CLAPP VILLAGE CEMETERY, Muscogee County, Georgia Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: John Mallory Land retrofit@flash.net Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Clapp's Factory Cemetery Burials (Abstracted from Newspaper Obituaries, Newspaper Articles, Funeral Records, &c.) compiled by John Mallory Land ***A Work in Progress*** revised 19 NOV 2004 [Compiler's note: if any record of burials at the Clapp's Factory Cemetery was maintained during its use or a survey of its graves conducted prior to its deterioration, none has been located. Although only one grave is still clearly marked, archival research suggests that 400-500 persons are buried at Clapp's Factory, a figure that has been supported by a preliminary archaeological survey. This list draws on a variety of sources; a number of the burials are conjecture, based on information currently available. Please contact me at retrofit@flash.net with corrections and additional data or if you are kin to any of these folk. Thanks. -- jml] ABNEY, Elvina - (10 OCT 1839 - 13 JUL 1858), daughter of Absolom P. & Rosannah (HALL) ABNEY. Elvina is said to be a twin sister to Elvira L. ABNEY who m. 19 JUL 1858 in Muscogee Co, GA to Robert Jasper STATHAM; the ABNEY and STATHAM families were among the Clapp's Factory community on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses. Burial at Clapp's Factory speculative, but likely. [LAND] ABNEY, Nancy Jane - (22 NOV 1852 prob. in AL - 11 APR 1863), daughter of Absolom P. & Rosannah (HALL) ABNEY. The family were living in the Clapp's Factory community in Muscogee Co, GA in 1860 and in Brownville, Lee Co, AL in 1870. Burial at Clapp's Factory speculative, but highly likely. [LAND] ABNEY, Rosannah (HALL) - (09 MAY 1817 SC - 18 MAR 1900 Phenix City, Russell Co, AL), said to be daughter of Lemuel & Martha (HARKNESS) HALL, Rosannah m. 04 JAN 1835 in Newton Co, GA to Absolom P. ABNEY, who d. 07 SEP 1855, probably in Chambers Co, AL, and the family had moved to Muscogee Co, GA, by 1858. The cemetery is known to have been in use as late as 1904, and while Rosannah's burial there is speculative, it is somewhat likely. [LAND] BELCHER, Mrs. Elizabeth (NEWSOME) - (d. age 71, so born between 01 APR 1827 and 31 MAR 1828 in GA, d. 31 MAR 1899 Clapp's Factory?, Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM, widow of James BELCHER (Sr.), who was killed in August 1862 in the battle of Second Manassas in VA. She applied for and received a widow's pension for his service. She died at her residence about two miles north of Columbus (probably at the Clapp's Factory settlement) at about 6:00 Friday morning, 31 MAR 1899, following a protracted illness. She left behind no children, but quite a number of other relatives. Interment occurred at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, 01 APR 1899 at the Clapp's Factory burying ground. The Columbus Enquirer- Sun, 01 APR 1899, p. 3. BELCHER, James (Jr.) - (b. ca. 1862 [prob. Muscogee Co.] GA, d. before 31 APR 1899), son of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOME) BELCHER. James, age 16, is listed in the household of the widowed Elizabeth BELCHER as her son on the 1880 census of Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA; he and his mother were working at a cotton factory at that time. Note that while his age in 1880 is 16, his father died in AUG 1862, so this age is apparently in error by a year or two, or he could be James BELCHER (Sr.)'s son by his first wife, Sarah Ann (NEWSOM) BELCHER, sister of Elizabeth. Since her obituary states she left behind no children, he evidently either died before she or is Sarah Ann's son, and he is possibly buried at Clapp's Factory [LAND]. BELCHER, Sarah Ann (NEWSOME) - (ca. 1831 Marion Co, GA - 1860-62? perhaps in Muscogee Co, GA or Russell Co, AL), daughter of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM. Sarah Ann m. 06 MAY 1860 in Russell Co, AL, to James BELCHER. As James d. AUG 1862, leaving Sarah Ann's sister Elizabeth as his widow, Sarah Ann evidently died and James married Elizabeth in the interim. Sarah Ann was in household of her widowed mother Elizabeth NEWSOME in the Clapp's Factory community of Muscogee Co, GA, in 1850, but not 1860; by process of elimination, she was not living in 1890 (see entry for Francis Penelope NEWSOME). Her burial at the Clapp's Factory Cemetery is speculative [LAND]. BIRD, James William - (d. 19 NOV 1870 at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA), son of Isaiah Christopher & Margarett Mahala (LOCKLEAR) BIRD (Sr.), husband of Lucinda CULBERT, whom he m. 26 JUN 1864 in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA. She died 21 SEP 1885 and is buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Columbus. James William, a Cherokee and Civil War veteran, was killed 19 NOV 1870 at the Clapp's Factory village and is believed to be buried in the cemetery there. He was working at the Eagle & Phenix Mills in Columbus in 1870; his brothers Isaiah Christopher (Jr.) and Jackson, were also employed at one of the mills in the Columbus area at that time. In 1875, Isaiah (Jr.) and his mother were in Rome, Floyd Co, GA; he died 15 MAY 1915 in Phenix City, AL, and was buried in Rome by Torbert Funeral Home. [Account of James William BIRD's death per the Columbus Daily Sun, NOV 1870; additional data courtesy of Rose BIRD.] BROWN, Mrs. Nancy - (d. age 98, so born between 08 OCT 1757 and 07 OCT 1758, d. 07 OCT 1856), "one of few remaining who survived the [American] Revolution," per death notice dated 11 NOV 1856 (from Burials and Deaths Reported in the Columbus (Georgia) Enquirer, 1832-1872, by Buster W. WRIGHT, 1984). Mr. Carl ETHRIDGE, who wife is a descendant, confirms that Nancy died at Columbus Factory, a.k.a. Clapp's Factory, but notes that she could have been taken back to Talbot Co, GA - where her husband Elisha BROWN predeceased her - for burial. It is not presently known if she was any relation to the infant of Thomas BROWN (03 JUL 1899-04 JUL 1899) buried at Clapp's Factory. BROWN, Thomas, infant of - (d. aged 1 day, 03 JUL 1899-04 JUL 1899), probably at the family residence at a boarding house on 13th Street, Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA; burial date not given. Coffin two feet, made by Simmons - no handles and no name plate, $4.50. Arrangements by Torbert Funeral Home [per entry #65 (p. 70) of Funeral Record and Price List, 22 AUG 1899-20 MAR 1900]. CAIN, Miss Katherine J. "Kate/Katie"- (d. about age 51, so born 1846 or 1847, d. 09 JUL 1898 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of Charles H. & Emily Frances (UNKNOWN) CAIN. Evidently never married. Moved in 1870 from Dale Co, AL, to Columbus, where she resided until her death. She had been a member of Broad Street Methodist Church and died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Julius Henry NEWSOME, at 2200- Tenth Ave. Service was conducted by Rev. J. W. SIMMONS, pastor of Broad Street, with interment at Clapp's Factory burying ground. