Mitchell County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed and updated for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James L. Piland Jr. Sept 2003 Copyright © 2003 by James L. Piland Jr.. EVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Mitchell County, Ga. From Camilla, Ga.: Starting at the Court House, go west .1 of a mile, turn left on Scott St (Ga. 112 toward Cairo), travel for .6 of mile and turn right on Ga. 97. Go for approximately 4.4 miles and turn left on Flatts Rd. (this is across the highway from Pipeline Rd). In about 1 mile you will come to a stop sign – go left. After about .1 of a mile you will see a small drive on the right that goes into the woods, this leads to the cemetery. You would have passed the church which is on the left, to get to the cemetery. This survey was done by James L. Piland, Jr. on January 9, 2003. Any personnel remarks are enclosed in ( ). NAME DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH REMARKS Johnson, Bobbie Jean 18-Dec-39 29-Jul-40 Shiver, Turner A. 23 Aug 1869 27-May-60 Shiver, Lizzie Poitevint 4 Feb 1874 27-Sep-31 Shiver, George, Jr. 30-Sep-30 5 Dec 193(?) (number was chipped off) Ostean, Oscar Augusta 25 Nov 1884 18-Oct-55 Ostean, Dollie Shiver 8 Apr 1882 29-Apr-56 Ostean, David Oscar Curtis 28-Sep-26 1-Jul-29 Ostean, James Lenwood 31-Dec-29 17-Jul-30 Ostean, William M. 12-May-08 18-Mar-56 "Bill" Ostean, Bernard Ellis 22-May-38 2-Aug-58 Fla., PFC, 565 Ordnance Co. Unmarked infant Ramsey, D. C. 19 Apr 1878 27-Dec-33 Shiver, Frances 20 Oct 1847 9-Jun-27 Wife of J. A. Shiver Shiver, J. A. 28 Jan 1840 28-Oct-12 Shiver, J. R. C. 26 Apr 1883 20-Feb-03 Son of J.A. & M.F. Shiver Shiver, W. M. 6 Oct 1872 12 Feb 1894 Son of J.A. & M.F. Shiver Shiver, H. S. 13 July 1874 26 June 1893 Shiver, James W. 25 Feb 1872 18 Sep 1876 Age: 4 yrs, 6 mos., 23 days. Son of R. & L. Shiver Unmarked infant Hughes, Peter 5 Sep 1844 20-Apr-12 (no readable name) 16 Sep 1866 22-Dec-35 Hughes, Bennie C. 13-Feb-00 17-Oct-36 Shiver, Robert E. No date No date Infant Unmarked adult Collins, William Eddie 1-Aug-03 18-Feb-07 Son of A.J. & A.R. Collins Ramsey, Zoe Estella 23 Apr 1870 8 Nov 1875 Dau of D. & E. Ramsey Age: 5 yrs 6 mos 15 days Ramsey, Hubert Edward 15 May 1874 19 Aug 1876 Son of D. & E. Ramsey Age: 2 yrs 3 mos 4 days Ramsey, Alice H. 19 Aug 1876 3 Nov 1882 Dau of D. & E. Ramsey Harrell, Viana Lee No date 1 Oct 1886 Age: 3 weeks, 3 days Dau of Mr&Mrs. Elias Harrell Unmarked child Smith, Vianna Georgia 4 June 1873 Nov 1874 Age: 1 yr, 5 mos, 4 days Dau of L.H. & N.F. Smith Smith, Leroy H. 2 Aug 1839 20 Apr 1888 Flake, R. N. 13 May 1811 31 Aug 1873 Wife of Jno. W. Flake Age: 62 yrs, 3 mos, 18 days Sullivan, Elizabeth B. 22 Feb 1858 11 Jan 1872 Dau of William & R. J. Sullivan Dixon, Infant 1-Apr-40 1-Apr-40 Inf. of Mr&Mrs J. J. Dixon Douglas, Lafayette G., (Jr.) 13 Sep 1854 6-Nov-16 Douglas, Gussie Lodge 18 Apr 1869 20-Aug-42 Douglas, Gilbert Lodge 31-Dec-02 29-Dec-59 Douglas, Elizabeth Flake 24 May 1833 17-Jun-04 (wife of Capt. Lafayette Douglas, Sr. this info taken from History of Mitchell Co) Douglas, Lafayette Gilbert, S22 Feb 1827 25 Jan 1897 Cheatham, Infant 11 Apr 1893 11 Apr 1893 Inf. of W. & C. Cheatham Alligood, Erie Lee 28 Jan 1878 15-Oct-06 Douglas, Mattie R. 8 Aug 1862 6-Apr-36 Douglas, William Flake 6 Nov 1888 17-Sep-55 The following shows a list of people buried at Evergreen taken from the History of Mitchell County but no graves could be found for them. A lot of graves are in the woods, and cannot be located due to deterioration and cave-ins, and just not having any type of a marker to identify it as a grave. Twitty, Middie Mobley(FOUND) 1817 1873 Wife of Hiram Twitty Haile, J. D., Mrs. (FOUND) 1824 1875 Cochran, Emma Haile(FOUND) 1856 1878 Joiner, Asa 1806 1896 Cochran, John N., Sr. (FOUND)1847 1878 Griner, Mary 1848 1886 Wife of Richard Griner Griner, Richard 1841 No date Joiner, Hilliard 1850 1900 Rackley, Mary Euly 1876 1893 Wife of Calvin Rackley On September 22, 2003, I went back to Evergreen Cemetery to try to find additional graves. With a pair of limb cutters and other tools, I was able to get back into the woods and discovered some additional graves. The following is a list of those graves that were found. There are still others there, but they just cannot be located. Twitty, Middie Mobley 1798 – N.C. Dec 1873 – Ga.Age 75 years. Wife of Hiram Twitty MOORE, George Walter 8 June 1885 8-Apr-38 MOORE, Edward C. July 1851 No date MOORE, Harriet Grogan Feb. 1851 No date MOORE, Evie Oct 1881 No date Bixby, Pawley Douglas Cochran19 Sep 1882 29-Jul-76 “Most wonderful mother in the world” Unmarked (a concrete builders block marks this grave) Unmarked Same as above Unmarked Same as above Unmarked Same as above MacInnis, Buddie Cochran 23-Aug-09 19-Jul-76 “Most wonderful mother in the world” Cochron, John N. 29 Apr 1847 28 Sep 1878 Age: 31 years, 4 mos., 29 days. Son of J. & M. Cochron Cochron, Emma H. 11 Feb 1856 21 Aug 1876 Age: 22 years, 6 mos., 10 days. Wife of R. M. Cochron Hail, Lou J. 13 Apr 1824 – S16 Jan 1875 – Age: 52 years. Wife of Maj. J. D. Hail