTHOUR, G.W. E-24 WALTHOUR, MRS. ELIZABETH E-24 WALTHOUR, ANDREW E-24 WALTHOUR, MARY E. E-24 WARD, JOHN E. J-14 WAY, EDMOND B. 0 WAY, EDMOND G. 0 WAY, ELIZABETH W. C-6 WAY, ELIZABETH B. C-17 WAY, ELIZA Q. F-3 WAY, EULALIE 0 WAY, FLORENCE B. 0 WAY, FLORIDA A. F-6 WAY, GEORGIA E. F-10 WAY, INFANT DAU. OF W.J. AND MARY 0 WAY, INFANT SON OF J.B. AND BEULAH 0 WAY, J.B. (M.D.) H-18 WAY, JOHN N. E-2 WAY, MRS. MARGARET A-16 WAY, MARY AUGUSTA I-13 WAY, MRS. MARY C. I-14 WAY, MOSES AUGUSTUS F-9 WAY, MOSES W. G-11 WAY, REV. MOSES W. H-19 WAY, MR. QUARTERMAN B-12 WAY, ROSALE F-7 WAY, DR. SAMUEL F-8 WAY, SARAH ANN 0 WAY, MRS. SARAH W. B-13 WAY, MR. WILLIAM SEN'R. B-29 WAY, WILLIAM ELLIOTT C-8 WAY, WILLIAM JULIAN 0 WAY, WILLIAM NORMAN G-17 WELLS, CHARLTON H. DR. J-11 WELLS, JOHN ROBESON J-11 WELLS, MARY ELIZA J-11 WILCOX, MR. URIAH H-1 WILKINS, JOSEPH C. D-11 WILKINS, MARY E. D-15 WILLIAMS, MRS. CAROLINE J-10 WILSON, AMANDA M. C-23 WILSON, MR. JAMES A-18 WILSON, MARY FRANCIS C-27 WILSON, MARY SUSAN C-24 WILSON, ROBERT T. C-26 WILSON, SARAH A. C-25 WILSON, MR. WILLIAM C-31 WINN, MR. ABIEL A-36 WINN, CAPT. ABIAL I-24 WINN, MRS. ANN A-36 WINN, MRS. ELIZA C-29 WINN, ELIZABETH R. E-11 WINN, FANNIE E-10 WINN, INFANT SON OF JOHN W. AND JULIA M. J-18 WINN, JAMES WILSON C-28 WINN, JOHN, ESQ. C-30 WINN, LAWRENCE A-39 WINN, LOUISA V. I-23 WINN, LOUISA V. I-25 WINN, MARY B-5 WINN, PETER, ESQ. A-37 WINN, REV. PETER C-32 WINN, MRS. SARAH B-10 WINN, SARAH B-8 WINN, MISS SARAH A-35 WINN, SUSAN A. J-16 WINN, THEO N. E-12 WINN, REV. THOMAS S. A-34 WINN, WILLIAM MAXWELL J-17 WOOD, HENRY D-21 LIST OF GRAVES FOUND SINCE 1970 ALLEN,BENJAMIN WASHINGTON A-15B BAKER, RICHARD FULLER H-22A FULLER, BENJAMIN A-15A GIRADEAU, PETER A-28A GIRADEAU, RICHARD A-29A GIRADEAU, ISAC A-29B HINES, CHARLTON C-20 POWELL, JAMES FAMILY E-20 RAHN, THOMAS ALEXANDER I-3A RAHN, CHARLES JONES I-3B RAHN, MARY ELIZA I-3C ROOT, LILA H-5A SHEPARD FAMILY INSIDE THE IRON FENCE D-18 SHEPARD, CHARLTON HINES SHEPARD, SUSAN ANN SHEPARD, ADELAIDE LUCILLA SHEPARD, ELIZA CAROLINE SHEPARD, JOHN WESLEY SHEPARD, THOMAS HENRY WINN, ANNIE BUSBY F-1A THIS IS WRITTEN ON THIS THING INSIDE THE CEMETERY. MAP AND REGISTER OF MIDWAY CEMETERY. THIS MAP AND ACCOMPANYING REGISTER INDICATE THE LOCATION OF THE 357 KNOWN DEAD WHOSE REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THIS CEMETERY. THE EARLIEST RECORDED GRAVE IS DATED 1756. THERE ARE AT LEAST 800 MORE PERSONS BURIED HERE WHOSE GRAVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OVER THE YEARS. HISTORY RECORDS THAT TWO INVADING ARMIES, THE BRITISH DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAY, AND GENERAL SHERMAN'S FORCES DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES USED MIDWAY CEMETERY AS BOTH A HOLDING LOT FOR CONFISCATED LIVESTOCK AND AS A SLAUGHTER PEN. MANY GRAVE MARKERS WERE DESTROYED DURING THESE PERIODS AND THE BURNING OF LEAVES AND DEBRIS AS WELL AS THE PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON OTHERS. THE MIDWAY CHURCH, MIDWAY CEMETERY, AND ACCOMPANYING GROUNDS ARE MAINTAINED BY THE SELECT MEN OF THE MIDWAY SOCIETY. REVENUE IS DERIVES SOLEY FROM CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS MADE TO THE MIDWAY SOCIETY BY MEMBERS AND INTERESTED DONORS. CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO MR. JOHN W. WINN, SEC. 100 COMMERCE ST. HINESVILLE, GA. 31313 Some of the Maxwell graves located within the Midway cemetery are enclosed within the ROSWELL KING plot, surrounded by a granite wall. This plot is next to the back wall, directly behind the tall monument in the center of the graveyard which is dedicated to Gen. Daniel Stewart and James Screven. On the front row of the plot, we have JULIA REBECCA KING, DAUGHTER OF AUDLEY AND MARY MAXWELL AND WIDOW OF ROSWELL KING, BORN 1 JUNE 1808, DIED 25 NOV. 1892. On her right is ROSWELL KING, BORN IN SAVANNAH, GA. 2 APRIL 1796, DIED WOODVILLE, LIBERTY CO., 1 JULY 1854 IN THE 59TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. Next to him is MRS. MARY MAXWELL, consort of AUDLEY MAXWELL, ESQ., whom she survived for a period of 9 years, and on the 17 day of April 1850, after lingering illness, patiently borne, departed this life in the 78th year of her age, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. On her right, we have TO THE MEMORY OF AUDLEY MAXWELL, who was born in this county, August 1766, and died 18 Nov. 1840, aged 74 years. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, etc., etc. (Unable to read the rest of it). Next to Audley, on his right, we have JOHN COUPER, son of Roswell and Julia R. King, born 23 April, died 31 Oct. 1840, aged 6 mo. and 9 days. Right behind the little baby, is COL. JAMES DUNWODY, "The heart that delights to weave a chain around the memory of a devoted husband, affectionate parent, kind master, and generous man, on whom afflictions have pressed heavily and sunk as low as the grave." Died 15 Feb. 1833, aged 41 years. To his left, in the next big box is "Sacred to the memory of Charlton Henry Wells, M.D." born Columbia, S.C., 17 Oct. 1822, died of yellow fever in Savannah, Ga., 12 Sept. 1854. Next to him on his left is "In memorium, MARY ELIZA, WIDOW OF CHARLETON H. WELLS, M.D. AND DAUGHTER OF ROSWELL AND JULIA R. KING". Died 6 Nov. 1871, aged 44 years. On her left is "Sacred to the memory of JOHN ROBESON WELLS, died 6 July 1867, aged 44 years. Behind them are two small headstones; one says JAMES GREEN, SON OF F.R. AND C.S. SHACKELFORD, WHO died on the 29th July 1835 or 38, aged 6 months. On his left is ROSWELL KING, Co. G. 5 Georgia Cavalry, C.S.A. (Confederate States of America) Right in front of them, is a tall monument which says "Sacred to the memory of MR. JAMES SMITH, born at Dorchester, S.C., 30 Oct., 1766, died at Brighton McIntosh___ Ga., 22 May 1854. This is all the stones that are inside of the walls of the ROSWELL KING MONUMENT. The other MAXWELL graves are in front of and just to the left of the big tall monument dedicated to Gen. Daniel Stewart and James Screven. There is a large red brick tomb, just to the right of the Maxwell graves. We start with WILLIAM MAXWELL. "Sacred to the memory of Col. William Maxwell, 1 May 1785. 21 Aug. 1866. Captain of the Liberty Independent Troup and collector of the Port of Sunbury." He has a monument that is 2-3 ft. tall like a normal grave stone. The others are in brick boxes on top of the ground. Next to him is a large box made out of bricks. Says "Memory of Mrs. ELIZABETH J. MAXWELL (The J. stood for Jones) dau. of JOHN AND ELIZABETH JONES AND WIFE OF COL. WM. MAXWELL. Looks like she died 21 July 1856 in her 62nd year. (check in "Children of Pride".) Directly at her head is the REV. CHARLES COLCOCK JONES whose letters formed the book "Children of Pride". At his left is ELIZA BURNLEY, DAU. OF REV. R.O. AND MARY S. MALLARD, born 12 March 1863, died 3 Aug. 1863. (Mary S. Mallard was Mary Sharpe Jones, dau. of Rev. Charles Colcock Jones). Right beside MRS. ELIZABETH J. MAXWELL is the infant dau. of Rev. CHARLES C. AND MARY JONES, born and died 7 Sept. 1840. Right next to her is JOHN JONES, SON OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH JONES, died 25 Nov. 1815, aged 15 years. On his left is MRS. ELIZABETH JONES, the amiable wife of JOHN JONES, ESQ. She died 27 Feb. 1801, aged 26 years, 10 months. She was born in May 1774. On her left is JOHN JONES, ESQ. He was born in Sunbury, GA., 25 Nov. 1772 and died 28 March 1805, aged 32 years, 4 mo. and 3 days, or something like that. On his left is MRS. SUSAN HYRNE JONES, DAU. OF JOHN AND HANNAH SPLATT GIRADEAU AND RELICT OF CAPT. JOHN JONES. Died 1 July 1810, aged 52 years. On her left is JAMES AUDLEY MAXWELL, who died 1 Dec. 1828. (Unable to read clearly on tombstone. Could read name but not clear or date). On his left is GEORGIA MAXWELL, dau. of J.A. AND S.M. MAXWELL, died 21 Sept. 1829, aged 18 months. At the head of JAMES AUDLEY MAXWELL IS CHARLES EDWARD MAXWELL, M.D., son of JAMES AUDLEY AND SUSAN M. MAXWELL, died in Morristown, N.J., 3 April 1852, aged 25 years. Right beside him on the left is a little spot like an infant grave, surrounded by bricks and covered by concrete. It does not have any markings. In the Dorchester Cemetery we have: WINN, ABIAL FLEMING, b. 17 May 1856, d. 31 Oct. 1927 On his right is DELLA WILLIAMS WINN, b. 16 July 1858, d. 28 June 1895. On her right is ELLEN LINDER WINN, b. 9 June 1889, d. 7 June 1893. That stone is right at the head of WILLIAM