Muscogee County GaArchives Cemeteries.....New Providence Cemetery ************************************************ 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: Jayne Smith Nov 2001 NEW PROVIDENCE CEMETERY Location: On North side of St. Mary's Road, one block past Bunker Hill Street Present church is a Full Gospel Church. Formerly New Providence Freewill Baptist Church. Many tombstones unreadable or broken. June and Lewis C. Hanna transcribed this cemetery in 1981. Their notes are in The Chattahoochee Valley Historical Collection, Simon Schwab Memorial Library, Columbus College, Columbus, Georgia. Jeannie (infant) no name or date Averett, Amanda Nov 12, 1843 - Aug 7, 1860 Averett, Anderson A. Apr 17, 1832 - June 29, 1860 Barr, Infant (infant of Sam & Kate Barr) ========= "joan b hill" John Travis Brodnax Hester Gordy June 26, 1780 wife of May 28, 1862 John Travis Brodnax March 7, 1805 February 12, 1882 (Undocumented-church traditions says: "Founder of the Freewill Baptist Denomination in the State of Georgia. Organizer and 1st pastor of Providence Freewill Baptist Church 1797,Columbus, GA. donated the land " Church records no longer exist) James Edward Brodnax Martha Watkins December 11, 1822 wife of February 28, 1885 James Edward Brodnax October 20, 1825 June 14, 1904 Bettie Bryan (Georgia Elizabeth Brodnax) wife of Mirabeau B. Bryan 1849 May 18, 1917 James Samuel Travis Brodnax March 13, 1860 April 17, 1922 Samuel Irvin Brodnax December 1, 1896 October 4, 1918 Martha W. Brodnax Infant of Annie Spurlin wife of L. J. & Martha Spurlin March 3, 1889 L. Jack Spurlin January 12, 1897 March 7, 1854 July 6, 1891 John J. McBride Lula V. Brodnax February 25, 1859 wife of February 16, 1934 John J. McBride October 9, 1861 November 5, 1935 Infant of Evelin McBride Mr & Mrs John J. McBride June 30, 1897 June 20, 1900 Mamie McBride Winnie McBride October 20 1891 June 15, 1897 August 16, 1958 March 21, 1966 Carlton B. Phelts son of Alfred & Mary Phelts Aged 1 yr 5 mo 10 days John Alexander Brodnax Samuel Wilson Brodnax December 15, 1841 November 17, 1828 April 12, 1864 May 15, 1866 Aged 22 yrs 3 mos 27 days Aged 34 yrs 5 mos 28 days (Note: The graves of John Alexander Brodnax and Samuel Wilson Brodnax are not marked. According to an old Brodnax Bible I have they are buried at Providence Cemetery.) ==================== Benton, Mary E. June 10, 1853 - June 12, 1854 Benton, Madura H. May 11, 1855 - July 9, 1855 ====Bozeman Family researcher: bhelmes@innova.net=== Bozeman, William A (born in Montgomery Co NC 1809) (died May 18, 1880) "Gone but not forgotten" (husband of Mary A. Stephens Bozeman) Bozeman, Mary A. (Stephens) Feb 28, 1820 - Hancock Co GA May 21, 1884 "Mother stand within beautiful gate to welcome her children" Carrie Bozeman Thompson Aug 17 1850 - Oct 20, 1928 (daughter of Mary A. and William Bozeman) (wife of Marion Green Thompson wed Nov.21,1878 James H. Bozeman (brother of William) Buried here per Will: "I commit my soul to God,who