James A. Armistead Family Graveyard, Newton, Georgia

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John Davis jocada3@verizon.net November 3, 2006

Abstracted By: John Davis


The Armistead family graveyard is located at 151 Alcovy Trestle Road, next
to the driveway.  It is about a quarter mile north of Alcovy.  

There is sufficient evidence to confirm at least six graves in the cemetery, possibly seven,
even though there are only three headstones. 

Name                                Birth Date      Death Date      Other Information

Armistead, John James               Sep 26, 1839    Sep 24, 1879
Stanton, Mattie                     Jan 28, 1843    Oct 21, 1898
Armistead, Zachariah                Jun  9, 1847    Jul 24, 1877    was an engineer of a passenger
                                                                    train and was killed in a train
                                                                    wreck near Union Point, GA

Also known to be buried here:

Armistead, James Anderson           Oct 23, 1807    Nov 22, 1891    per newspaper account
Armistead, Emily Strong (Colley)    Sep  1, 1814    Sep 13, 1880    per a letter
Armistead, Francis Colley           Jan 10, 1856    Dec     1889    per newspaper account

May be buried here but have found no evidence:

Armistead, John, Sr.                Mar 14, 1774    Nov 15, 1856