MAXWELL WINN, who was b. 10 Oct. 1879, d. 13 May 1959. To his left is INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS. W.M. WINN, 26 April 1914, d. 28 April 1914. On the right of WILLIAM MAXWELL WINN, is MILDREW LAW WINN, b. 30 July 1894, died 11 March 1967. In this same area with the WINNS is THOMAS SCOTT WINN, 4 June 1964, d. 19 June 1964. Next to him on his right, is JACK W. WINN, b. 25 Mar. 1895, d. 11 Aug. 1936. On his right is Alice Waite Winn, 29 Nov. 1902, 22 Dec. 1980. On her right is John Ward Winn, 11 June 1854, Oct. 1901. (May be the 8th; unable to read). JULIA MC LEOD WINN b. 24 Sept. 1862, 23 Dec. 1935. AUDLEY MAXWELL F. KING. Son of James Audley Maxwell King and Eliza Katherine Lewis King. His tombstone says Audley Maxwell F. King, be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life. It has the Scottish Coat of Arms on it and it has a hand at the top with two fingers pointing upward and the thumb, and it has like a bust of a man but the front of his armour is like 5 columns with a crown over him and a bunch of leafy looking things going off on both sides. There are two lions on each side like Richard the Lionhearted with a crown on each one of them and then there is a breastplate looking armour thing in the middle with two lions on it with their hands pointed upwards. AUDLEY MAXWELL F. KING WAS BORN 17 June 1870, died 18 March 1935. Immediately in front of James Audley Maxwell King's grave and to the left of Audley Maxwell F. King's grave, is a small stone with a marker on it that says MISS JULIA REBECCA KING, 1 Nov. 1863, 16 April 1952. "Oh God how great Thou Art". In the Dorchester cemetery also there is a monument near the back fence to the Jones'. CHARLES BERRIEN JONES, 10 Nov. 1883, 21 June 1963. "And We know that all things work together for good to them that love God." On his right is LOUISA WINN JONES, 1 Feb. 1887, 12 April 1979. "The Lord is my shephard, I shall not want". There is a WILLIAM A. JONES, JR. 1878-1930. A JANIE E. JONES 1875-1970. She was an Arrington. Right behind them is JOSEPH M. JONES 1855/6 - 1927. (I think it is 1856.) Next to him is CAROLINE B. KING, 23 July 1832, 27 Jan. 1910. There is a JOHN JONES over here close to the back fence by the DEATON monument. This says 2 May 1889, 3 Jan. 1952. There is a grave in this cemetery for LYMAN BUTTOLPH MALLARD, b. 31 March 1856, d. 1 Nov. 1891. There is a little marker for JULIA VIRGINIA WINN STEVENS, DAU. OF WASHINGTON WINN. Married 7 Dec. 1871 to WILLIAM CRAWFORD STEVENS, C.S.A. 21 May 1820 to Dec. 1887. Son of JOHN STEVENS, 1777-1832 AND MARTHA MUNRO 1785-1859. TAPE RECORDING FROM MUSEUM: The docent was talking about Maxwellton Plantation. These are her words as I recorded them. JULIA KING lived out there with her brothers, Audley and the other one. This man came in her one day visiting and he was an ambulance driver and he had picked up the last King brother that was alive out there (MAXWELLTON). He was in his 70's and I said "well, do you mind telling me what he died from?". He said he was bit by a moccasin. They said that there was a little knoll, bridge like thing that when you went up over it, when you were going to visit Julia, that when you got to the very top, then a gun would go off. It would scare you to death, but that let her know that company was coming and when you got there, she would be out in the yard, dressed with her bonnet all ready for tea. We moved into the museum itself to view the contents and she began to show us the piano, etc. I forgot my recorder until she started talking about this box with several wide mouth glasses in it. "They had concerts that was written for the glasses. (She played them by rubbing around the lip of the glass with her finger after she dipped it into vinegar). It was beautiful. Sounded almost like an organ. "If you were playing them with both hands, it would sound like a violin or organ if you were out in the other room. They came from England in 1800 and there are only 3 sets of the original glasses left. I did some research years ago and everyone that played the glasses professionally wound up in the insane assylum. The doctors say the most sensitive parts of the human body are the finger tips and the