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Sunday, 10 JUL 1898, p. 3. CAIN, J. F. - only marker now in cemetery, no dates. Same as grave of a child, J. F. CAIN, per pp. 1 and 8, The Columbus Enquirer, 04 FEB 1955, as cited by Gwen (GRANT) BRYAN. List reported by June & Lewis HANNA shows "J. P. [sic] CAIN" (no dates) on "flat concrete slab alongside dirt road after you enter the cemetery" (which is now more of a path along the north side of the cemetery); Buster WRIGHT's list reports this burial as J. R. [sic] CAIN. CAST, Almerta - (d. aged 5 days, so born 12 JUN 1899, prob. in Brownville, Lee Co, AL, d. 17 JUN 1899 Brownville, Lee Co, AL), daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. L. CAST, died at residence at 12:50 o'clock. "The remains will be taken to Clapp's factory this morning for interment in the family burying grounds." The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Tuesday, 18 JUN 1889, p. 3. CLEGG, Mrs. Mary C. - (d. aged 46 years, so born 1843 or 1844, d. 07 FEB 1890 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), died at her residence on First Avenue at 1:35 p.m., after a protracted illness. She was a member of Broad Street Methodist Church and was survived by two children. "The remains will be interred at Clapp's factory to-day." Her husband's name, parentage, and other family connections have not yet been learned. From The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Saturday, 08 FEB 1890, p. 8. COLE, John W(illiam?) - (1787 SC - 09 MAY (between 1874 and '79), prob. in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA; believed to have served from SC in the War of 1812; resided in Lancaster Co, SC by 1820; moved to Monroe Co, GA ca. 1833, later to Russell Co, AL. Bible records show he d. 09 MAY, but year/age are not clear; his pension application for War of 1812 service indicates he d. after MAR 1874; his wife d. SEP 1879 (or 1878?) as a widow (all per Cynthia NASON). COLE, Margaret (HOOD) - (d. age 91, so b. between 25 SEP 1786 and 24 SEP 1787 SC, d. 24 SEP 1878 in Muscogee Co, GA or Russell Co, AL. She appears on the 1880 mortality schedule for both counties- Muscogee Co. is more likely the correct place of death; this record shows Margaret d. age 89 in 1879.) Death data above per Bible record, although 1879 may be correct year instead), daughter of Archibald and Catherine (UNKNOWN) HOOD, wife of John W. COLE (all per Cynthia NASON). COLE, Mary Virginia (JACKSON) - ( ca. 1849 Marion Co, GA - ca. 1888 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), Purportedly died during an influenza epidemic, dau. of Seaborn & Nancy "Mammy" (VICKERY?) JACKSON. Mary m. 16 NOV 1871 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Wiley V. COLE, a grandson of John W. & Margaret (HOOD) COLE above; Wiley is buried in an unmarked grave at Girard Cemetery (all per Cynthia NASON). DECKER, John Field - (1824 Elbert Co, GA - 1850s Muscogee Co, GA), son of Young Allgood & Nancy CHAPMAN) DECKER. John m. 13 JUL 1847 (prob. at Clapp's Factory in Muscogee Co, GA), to Lourany C. Louisa CHAPMAN (1823 Jasper Co, GA - aft. 1870); her possible kinship to John's mother is not clear. John and Louisa were residing at Clapp's Factory in 1850, and the widow and children were there in 1860 and 1870. John's burial at Clapp's Factory is rather speculative; note that some family members were buried at Linwood Cemetery in Columbus in later years. DECKER, Young Allgood - (b. ca. 1796 Elbert Co, GA - btw. 1845 and 1850 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA), son of Allen Robert & Susannah (ALLGOOD?) DECKER. Young m. 08 SEP 1822 in Elbert Co, GA, to Nancy CHAPMAN (ca. 1803 Newberry Co, SC - 25 APR 1872), daughter of David & Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) CHAPMAN. Young heads a household on the 1840 census of Elbert Co, where he was farming. In 1845, he and an evident son, Benjamin DECKER, each paid a poll tax in Cannon's Dist. in Muscogee Co. Young was dead by the 1850 census, when his widow and children are residing at Clapp's Factory and working at the mill there. It is not clear if the family were at Clapp's Factory in 1845, or were farming on rented property at that time and moved to Clapp's Factory after Young's death. His burial there is highly speculative. DIFFLEY, James Simon [or Marion?] - (JUL 1856 Harris Co? GA - 1888 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), son of Peter Frank & Louisa Jane (WADE) DIFFLEY. James m1. 1873 in Harris Co, GA, to Mary Jane Elizabeth BORDERS (ca. 1842 GA - ca. 1883 Harris Co, GA?), prob. daughter of Lewis & Catherine (McGINTY) BORDERS, m2. aft. 1883 to Tommie UNKNOWN. James and M. Jane appear with three children on p. 430A in Goodmans Dist, Harris Co, GA, in 1880. His burial at Clapp's Factory is highly speculative - his widowed mother and some siblings were there in 1880, and his father may have been buried there in the 1870s (much information from descendant Paul DIFFLEY). DIFFLEY, Mary Jane Elizabeth (BORDERS) - (ca. 1842 GA - ca. 1883 Harris Co, GA?), evidently daughter of Lewis & Catherine (McGINTY) BORDERS. Jane m. 1873 in Harris Co, GA, to James (Simon or Marion?) DIFFLEY. Her son John Thomas (b. 04 AUG 1877) states in a letter that she died when he was six years old. Her burial at Clapp's Factory is highly speculative - her husband's family were there in 1880 (much information from descendant Paul DIFFLEY). DIFFLEY, Peter Frank - (ca. 1818 Ireland - between 1872 and 1880 perhaps at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA). Peter m. 05 FEB 1846 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Louisa Jane WADE (JUL 1828 Hastings, Henry (now Clayton) Co, GA - 14 AUG 1903 Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL, buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery). He may be the Peter DIFFLEY, age 24, who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on 08 AUG 1842 in St. Louis, MO. Peter was Catholic, but as there was no nearby Catholic congregation where he settled, he is said to have enrolled his children in a Methodist church and had them baptized there, and he learned to read and write in a Methodist Sunday School. It is said that five of the children used the spelling DIFLEY and practiced Catholicism, but three used the spelling DIFFLEY and were Protestant. The family