McDuffie County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Rees Family Burial Grounds ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michele Lewis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006732 May 2003 This cemetery is located near the intersection of Knox Rivers Road and Wrightsboro Road. The cemetery is back off in the woods to the west of this intersection. There is a small dirt trail that goes back to the cemetery. The trail is drivable if it is dry. Hugh Rees 20 Dec 1742 - 12 Dec 1825 Note: Hugh Rees was a Revolutionary War Patriot and has a SAR recognition marker at the site of his grave. His original stone marker is intact and readable. Elizabeth Relect of Hugh Rees 22 Feb 1772 - 07 Jan 1848 William H. Eldest son of Vincent and Susan Rees 25 Nov 1828 - 26 Dec 1828 There is one broken stone marker that is unreadable. There is one rough cut stone marker with no inscription. There is one mound of fieldstones marking a grave. There are approx 25 fieldstone markers. This is a large family cemetery. This cemetery was surveyed by Michele Lewis, http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006732 , on 16 May 2003.