constant vibration affected the mind and that is why you don't see it played as an instrument. "The music box is early 1800. The table in here is Chinese teakwood. The Rev. and Susan Way were the first Missionaries to go to China from Midway and when they came back they had this table on the boat and it was in 7 pieces when they took it off but it does not have a nail in it. It is all put together with wooden pegs. The little instrument in the corner is what they called a melodian. You had to have pedals to play that but they are missing. It is real old. The portrait up here is John Elliott Ward. He was the first U.S. Ambassador to China. He is buried in the cemetery and Midway produced 82 ministers of the gospel, 7 foreign missionaries, and two governors, two senators and several congressmen. We have some more things in here; the medicine scales and the mortar and pestles. These belonged to a young doctor here that was named Maxwell. This is the banquet table that came from the John Porter Stevens family from the other plantation house I was telling you about. These end tables over here, you could just attach right to the large table. It has what they call a rope leg design and when you got it all put together, you could seat about 15 or 20 people. That is a little tea warmer in the fireplace. They kept the water warm because the kitchens were built in the back and we do have the door unlocked out there. The painting over there was done by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. She was Ellen Axson from Savannah and her grandfather was one of the ministers over here in the church (Midway). She used to come down the old post road out here by carriage to hear him preach and it would usually take her all day to make the trip. The jar over there is a hand blown honey jar. Sugar was scarce and they used honey a lot. There is a walking cane gun. There is where you put the bullet and the trigger was here on the handle but it is missing, and it shot a 45 calibre. These are the Stewarts; Fort Stewart was named here after Daniel Stewart and the big monument over in the cemetery was erected in his honor and this is a picture of his daughter, Martha Bulloch. She married James Bulloch and they called her Mittie Bulloch and she was the grandmother of Theodore Roosevelt and that was how the Roosevelt's tied in with Midway. That is the original marriage contract between Stewart and his third wife, Sally Hines, of whom the town of Hinesville was named for her brother and it says over here that he paid $1.18 for her. This is a tea caddy. They kept the tea locked. It was valuable. If you didn't have money to pay your debts, you could pay with tea if you had it. We then went out into the hall and she was talking about the stairway. "trademarks of the architect, Thomas Little. He would turn the spindle upside down over the 13th step for good luck. That is the last one there at the top. He believed if you touched it you would have good health. The window at the top of the stairs was called a "coffin walk". Most people that died back then died at home and you had to have a place to turn the coffin when you brought the body down. That was called the coffin walk. (This was a window in an area that was not flush with the wall, it was kind of like a boxed area.) This is the parlor. The little settee here came from the Thomas Jefferson home. One of his descendents still lives here and that is how we happen to have it. In fact, they still have the original land grant from the King. They are still on the same land. This is Corvell Dees. He married the sister of Lyman Hall, and two of the signers from Georgia, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett lived right here in Liberty Co. This is the Heppelwhite secretary. It has the little secret compartment right here. They did not have any banks to put money in and they would usually hide their valuables and this one has a little drawer under here that came out. This looks like a piece of wood, but it came out. The old log book here is written by C.C. Jones, the one they wrote the book about "The Children of Pride". They kept records of everything they purchased on the plantations. Coffee and sugar was 5cents