have not been located in 1870; the youngest child was b. in 1872 in GA. The widow and several of her children were residing at Clapp's Factory in 1880. Most of this family later moved to Montgomery, AL. Peter's burial at Clapp's Factory is highly speculative; note that a son and other family members were buried at Linwood Cemetery in later years (much information from descendant Paul DIFFLEY). EADY, Salina / Caroline L. (JONES) - (MAR 1838 GA - JUL? 1875 Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA) Parentage not known; wife of Henry P. EADY. Her name is Salina L. JONES in marriage record, Selina on 1870 census, but Caroline L. EADY in death notice. She had lived at Clapp's Factory for twenty-five years prior to her death and, in addition to her husband, was survived by two children and her elderly mother (not named in death notice). Burial at Clapp's Factory seems likely. Death notice appears in issue of the Southern Christian Advocate dated 04 AUG 1875, p. 214; date of death not specified. FOSTER, Charlie C. - (d. aged 4 years and 6 months, so born between 16 DEC 1894 and 15 JAN 1895, d. 15 JUL 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). "Charlie FOSTER, the little four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. FOSTER, died at their home, No. 107 Twenty-first street, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, after an illness of dysentery. The funeral will take place from the house at 8 o'clock this morning, and the interment will be at Clapp's Factory burying ground" (death notice in the Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Saturday morning, 16 JUL 1899, p. 8. Funeral service ordered by S. J. FOSTER; coffin three feet nine inches, made by Knox, $8.75; Robe, $2.50; wagon, $2.50; total $13.75 paid; arrangements by Torbert Funeral Home [per entry #71 (p. 76) of Funeral Record and Price List, 22 AUG 1899-20 MAR 1900]. FAULK, Mattie Belle - (25 OCT 1894 - 19? APR 1903 Muscogee Co, GA; dates not clear), daughter of Marion Pulaski FAULK; drowned in the Chattahoochee River near Clapp's Factory and was buried in the cemetery there, per Bible records cited by her niece, Ann (DEMPSEY) WALK of Columbus, GA. Mattie had a (twin?) sister named Mildred Jane "Millie" FAULK. HARRISON, Sims - (__ MAY 1891-13 MAY 1891 Girard, Russell Co, AL), infant son of Mr. & Mrs. F. M. HARRISON, died Wednesday evening, 13 MAY 1891 after a short illness of congestion of the lungs; buried at nine o'clock Thursday morning, 14 MAY 1891 at Clapp's Factory, the Rev. C. W. SNOW officiating. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 15 MAY 1891, p. 4. Per Sholes' Columbus, GA, city directory, p. 157, Francis M. HARRISON, a carpenter, was residing on Jackson Street in Girard, AL. He is perhaps the Francis M. HARRISON, single male aged 22, who headed a household as a farmer on p. 557C in the Lower 19th Dist. in Harris Co, GA; with him are Antony WELDON, a Black male age 26, and John JOHNSON, a Mulatto male aged 18, both listed as servants. Following are the households of George W. (54) and Mary C. [LAND] (50) HARRISON and Joseph C. HARRISON (63). George and Joseph b. GA, both parents of each b. VA; Joseph is listed as single, rather than a widower, so perhaps George is Francis M.'s father. He m. 01 JAN 1849 in Harris Co, GA, to Mary LAND; he m2. after 1880 to Charolotte LAND, daughter of Aaron & Annie (HERRING) LAND. HEATH, Benjamin F. - (age at time of death not known; d. 1856); his grave marker was the eldest of about twenty concrete or marble markers remaining in the cemetery, out of approximately 200 marked graves and about that many more unmarked, though burials purportedly began as early as 1835, The Columbus Ledger Sunday Magazine, 29 JUL 1928, p. 16. HELMS, Louisa J. - (d. at age 64, so born 1816, died [after 01 JUN] 1880 prob. at Clapp's Factory in Muscogee Co, GA, article - The Columbus Ledger Sunday Magazine, 29 JUL 1928, p. 16. Appears on 1880 census of the Clapp's Factory community in Nances Dist., Muscogee Co, GA, p. 510A, as follows: George W. HELMS (66 NC works in cotton mill), Louisa (64 GA), with single children Sarah (39 GA), Ellen (31GA), George (29 GA), and Nancy (21 GA). Others in hh include GARDNER (from Rhoda Island), HIGHTOWER, and JENKINS (a Black domestic). All but Louise, Sarah, and JENKINS work in the cotton mill. HENDERSON, [Sarah (THOMPSON)] - (b. SC - d. MAY 1862 prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA, of disease). The mother of Mr. John Elbert Washington HENDERSON, a Primitive Baptist Elder, per editorial correspondence written 20 APR 1877 by HENDERSON at Naylor, Lowndes Co, GA, and published 01 MAY 1877 in the "Primitive Pathway." HENDERSON had been to visit the graves of his parents at Clapp's Factory the previous month, and recalled residing in the community with his parents and five sisters during his youth. [Based on passages kindly provided by Joyce FOLMAR Data in italics not proved.] HENDERSON, [John Dillard] - (b. [21 FEB 1800] SC, d. APR 1868 prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA, of disease), [son of son of Eli "Ely" and Ardilla (DILLARD) HENDERSON]. The father of Mr. John Elbert Washington HENDERSON, a Primitive Baptist Elder, per editorial correspondence written 20 APR 1877 by HENDERSON at Naylor, Lowndes Co, GA, and published 01 MAY 1877 in the "Primitive Pathway." HENDERSON had been to visit the graves of his parents at Clapp's Factory the previous month, and recalled residing in the community with his parents and five sisters during his youth. [Based on passages kindly provided by Joyce FOLMAR Data in italics not proved.] HILL, Burree - (d. aged 1 year, 3 months, so born between 08 FEB 1898 and 07 MAR 1898, d. 06 JUN 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of Charles and Ethel? (UNKNOWN) HILL. "-Little Burree, the 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles HILL, died at their residence opposite the oil mill, in the eastern part of the city, at 9:10 o'clock yesterday morning. In the death of their little one Mr. and Mrs. HILL have the sympathy of many friends. The funeral will take place from the house at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. A. M. WYNN will officiate. The interment will be a Clapp's factory burying ground." Death notice in the Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Wednesday morning, 07 JUN 1899, p. 8. According to a funeral home record, Burree's service was ordered by Ethel HILL (apparently her mother), whose residence was given as "Ap. oil mill." Burial took place at Clapps [Factory Cemetery]; burial date not given. Coffin two feet, six inches, made by Knox, $10.00; Robe, $2.00; two carriages, $8.00; total $20.00 paid; arrangements by Torbert Funeral Home [per entry #45 (p. 50) of Funeral Record and Price List, 22 AUG 1899-20 MAR 1900]. Burree's father may be the same Charles Hill who worked for the Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Company and resided in Third Avenue at the corner of 19th Street in Columbus (per the 1888 city directory, p. 186). HILL, Charlotte (JONES) - (01 MAR 1844 Campbell (now Fulton) Co, GA - 08 MAY 1901 in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA, apparently daughter of James & Charlotte (SILVEY) JONES of Campbell Co, GA. Charlotte is the wife of Daniel Washington "Wash" HILL (son of Jesse & Dicey (COGGINS) HILL below), and according to her obituary, she was buried in Double Churches Cemetery in (now Columbus) Musocgee Co, GA, but family oral tradition states this is in error and that she is actually at Clapp's Cemetery (all per Cynthia NASON). HILL, Dicey (COGGINS) - (ca. 1812 SC - 1870s prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA), prob. dau. of Asahel & Nancy (TOLLE(R)SON/ TOLLISON) COGGINS. Dicey m. JUL 1840 Chambers Co, AL to Jesse HILL; by 1870, they had moved to Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA (all per Cynthia NASON). HILL, Jesse - (ca. 1813 SC - 1870s prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA). Jesse m. JUL 1840 in Chambers Co, AL to Dicey COGGINS, and by 1870 the family were residing at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA (all per Cynthia NASON). HILL, Sarah (WATSON) - (b. ca. 1834 GA, d. bef. 1876 in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). Sarah m. 01 JAN 1867 in Muscogee Co, GA to William Henry "Uncle Bill" HILL, son of Jesse & Dicey (COGGINS) HILL. Uncle Bill tended the family burial plot at Clapp's Factory, d. 1931, and is buried at Riverdale Cemetery in Columbus (all per Cynthia NASON). HILL, Sophronia - (b. ca. 1848 Chambers Co, GA, d. 1870s prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA). The daughter of Jesse & Dicey (COGGINS) HILL, Sophronia evidently died unmarried. Her burial at Clapp's Cemetery, though speculative, seems likely (all per Cynthia NASON). HINES, May Belle - (d. aged 11 months, so b. JUN 1888, d. 31 MAY 1889 Brownville, Lee Co, AL. The daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. M. HINES, May Belle "died at their residence in Browneville at 10 o'clock last Friday night, after an illness of five weeks with dysentery. The remains will be carried to Clapp's factory this morning at 10 o'clock for interment in the family burial grounds." P. 3, Columbus [Ga.] Daily Enquirer- Sun, Sunday, 02 JUN 1899. JACKSON, Nancy "Mammy" (VICKERY?) - (ca. 1816 GA - aft. 1880). Mammy m. ca. 1835 Seaborn JACKSON (b ca. 1817 GA - 21 JUL 1863 in Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Par, LA), d. following his parole from Union war prison, and probably buried in that vicinity. The family were in Sumter Co, GA 1840; Marion Co, GA 1850; Tallapoosa Co, AL 1860; widow and most of her children appear 1870 at Clapp's Factory, Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA; she appears 1880 in Brownville, Lee Co, AL, with two of her daughters, one of whom is working in a cotton mill (all per Cynthia NASON). JEFFRIES, Callie Emory - (d. aged two years and five months, so b. between 09 MAR and 08 APR 1899, d. 08 SEP 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of William Robert & Ella (McCRACKEN) JEFFRIES. She "died at their residence on Northwest street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a protracted illness. The funeral will take place at Clapp's Factory at 10:30 o'clock this morning. The interment will be at the same place." P. 4, Columbus [GA] Enquirer- Sun, Saturday, 09 SEP 1899. JEFFRIES, William Robert - (1848 Jasper Co, GA - 03 DEC 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), d. of typhoid fever, son of Bolin S. & (Nancy?) Rebecca (TUGGLE) JEFFRIES, m1. 20 AUG 1867 Muscogee Co, GA, to Margaret KENNINGTON (b. ca. 1850 AL, d. btw. 1874 and 1877 Lee or Russell Co, AL?), m2. 02 NOV 1877 in Russell Co, AL, to Ella McCRACKEN. Burial places of his wives not presently known. Columbus [GA] Enquirer- Sun, Tuesday, 05 DEC 1899 [courtesy of his gg-granddaughter, Anne BROWN]. LEWIS, John P. - (12 DEC 1812 GA? -10 FEB 1885 Harris Co, GA?), A piece of concrete bearing the letters "J O" and another reading "FEB 1885" were found in a small cut or gully on the north side of the dirt road leading into the cemetery (reported by June & Lewis HANNA on 28 JUN 1984). Onsite investigation on 09 FEB 2003 confirmed the presence of these two pieces, in addition to another, which reads "H N P. L E W I S," further down the slope, and a fourth piece, which lies in a shallow sink in the cemetery proper. These clearly constitute most of the grave marker of John P. LEWIS reported in The Columbus Enquirer, 04 FEB 1955, pp. 1 & 8. He is probably the 67- year-old John R. LEWIS, a farmer and miller, b. GA (fa. b. NC, mo. b. GA), with wife Angeline (37) and children William (11), John (9), and Sarah (6), all b. GA, all parents b. GA, on p. 550B in the Lower 19th District of Harris Co, GA in 1880. If all the ages are correct, it is quite likely John had a previous wife. LUMMUS, Dorothy Adele - (__ MAR 1893 - 11 FEB 1895 Juniper, Talbot Co, GA), daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. LUMMUS. Dorothy, within a few days of two years old, died at home at 1:00 p.m. Monday , 11 FEB 1895, of injuries sustained on Sunday morning when her clothes caught fire as she was warming herself by an open flame. Note that a separate item titled "Personal Mention" states that "Mr. Frank LUMMUS of Juniper was in the city yesterday [Monday]." The obituary does not mention the place of burial (from The Columbus Daily Enquirer-Sun, Wednesday, 13 FEB 1895, p. 4). A small pink marble headstone bearing "beloved daughter of Louis [E.] & Josephine (?) LUMMUS" and these dates was located by Mr. Benny BROOKINS in a gully to the south of the main area of Clapp's Factory Cemetery and reported by June & Lewis HANNA on 28 JUN 1984. However, a family member states that this child is buried at the family cemetery in Juniper, Talbot Co, GA. Was she moved there from Clapp's Factory at some point? MARTIN, Gladis - (d. aged 49 days, so born 03 MAR 1901, d. 17 APR 1901), Torbert (a.k.a. Britton & Dobbs) Funeral Records as reported by Brady WILSON and Edge REID in Abstract of Funeral Records (1977), Part II - original volume missing from collection in possession of Leslie SMITH of Lanett, AL. MILLER, Mrs. Beulah - (d. aged 31, so born between 13 MAR 1867 and 12 MAR 1868, d. 12 MAR 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). Mrs. MILLER, who died at her home at Howard Boarding House, No. 16 West Thirteenth Street after a lingering illness of consumption, was survived by her husband, Mr. Dan MILLER, and one child. The funeral took place at the family residence at 12:00 [noon] Monday, 13 MAR 1899, conducted by the Rev. G. W. CUMBUS "in an impressive manner." The interment was at Clapp's Factory burying ground. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Tuesday, 14 MAR 1899, p. 5. Her coffin was 5'9", No. 0, made by Knoxville, with six No. 11 handles and no name plate, $12.50; box and inexpensive white robe, $2.00; a hearse, $5.00 and two carriages, $7.00; for a total of $26.50, which was marked paid; arrangements by Torbert Funeral Home [per entry #20 (p. 25) of Funeral Record and Price List, 22 AUG1899-20 MAY 1900]. MILLER, Evalina - (d. aged 14 months, so born AUG 1899, d. 06 OCT 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). Evalina, daughter of Dan & Beulah (UNKNOWN) MILLER, died at the family residence at 1410 Broad St. at 2:50 o'clock on Friday morning, after a short illness from teething. The funeral took place from the house at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, with burial at Clapp's Factory buring ground (death notice in the Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Saturday morning, 07 OCT 1899, p. 8). Coffin size two feet, six inches, made by Knox[ville], $7.50; one carriage, $4.00; total $11.50, arrangements by Torbert Funeral Home [per entry #117 of Funeral Record and Price List, 03 JAN 1899-19 AUG 1899]. MILLER, Mary, child of - (d. aged 3 years, so born between 26 APR 1897 and 25 APR 1898, d. 25 APR 1901), per Torbert (later Britton & Dobbs) Funeral Records as reported by Brady WILSON and Edge REID in Abstract of Funeral Records (1977), Part II, p. 22 - original volume missing from collection in possession of Leslie SMITH of Lanett, AL. [Note regarding MILLER family: according to an interview conducted by Rose BIRD, the great-grand- parents of Luther MILLER (former Columbus Chief of Police, retired) were buried in the Clapp's Factory Cemetery. Luther's son, Luther MILLER, Jr., who goes by the name "Peanut" and worked for Fire Station Number 3 on Sixth Avenue in Columbus, said his grandfather had a key to the gate to gain entry because Georgia Power had to provide access to relatives of those buried there. Perhaps one or more of these MILLER individuals are kin to the Luther MILLER family.] MORRIS, Mary C. - (20 SEP 1848 Muscogee Co, GA - 10 JAN 1852), daughter of Henry & M. Adeline (PIKE) MORRIS, who were residing at Clapp's Factory in 1850. In 1860, they are indexed on p. 168 in Muscogee Co. (where in the county is this? - the upper 150s and lower 160s are known to be Clapp's Factory, but the precise extent of the community is not clear, and it's also not known if parts of the CF community appear in more than one section on the 1860 census). If Henry and Adeline were still at Clapp's Factory when Mary died, it's likely she is buried in the cemetery there. Henry served in Company E (Columbus Factory Guards) of the 19th Battalion of State Guards, which was formed in JUL or AUG 1863 for six months, so he would have been detailed at Clapp's Factory at that time, and perhaps later. If a MORRIS family plot had already been established in the cemetery before Mary died in 1852, she may have been buried there, even if her parents had already moved elsewhere in Muscogee Co by that time. Henry was cousin to Richard Ivey MORRIS, whose son William Osborn was buried at CF, evidently before 1850. MORRIS, James P. - (22 JUL 1852 - 11 MAR 1871), son of Henry & M. Adeline (PIKE) MORRIS, who were in St. Clair Co, AL, by 1880 - it is not known when they moved there or where they are on the 1870 census. If they were still in Muscogee County in 1871, it's possible that James is buried at Clapp's Factory. MORRIS, Richard Ivey - ( 28 FEB 1818 Elbert Co, GA - 16 APR 1888 Phenix City, Lee Co, AL), son of Joseph & Nancy (ALLGOOD) MORRIS and widower of Mary Joice (CHRISTIAN) MORRIS (15 FEB 1814 Madison Co, GA - APR 1862 Flat Rock, Randolph Co, AL, where she is buried). Ivey and Mary m. 01 MAR 1839 in Meriwether Co, GA (per transcribed family Bible records and World Connect data via researcher Cheryll (MORRIS) SUMNER , as well as "Descendants of William BARNES," compiled by David Elbridge BARNES and posted online by Dorothy SIPE ).] MORRIS, William Osborn - (06 MAR 1846 Muscogee Co, GA - 07 FEB 1865), son of Richard Ivey & Mary Joice (CHRISTIAN) MORRIS (per Bible records of the Ivery Britt MORRIS family, published in "Pioneer Trails," Vol. 18, No. 1, JAN 1976, by the Birmingham Genealogical Society, via by researcher Cheryll (MORRIS) SUMNER, and "Descendants of William BARNES," compiled by David Elbridge BARNES and posted online by Dorothy SIPE ) Death date is from the LDS IGI NA and not confirmed. Possibly the William MORRIS who served as a Private in the 19th Battalion, Company D "Grant Factory Guards," and the First City Battalion (Columbus), Company C. Did he die in service in the CSA? NEWSOM, Alice Josephine - (01 MAY 1866 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA - 06 SEP 1871 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA). Alice is the second of eight children of Henry M. NEWSOME by his second wife Permelia A. PAGE, which family were residing in the Clapp's Factory community in Muscogee Co, GA, on the 1870 census. Alice's dates are per transcribed Bible records; burial at Clapp's Factory speculative, but likely [LAND]. NEWSOM, Catherine Lewcina [=Lucinda] - (28 MAY 1857 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA - 04 MAY 1858 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of Henry M. NEWSOM and his first wife, Mary Ellen ABNEY; they m. 1855 in Muscogee Co, GA, and were in the Clapp's Factory community on the 1860 census. As of 1850, Henry was already living in the area with his widowed mother and siblings. Catherine's dates are per transcribed Bible records; burial at Clapp's Factory speculative, but likely [LAND]. NEWSOM, Clara Tabitha - (11 DEC 1861 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA - 30 JAN 1863 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of Henry M. NEWSOM and his first wife, Mary Ellen ABNEY; they m. 1855 in Muscogee Co, GA, and were in the Clapp's Factory community on the 1860 census. As of 1850, Henry was already living in the area with his widowed mother and siblings. Burial at Clapp's Factory speculative, but likely (all per J. M. LAND). NEWSOM, Elizabeth (NEWSOM) - (ca. 1798 SC - aft. 1860 prob. in or near Muscogee Co, GA). Elizabeth also appears in records as Eliza; while