gave it,and my body to be buried in the family burial ground at Providence Church" Bozeman, James Madison Jan 2, 1859 - Aug 28, 1862 (son of Jas H & Sarah A.E. Bozeman) Britt, Alice Russell Feb 6, 1871 - May 11, 1949 Brooks, Eva Ophelia Aug 12, 1893 - Aug 12, 1893 (dau of J.W. and B.O. Brooks) Brooks, James Lockhart June 28, 1894 - July 8, 1894 (son of J.W. and B.O. Brooks) Brooks, Clyde McDuffie July 28, 1895 - July 17, 1896 (son of J.W. and B.O. Brooks) Brooks, Sarah Lenora ? - June 18, 1850 1 year 26 days (dau of Francis M. & Clementina Brooks) Brown, Spurgeon 1881 - April 11, 1961 Brown, Coro Arnett 1890 - Nov 4, 1924 Bryan, Jesse William June 7, 1909 - Oct 30, 1911 Bullard, Osie 1889 - 1934 Cail, George Herbert Cail, Jr., November 9, 1928- Died July 25, 1930 (son of George Herbert Cail and Emmie Lee (Peggy) Hughes) sankar@united.net Maureen Hughes Poole Carroll, William N Mar 30 1866 - Nov 12, 1906 Carroll, William T. Sept 7, 1902 - June 15, 1941 Carroll, John W. Jan 20, 1859 - June 13, 1934 Carroll, Sarah Apr 18, 1865 - June 13, 1934 Carter, Lillie Mae Nov 12, 1880 - Nov 9, 1960 (parents: possibly Toab and Mattie Tomblin Jones) Carter, Willie E. Feb 5, 1877 - Sept 9, 1918 (son of Thomas and Carrie Morgan Carter) Died in flu epidemic in Columbus Carter, Stanford Apr 20, 1905 - Aept 6, 1918 (son of William E. and Lillie Mae Jones Carter) flu epidemic of Columbus Carter, Charlie B. [Benjamin] Nov 11 1906 - 1974 (son of William E. and Lillie Mae Jones Carter) Researcher for Carter family: nokwsi@mindspring.com Lindy Biggs Carter, Robert L. Aug 2, 1889 - Apr 11, 1934 Chappell, Oren C Feb 17, 1890 - Nov 27, 1942 Carroll, Hettie Annie Colwell Sept 30, 1875 - Dec 15, 1934 (wife of William N. Carroll) Colwell, Infant twins (Mrs. and Mrs. Tom Colwell) Cook, Sarah A.B. Apr 10, 1857 - Oct 29, 1857 (dau of A.B. & F.A. Cook) Cook Frances A. April 11, 1840 - June 29, 1869 (wife of A.B. Cook) Cotton, Charlie Will Mar 15, 1907 - Aug 28, 1944 Driver Infant June 22, 1938 Driver, Joseph W. May 5, 1851 - Oct 31, 1926 Fuller, Allen C. 1866 - July 14, 1924 Gammell, Rufus May 17, 1899 - Feb 1, 1953 Gammell, Eva Mae 1901 - 1971 Ginn, Willie Feb 17, 1901 - ? Ginn, Wylie Feb 17, 1901 - ? Gullatt, Earl P. Aug 6, 1898 - Sept 4, 1941 Gullatt, infant (Infant of Earl & Bernice Gullatt) Gullatt, Ella E. Dec 9, 1879 - Mar 12, 1905 Gullatt, infant (Infant of Power & Ella) Hanners, Moses A. Arnold Jan 11, 1838 - Apr 15, 1856 (son of John and Nancy Hanners) Hearn, Mary Mar 22, 1852 - Jan 15, 1928 Hood, Elizabeth Jan 8, 1834 - May 30, 1857 (wife of H.T. Hood) Hubbard, Cora June 14, 1870 - Jan 6, 1945 (wife of W.E. Hubbard) Hubbard, W.E. Aug 27, 1866 - Aug 26, 1924 Hughes, James F Apr 20, 1876 - Mar 30, 1933 (husband of Ida Lee Russell) Hughes, Ida Lee Russell Dec 31, 1878 - Dec 22, 1941 (wife of James F.) Hughes, Ida Lee Driver Born February 15, 1891 Died December 21, 1917 Hughes, Rose Ella Nov 16, 1917 - Feb 28, 1936 sankar@united.net Maureen Hughes Poole Hughes Babys (6 graves) (no dates) Perhaps from the Ida Lee Russell Hughes and James F. Hughes marriage as there are Russell's buried just above them?? sankar@united.net Maureen Hughes Poole Johnson, Aron June 28, 1779 - Jan 19, 1852 Jones, Samuel Nov 8, 1831 - Mar 21, 1913 (husband of Millie Ann Brittain Jones) Jones, Millie Ann Brittain Oct 13, 1853 - July 23, 1893 (wife of Samuel Jones0 Jones, Ina Iona July 26, 1884 - Oct 12, 1886 Jones, Infant son Dec 5, 1879 - Dec 8, 1879 Jones, Millie Sarah Nov 14, 1880 - Nov 17, 1881 Jones, John K Apr 3, 1801 - July 15, 1860 Jones, Martha Castleberry Sept 1, 1804 - July 28, 1864 (wife of John K. Jones) Jones, James Jan 27, 1825 - May 30, 1860 Jones, Augustus M. Aug 15, 1845 - Dec 29, 1864 ======== Wiley Jones Born 29 Nov abt 1850 near Columbus, GA died 30 Jun 1919. son of ------ Jones and Martha Walls; husband of Martha Caroline Tomblin Mary dsaban@trib.com ======== Langford, G.W. Apr 21, 1826 - Dec 10, 1910 Co G 54th Reg CSA Lockhart, W.S. Nov 25, 1842 - April 10, 1917 (mother of B.O. Lockhart Brooks) Lockhart, Willie Bea (child) Lockhart, Annie FAye (Child) Lockhart, Annie Bell Dec 20, 1894 - July 27, 1928 Lockhart, Henry E. Sept 10, 1892 - June 26, 1976 Lockhart, Annie S. (Salena) Sept 29, 1876 - Jun ? 1915 June 23, 1918 (tombstone in error) (wife of J.S.) sankar@united.net Maureen Hughes Poole Lockhart, J.S. [James S] Aug 28, 1870 - June ? 1916 When these two people died they left children that were very young. The only time that they ever saw pictures of their parents were the ones that I have that were passed down to me from my Grandfather, Hardy Lee Festus (Fess) Hughes. Lockhart, Amanda E. Parker ? -Mar 23, 1906 aged 75 years Massey, Elizabeth Sept 7, 1797 - Feb 18, 1866 Massey, Eli Feb 22, 1793 - May 12, 1865 Massey, Martha A. Feb 5, 1834 - Mar 1850 Massey, A.A. Feb 1842 - ? Massey, Wm R Jan 10, 1819 - Sept 30, 1843 McBride, Charlie R. Jr. June 28, 1956 - June 28, 1956 McBride, Emma Sept 30, 1905 - May 11, 1907 McBride, Robert W. Jan 19, 1868 - Sept 20, 1937 McBride, Frank J. Oct 14, 1891 - Nov 27, 1954 McBride, Evelin Jun 30, 1897 - Jun 20, 1900 McBride, Infant (Infant of Mr. & Mrs. J. McBride) McBride, Johnnie Feb 25, 1859 - Feb 16, 1934 McBride, Mrs. Johnnie J. Oct 9, 1861 - Nov 5, 1935 McBride, Mamie Oct 20, 1891 - Aug 16, 1958 McBride, Miss Winnie June 15, 1897 - Mar 21, 1866 Morris, Joseph Ivey Jan 2, 1875 - Oct 9, 1882 Morris, Martha Annie Oct 26, 1864 - Sept 11, 1887 (dau of J.W. and Elizabeth Morris) Morris, Elizabeth Jones June 7, 1836 - Sept 22, 1890 (wife of J.W. Morris) Morris, J.W. Mar 25, 1829 - Nov 17, 1906 (husband of Elizabeth Jones Morris) =====Parker Family researcher: SHH80@aol.com Suzanne===== (These dates are not in the original survey, so probably not on the tombstones) Parker, Charles B. (Bunyan) B 5/3/1891 D 10/15/1916 Parker, Sallie C. (Catherine Ginn) B 12/29/1867 D 2/13/1935 (wife of William Alonze - mother of Samuel Clinton Parker) Parker, William A. (Alonza) B 2/5/1867 D 