a lb. Silk was 5 cents a yard and one oven cost 88 cents and a pair of shoes cost $2.00. Those are hand blown hurricane shades over here. They had some terrible hurricanes in early 1800's and destroyed a lot of the homes that were along the coast. That is the original key to the church. It has been there since 1792 and it has a slave gallery and it is one of the churches Sherman's men camped in for 6 weeks. This little foot warmer here goes back to 1750. They would put hot coals in there and take that right inside the church and put a blanket over it to keep warm. It was the Puritan faith and the sermons were long and the church was cold. You had to buy your pew back then. They cost $5.00 a year and if you were a singer you got a discount. This is Dr. McWhir. Now he was a friend of George Washington and he came here to be the headmaster at the Sunbury Academy. He taught for about 33 years and this is what his classroom looked like and when the boys graduated from the 7th grade, they were ready for Harvard and Yale and Princeton. Now, we let you go up in the bedrooms. They are furnished and the bedrooms are interesting. When you go over into the master bedroom, lift up the knobs on that chest. It makes into a commode." After we finished looking at the museum, we went outside to the kitchen. The stuff growing on the roof of the kitchen is called resurrection fern. It is an airborn plant. It works as an insulation. Mr. Purser guided us. "The tree at the end of the porch is a fig tree." There is a huge salt cooker out here at the museum and it supposedly has come from the MAXWELLTON PLANTATION, where they cooked the sea water to get the salt out of it. It is about 7 or 8 ft. wide and about 3 ft. deep. Made out of cast iron. There is a bell out here by the museum that came from the MAXWELLTON PLANATION also. That big oak tree in the cemetery is 24 ft. 6" around, waist high. The branches cover 1/4 acre. Mr. Purser inside the church: "They preached a long time. They came early in the morning and they came from long distances to go to church because it was the only church around here. So they would come in and bring their foot warmers. They would put them in the bottom. You will notice the pews are completely boxed in. (There is a swinging door to enter and the area under each seat is enclosed.) They would put a blanket over that and keep these doors closed would help keep the heat inside the pew. You rented the pew for $5 per year. The church has no sub floor in it. They moved the building over in 1940 and they don't think the guy sprayed for wood bores and termites. It ate all the foundation out. In 1992, exactly 200 years after the church was built, they had to spend $285,000 restoring it. Upstairs is the slave gallery. The slaves came in a separate door. They went directly upstairs and there are many more seats up there than there are downstairs. They did not charge them for their seats. One thing the masters almost required slaves to do was to go to church on Sunday. Not every Sunday, but almost every Sunday. People are mistaken about how the slaves were treated. If they were treated so badly, they would not have taken the masters name and they would have left the plantation when they were freed. This organ is not the original organ. Inside the Midway church, there are three rows of white pews. They are all boxed in. Have a little door on the end. The floor is about a 12 inch wide pine flooring. The blacks came in a separate door from the whites and went directly upstairs to the balcony. Upstairs in the balcony area are just several rows of bleachers. They are on both sides of the opening and up behind it to the bell tower. LOCATION OF MAXWELL CEMETERY - ELBERT CO., GA. From the intersection of SH 17 & 77 in Elberton, go North on 77 approximately 6.5 miles to small community (Concord Church on right). Turn left on secondary improved road. Go approximately 3.5 miles to cemetery site on left side of road. Cemetery in pasture enclosed by wire fence 3" high. Death notice in Ga. Gazette - 16 Nov. 1768 - James Maxwell, Sr., Esq. at Midway. Book: GA. DAR Family Bible Records Series II 1284-1612, Vol. 5. shows James A. Maxwell 1818-1890- Oakhill Cemetery - Griffin, Ga.