her parentage is unknown, she is said by one researcher to have been first cousin to her husband, James NEWSOM, whom she m. 07 AUG 1816 in Warren Co, GA. The couple were farming in Warren Co, GA, in 1820; Marion Co, GA, in 1830, and Harris Co, GA, where James apparently died in the early 1840s. As a widow, Elizabeth headed a household in the Clapp's Factory community in Muscogee Co. in 1850 and 1860, and several of her children are buried in the cemetery. Elizabeth's burial at Clapp's Factory is speculative, but rather likely (all per J. M. LAND). NEWSOM, Miss Frances Penelope - (d. aged 56 years, so born btw. 20 AUG 1833 and 19 AUG 1834 in Harris Co, GA, d. 19 AUG 1890 Harris Co, GA, daughter of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM]. "The friends of Miss F. P. NEWSOM will be pained to learn of her death, which occurred at her home, in Harris county, fifteen miles north of the city, at 6:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the age of fifty- six years. Miss NEWSOM leaves six brothers and four sisters. One of her brothers, Mr. James NEWSOM, is a merchant in Phenix City. Her remains will be interred at Clapp's Factory at 12 o'clock this morning." The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 20 AUG 1890, p. 4. NEWSOM, James - (ca. 1834 Harris Co, GA - NOV 1897), son of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM. James m. 24 APR 1858 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Martha M[ary?] THOMPSON (her parentage is not presently known), and he is the merchant mentioned in his sister Frances Penelope's obituary above. James and Martha may be the couple on p. 210A at Huguley's Mill in Chambers Co, AL, in 1880. Per an 1888 Columbus, GA, city directory, he appears to have been a clerk for J. W. Herring and residing at 9 Summerville Road in Lively, Lee Co. (now Phenix City, Russell Co.), AL. An 1891 city directory shows him in business as James Newsome & Co. and residing in Phenix City (Lee Co. at that time), AL. His burial at Clapp's Factory per family knowledge of descendant, Donna (Mrs. Buster W.) WRIGHT. NEWSOM, John - (14 AUG 1820 Warren Co, GA - 1895 or 1896? Phenix City, Lee Co, AL?), eldest child of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM. John m. 15 JUN 1845 in Harris Co, GA, to Talitha C. "Lithy" (PIKE) NEWSOME (16 MAY 1827 Clarke Co, GA - aft. 1900). John's burial at Clapp's Factory per family knowledge of descendant, Sue (Mrs. Jack) GILBERT. NEWSOM, Martha An[n] Elizabeth - (24 JUL 1859 prob. Muscogee Co, GA - 05 APR 1871 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA). Martha appears in the Clapp's Factory community of Muscogee Co. as an unnamed female infant, age 1, b. GA, in the 1860 household of her parents Henry & Ellen (ABNEY) NEWSOM, and Martha, age 12, in the 1870 household of Henry and his second wife Permelia. Martha's dates are per transcribed Bible records; burial at Clapp's Factory speculative, but likely [LAND]. NEWSOM, Mary Ellen (ABNEY) - b. 27 JAN 1837 AL, d. 19 SEP 1863 (prob. in Muscogee Co, GA), apparently due to complications from childbirth, dau. of Absolom & Rosannah (HALL) ABNEY; m. 16 DEC 1855 in Musocgee Co, GA to Henry M. NEWSOME, brother to F. Penelope NEWSOME, James NEWSOME, and Elizabeth (NEWSOME) BELCHER who are buried at Clapp's Factory. After Ellen's death, Henry m2. Permelia A. PAGE, whose brother William PAGE is also buried at there. Henry and Permelia were living in the Clapp's Factory community on 29 JUL 1869 when their daughter, Candis Dorinda NEWSOM was born (per family Bible record). None of Henry's five children by Ellen is known to have survived to adulthood, and they too are likely buried at Clapp's Cemetery. (However, Ellen's and the children's interments there are speculative at this time.) [LAND] NEWSOM, Martha M[ary?] (THOMPSON) - (ca. 1837 GA - ca. 1897-98). Martha's parentage is not presently known; she m. 24 APR 1858 in Muscogee Co, GA, to James NEWSOME (ca. 1834 Harris Co, GA - NOV 1897). Martha's burial at Clapp's Factory per family knowledge of descendant, Donna (Mrs. Buster W.) WRIGHT. NEWSOM, Robert Marion - (04 OCT 1873 prob. Muscogee Co. GA - 15 JUN 1881 perhaps in Muscogee Co, GA. Robert is the fifth of eight children of Henry M. NEWSOME by his second wife Permelia A. PAGE. The family were living among others from Clapp's Factory community at Brownville, Lee Co, AL on the 1880 census, so it's possible Robert is buried at Clapp's Factory. However, the family were in Carroll Co, GA by MAR 1884, when Henry and Permelia's eldest child Barney married. Robert's dates per transcribed Bible records (all per J. M. LAND). NEWSOM, Sarah Ann Melinda - (22 MAR 1854 prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA - 23 JUL 1852 prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA), daughter of John & Teltha (PIKE) NEWSOM, who were residing in the Clapp's Factory community in 1850 and 1860. Sarah Ann's burial at Clapp's Factory per family knowledge of descendant, Sue (Mrs. Jack) GILBERT. NEWSOM, unnamed son - (b. JUN 1858 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA), perhaps the child called Charles NEWSOM, age 4, b. GA, in the household of his parents Henry & Ellen (ABNEY) NEWSOM on the 1860 federal census of the Clapp's Factory community in Muscogee Co, GA. This birth date is per transcribed Bible records; his death date has not been determined, but he does not appear with the family thereafter. Burial at Clapp's Factory speculative (all per J. M. LAND). NEWSOM, unnamed son - (b. 18 SEP 1863 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA). Death date for this child is not known, but his mother, Ellen (ABNEY) NEWSOM, died the day after he was born, and he does not appear thereafter with the family of his father Henry M. NEWSOM, who was residing in the Clapp's Factory community on the 1860 and 1870 censuses of Muscogee Co. His birth date is per transcribed Bible records; his burial at Clapp's Factory is speculative (all per J. M. LAND). NEWSOM, William Zyon "Peter" - (10 MAY 1850 prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA - 23 JUL 1852 prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA), son of John & Teltha (PIKE) NEWSOM. Peter appears, aged three months, in 1850 census household of John & Telitha at Clapp's Factory, in the Eighth Land District in Muscogee Co, GA. His burial at Clapp's Factory per family knowledge of descendant, Sue (Mrs. Jack) GILBERT. NEWSOM, Telitha C. "Lithy" (PIKE) - (06 MAY 1827, Clarke Co, GA - 1900s prob. Phenix City, Lee Co, AL), daughter of Esau & Telitha (UNKNOWN) PIKE. Lithy m. 15 JUN 1845 in Harris Co, GA, to John NEWSOME. She appears as a widow in the household of