Monroe County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Browning Cemetery
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Mack Browning dachsmack@gmail.com July 23, 2014


Dames Ferry, Monroe Co.
This small cemetery is on the site of the former Browning homestead, now 
private land owned by Richard Jenkins of Forsyth. Ga. It is located off 
State Route 18, on a four-wheel drive logging road, about one mile to 
the southwest of the Holly Grove cemetery.

Browning cemetery:

Inscriptions:
Eli B. Browning
Nov. 2, 1772 -- Nov. 7, 1857

Amiable and beloved Father. Thy years were few but thy virtues were many. 
They are recorded not in this perishing stone but in the Bok (sic) of Life 
and in the hearrts (sic) of thy afflicted Friends.

There appear to be at least two other unmarked graves on each side of 
Eli's grave.


Here's a story about the Browning cemetery:

No one in my immediate family knew of its existence until around the 
mid-1980s. My oldest brother had an idea to post a notice in the Monroe 
County Reporter newspaper about Eli B. Browning, hoping someone with 
some shred of information would see it and call us.

We knew Eli had won land in the state land lottery of 1821 and that he 
had moved to Monroe County, according to census records. But that is 
all. We weren't sure if he had actually died there or where his grave 
was. Imagine our happiness when we got a call from Mr. Curtis Jenkins 
of Forsyth telling us of a grave on what his family had always called "Browning Hill."

My brother and father met Mr. Jenkins by the road (State Route 
18),where the logging road began, and he escorted them to the grave 
site. I've been there 3-4 times since -- I call ahead and either 
Curtis' brother Richard, who actually owns the land, or his son meets 
me in a truck to drive me to the site. He warns not to attempt in 
hunting season because there are hunters on the land who might make a mistake!

On one trip with Mr. Jenkins, we got to the site and I looked around 
with concern at all the cut trees around the knoll where the grave is located.
It was obvious that there was a lot of logging go on. I was worried a 
tree might fall on the tombstone! Mr. Jenkins assured me the area had 
been marked where loggers were not to cross. Indeed, I could see the 
blazes on the trees.

I took a lot of photos on my last trip and made a memorial on 
Findagrave.com. You can see the site here:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Browning&GSiman=1&GScid=2389135&GRid=65748868&

Mack Browning