4/14/1955 (husband of Sallie C. - father of Samuel Clinton Parker) Parker, J.A. (James Anderson) CO C 46th GA Inf CSA B abt 1832 in South Carolina D: Oct 10, 1875 (upright marble Government Soldier marker) Parker, William Harley Co C 46th GA CSA May 4, 1837 - Aug 20, 1911 (born in Twiggs County) PARKER, Lizzie (no dates) PARKER, Infant son (no dates) one marker with name plate removed PARKER, Malisa (no dates) ***In another section of cemetery**** PARKER, Amanda E (Wife of James Lockhart Parker) Died: March 23, 1906 age 75 years "Farewell Mother, thou art gone No pain or care disturb thy rest Lovedone for thee will ever weep while thou are fully blest Ray, Marion Linwood Apr 11, 1916 - Aug 24, 1937 Ray, Marion B. Dec 16, 1874 - May 11, 1937 Ray, Berta Mae Mar 4, 1884 - Dec 30, 1954 Ray, Infant (infant of Brewer and Berta) Russell, Jennie May 8, 1859 - July 5, 1918 Russell, W.H. 1835- 1901 Russell, Mary 1846 - 1874 Russell, W.H. Jr. Aug 17, 1890 Age 12 days Russell, Emma E 1865 - 1881 Russell, Mildred R. 1858 - Sept 1, 1890 Russell, Ella A June 1866 Age 3 mon Sizemore, Infant Jewel Nov 30, 1927 - Apr 25, 1931 Skinner, L.W. Oct 6, 1848 - Dec 19, 1921 Skinner, Solida Watkins Nov 20, 1856 - May 6, 1924 (wife of L.W. Skinner) Spurlin, Raymond Feb 18, 1898 - Aug 4, 1956 Spurlin, Isabella Jan 18, 1876 - Sept 4, 1914 Spurlin, Vonnie (aged 3 years) Spurlin, Abbie Stinnett July 9, 1895 - Jan 4, 1941 Spurlin, Levie J Jul 28, 1862 - May 17, 1943 Spurlin, Martha W. Mar 7, 1854 - July 6, 1891 Spurlin, infant (Infant of L.J. & Martha) Stough, James Harold Feb 5, 1917 - April 26, 1917 Stringfellow, William R Sept 15, 1883 - Jan 17, 1963 Stringfellow, Mrs. mae 1885 -1919 Thompson, Carrie Bozeman Aug 17, 1850 - Oct 20, 1928 Thompson, Nelly Oct 5, 1879 - May 14, 1880 Tomblin, John Elmer Nov 7, 1894 - Aug 2, 1944 Tomblin, Edgar W. Sept 6, 1888 - Aug 17, 1973 Tomblin, Esther Jan 31, 1898 - Feb 27, 1929 Tomblin, Cora Lee Oct 31, 1874 - ? Tomblin, William J Nov 12, 1882 - ? Tomblin, W.R. Jan 28, 1852 - ? Tomblin, Sarah C. Oct 14, 1856 - ? Tomblin, Joseph M Dec 30, 1866 - Sept 5, 1942 Tomblin, Sophronia L. Dec 16, 1872 - Mar 4, 1937 Tomblin, Albert Z. May 18, 1892 - Mar 12, 1893 Vickers, Andrew C. (Alabama Inf. 161 - WWI) Feb 27, 1890 - Dec 2, 1952 ==================== Sacred to the Memory of Sacred to the Memory of Samuel Watkins died April 15, 1855 Charity wife of Aged about 76 years Samuel Watkins (early Pastor of Providence) March 28, 1786 February 13, 1842 Aged 55 yrs 10 mos 15 days Joan Hill vjbhill@alltel.net ====== Watkins, Bevy Nov 25, 1860 - Aug 13, 1883 (wife of Howard Duncan) Watkins, Mary Jones May 10, 1834 - July 19, 1896 (wife of Beverly Watkins) Watkins, Eliza Nov 8, 1827 - July 2, 1868 (wife of J.W. Watkins) Watkins, Martha Mar 4, 1809 - May 28, 1854 Watkins, Francis L. Dec 2, 1851 - Nov 19, 1869 (son of J.W. Watkins) Watkins, J.W. July 11, 1832 - Mar 5, 1910 (Masonic) Willis, Frances L. Nelson Nov 7, 1858 - Dec 8, 1901 (wife of Robert L. Willis)