her unmarried daughter Elizabeth NEWSOME on the 1900 census of Phenix City, Lee Co, AL, and has not been located among the family in 1910. Her burial at Clapp's Factory per family knowledge of descendant, Sue (Mrs. Jack) GILBERT. [Note: the spellings NEWSOM and NEWSOME are used interchangeably for the same individuals and families throughout the record. - jml] NIX, Edgar Alton -(d. aged 1 year, so born between 12 APR 1902 and 13 APR 1903, d. 13 APR 1904, per Torbert (later Britton & Dobbs) Funeral Records as reported by Brady WILSON and Edge REID in Abstract of Funeral Records (1977), Part II, p. 29 - original volume missing from collection in possession of Leslie SMITH of Lanett, AL. [James THOMPSON (b. 16 JAN 1815) of northern Muscogee Co, GA, had a daughter Mary THOMPSON who m. a NEWSOME; they had a daughter NEWSOME who m. Edgar NIX. Edgar had a daughter or sister-in-law named Eleander, who never married. Seeking to find out if this family may be connected to the one-year- old Edgar Alton NIX d. 1904 and to the various NEWSOMES also buried at Clapp's Factory - jml] OLIVE, Isham - (ca. 1814 GA - btw. 01 JUN 1880 and 16 JUN 1881? prob. at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA). Isham m2. 04 MAY 1851 in Marion Co, GA, to Elzia E. HAYGOOD (ca. 1830 GA - aft. 1880), daughter of Benjamin HAYGOOD by an unknown first wife; Benjamin's second wife's name was Permelia UNKNOWN. When Isham m. Eliza, he is said to have had several children from a previous marriage, but his first wife's name is not known. He, Eliza, and their children were farming in Marion Co. in 1860. Heading a household as a laborer with his children (all working in the mill), Isham and his wife resided at Clapp's Factory in 1880. It is speculative that Isham had died by the following June, when Mr. John OLIVE m. Jennie SEXTON at the residence of Mrs. OLIVE at Clapp's Factory. Refreshments were provided by the Clapp's Factory Superintendent, Mr. Albert RANDALL, who appears next door to the OLIVE household on the 1880 census. Isham's approximate death date is assumed and his burial at Clapp's Factory is rather speculative. O'REILLY, John Charles - (ca. 1839 County Cork, Ireland - ca. 1879 AL?). John m. ca. 1876 to Ellen DIFFLEY (1850 GA - 17 NOV 1920 Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL, where she is buried in Oakwood Cemetery), eldest child of Peter Frank & Louisa Jane (WADE) DIFFLEY. The widowed Ellen appears in her widowed mother's household on p. 510B at Clapp's Factory, Muscogee Co, GA, with two children, Mary RILEY (2, b. AL), and Catherine RILEY (11 months, b. AL). Ellen later moved with her family to Montgomery, AL, where she married R(obert?) SCHOOLCRAFT, possibly his third wife. It is not known whether Ellen and John O'REILLY were at Clapp's Factory, or if she moved there with the children after his death, so his burial there is rather speculative (much information from descendant Paul DIFFLEY). PAGE, Robert - ( ca. 1810 SC or GA - 1860s prob. either in Muscogee Co, GA, or Brownville, Lee Co, AL). He is perhaps the Robert PAGE who heads a household on the 1840 census of Wilkinson Co, GA; he appears with his wife Sarah and their children on the 1860 census of the Clapp's Factory community in Muscogee Co, GA. Their son William died near Savannah during service in the CSA and was buried in the Clapp's Factory Cemetery. By 1870, Sarah is widowed and heading a household in Brownville, Lee Co, AL, among families of cotton mill operatives who are evidently employed at Clapp's Factory. The most likely burial place for Robert would be Clapp's Factory. Sarah's death date and place are unknown, but she is a good candidate as well, as are some of their other children. Robert's burial at Clapp's Factory is speculative, but extremely likely (all per J. M. LAND). PAGE, Sarah (UNKNOWN) - (ca. 1810 SC - aft. 1880 perhaps in Brownville, Lee Co, AL). Sarah's parentage is unknown. She m. before 1838, probably in Georgia, to Robert PAGE, who d. in the 1860s. As a widow, Sarah heads a household on the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Brownville,Lee Co, AL. Sarah's burial at Clapp's Factory is speculative, but likely (all per J. M. LAND). PAGE, William (ca. 1841 GA - 15 MAR 1862 at Camp Mercer, Skidaway Island, Chatham Co, GA), son of Robert & Sarah (UNKNOWN) PAGE. William died in 1862 on Skedaway [sic] Island as a Private in Company A, 27th Regiment, Georgia Militia, and was buried at Clapp's Factory, per The Columbus Ledger Sunday Magazine, 29 JUL 1928, p. 16; the article also includes a photograph of his marble headstone, which appears to read (copy faint): "Private Wm. Page, son of Robert & Sarah PAGE, Co. A, 27th Regt., Ga Inf., d. Mch. 15, 1862." An online source shows includes on a roll for Company A, 31st Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Muscogee County: William PAGE, Private, [enlisted] 20 SEP 1861; died on 15 MAR 1862 at Skidaway, Island [outside Savannah in Chatham Co.], Georgia. The online database shows that the 31st Regiment. of Georgia Infantry was also called the 27th Regiment. Civil War scholar Gregory WHITE explains: "The infantry regiment organized in Nov. 1861 was initially called the 27th Georgia. By early May 1862, this regiment was officially designated as the 31st Georgia Volunteer Infantry, & it kept this designation all throughout the war. (A side bar to this: a prominent collector in Tennessee allowed me the opportunity to hold the regimental flag, illustrated on the cover of my book. The section of the flag that says '31st' is a stitched patch. If you remove the patch, it is covering '27th'. ) There was another 27th Georgia Vol. Infantry, but its record from 1862-1865 had nothing to do with the 31st GA." The marble head marker for William PAGE's grave is now missing. PIKE, Esau - (d. aged 60 years, so b. between 07 SEP 1790 and 06 SEP 1791, d. on 06 SEP 1851 in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). Esau died of pneumonia, per John H. Martin's The Making of a Modern City: Columbus, Georgia, 1827-1865, part II, p. 54, as well as in Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne's Columbus, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Columbus Enquirer), v. VII (1850-52), p. __. Martin gives as his source the Sexton's Record of Deaths, so it is assumed the death occurred in Columbus, rather than outside the city. While Esau and his wife Talitha UNKNOWN were residing in Carroll Co, GA, with most of their children on the 1850 census, their daughters Talitha C. (PIKE) NEWSOM and M. Adeline (PIKE) MORRIS were living with their respective families next door to each other at Clapp's Factory, so it's possible that Esau is buried there. (Note that Talitha and her husband John NEWSOM are buried there, per family oral tradition.) In 1860, several of Esau's children (and evidently the widow) are residing in Columbus. SKIPPER, Mary Catherine (WOODS) - (28 NOV 1829-10 SEP 1880), daughter of Isaac W. & Eliza(beth) (PATTERSON) WOODS. Mary m. ca. 1848 Dale Co, AL, to Jacob S. SKIPPER (1823 N, - 11 JUN 1865), who died in Civil War service, buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. Her marble grave marker (now missing) read "died in faith." The Columbus Enquirer, 04 FEB 1955, pp. 1 & 8, and research of descendant Gwen (GRANT) BRYAN. STEVENS, William - (d. aged six years, so b. between 16 JUL 1892 and 15 JUL 1893, d. 15 JUL 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). William, the son of Mrs. Maggie STEVENS, died at her residence, No. 2504 First avenue at 8:05 o'clock, yesterday morning, after an illness of three weeks. The funeral will take place from the house at 9 o'clock this morning. It will be conducted by Rev. J. W. HOWARD. The interment will be at Clapp's factory" (death notice in the Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Saturday morning, 16 JUL 1899, p. 5). Is this family kin to Wade H. STEPHENS (21 APR 1844-05 OCT 1880) who m. 10 OCT 1878 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Mrs. Abigail "Abbie" (NEWSOME) HEATHCOCK (b. 21 MAR 1848 Harris Co, GA), daughter of John & Talitha (PIKE) NEWSOME? John and Talitha are buried at Clapp's Factory. There is a Wade H. STEPHENS, shoemaker, in business at 38 S. McIntosh in Columbus (per 1879 Shole's Georgia State Gazetteer and Business Directory). WARREN? - concrete slab showing W A R N (only legible markings), which had slid down the north side of the hill and rested in an upright position - reported by June & Lewis HANNA on 28 JUN 1984 WEEMS?, stillborn infant - (d. 06 OCT 1899 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA), evidently child of J. W. WEEMS, who ordered the funeral services, this child apparently died at the residence on Front Street in. Burial at Clapp's [Factory Cemetery] on 07 OCT 1899, arrangements by Torbert Funeral Home. Coffin size two feet, made by Simmons; cost of services, $4.00 [per entry #118 of Funeral Record and Price List, 03 JAN 1899-19 AUG 1899]. WHITE, James Arthur - (d. after 1896). He was an adopted Cherokee who was originally a ROUN(D)TREE. He was thought to have been buried "just north of Bibb City next to the river;" burial at Clapp's Factory conjectural, per Rose BIRD. WINSLETT, Mr. S. S. - (d. aged 28 years, so born between 17 DEC 1868 and 16 DEC 1869, d. 16 DEC 1897 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA). WINSLETT died at home at 209 16th St., after a protracted illness of consumption and was survived by a wife (not named in death notice). He was a member of the Beulah Christian Church in Girard. The funeral took place at the home at noon on Friday, 17 DEC 1897, with burial at Clapp's Factory burying ground. [The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Friday, 17 DEC 1897, p. 3, courtesy of Myra STARLING and Virginia STOLA at the W. C. Bradley Memorial Library, Columbus]. This is perhaps Sam WINSLET (11, b. GA), step-son of T. J. BLACKMAN (36, b. GA), "at school," who heads a household on p. 270C in Wacoochee Valley, Lee Co, AL, in 1880. Also present are T. J.'s wife (Sam's mother) Malinda BLACKMAN (43, b. GA), and T. J.'s "sister" (perhaps sister-in-law?) Mary WINSLET, a single female (27, b. GA); all parents are b. GA. There is no WINSLETT entry in the 1891 or 1900 city directories for Columbus, GA. In 1900, S. A. JONES (Colored) is residing at 209 16th St. in Columbus. 14 additional relatives of Emily "Emma" (HILL) WATSON, daughter of Sarah (WATSON) HILL above. Emma (09 APR 1870 in Lee Co, AL - 30 JUL 1968 in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA) and her husband Albert R. WATSON (14 SEP 1882- 30 NOV 1972) are buried at the Double Churches Cemetery in (now Columbus) Muscogee Co, GA. Her husband is evidently her double first cousin, and besides her marriage and that of her parents, there were at least two other HILL-WATSON marriages, as her mother's brother married her father's sister (Albert's parents) and another HILL sister married another WATSON brother. Emma's fourteen relatives, in addition to her mother, buried at Clapp's were mentioned in an interview with Emma WATSON quoted in a 1955 newspaper article about the cemetery, and could conceivably include: Jesse HILL, Dicey (COGGINS) HILL, Charlotte (JONES) HILL, perhaps Sophronia HILL, and Burree HILL (per pp. 1 & 8, The Columbus Enquirer, 04 FEB 1955 and information provided by Cynthia NASON). Approximately 20 Confederate soldiers from GA and AL, some or all of whom may have fallen in the Battle of Columbus, 16-17 APR 1865 -grave markers known to have been placed but no longer remaining, The Columbus Enquirer, 04 FEB 1955, pp. 1 & 8. Purportedly, Native Americans were buried at this site (prior to and during its use by European- American settlers), and possibly slaves or former slaves as well. A survey reported in 1984 showed poured concrete bases for two small headstones, but without the stones, and two square concrete markers inset with squares of metal marked with numbers ("0197" on one, and "9" over "1 29" on the other), which may have been bases for gate posts or were perhaps set as benchmarks. In addition to the surnames mentioned above, others may include HOPKINS. Original list compiled by Buster W. WRIGHT and transcribed for online posting by Lea L. DOWD, with supplemental data provided by Rose BIRD, Gwen (GRANT) BRYAN, Carl ETHRIDGE, Sue GILBERT, Kemis MASSEY, Cynthia NASON, Myra STARLING, Virginia STOLA, Cheryll (MORRIS) SUMNER, Ann WALK, and John Mallory LAND. Access to Torbert Funeral Home and Britton & Dobbs Funeral Home records courtesy of Leslie SMITH, Lanett, AL. No doubt I have made mistakes in compiling this material. Any input appreciated. - jml. Previously included on this list, but removed as the result of more complete information: Nancy (GOLDSMITH) STATHAM, who appeared on the burial list in Volume I, Issue 1 of the "Clapp's Factory Chronicle" newsletter, has been found to be interred at Girard Cemetery in (now Phenix City) Russell Co, AL. Although she had resided in the Clapp's Factory community and was a good candidate to have been buried there, an obituary found by collateral descendant Sue (NEWSOME) GILBERT reveals that Nancy died on 23 JUN 1887 at the home of her daughter Mrs. E. S. [Exa Susan STATHAM] NEWSOME, near Knight's Station in Lee Co. (now Phenix City, Russell Co.), AL. 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