Georgia: Oglethorpe County: UNNAMED CEMETERY OF SMITHS AND FINCHES ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Paulette Moon paulettemoon@msn.com ==================================================================== UNNAMED CEMETERY OF SMITHS AND FINCHES Located off Sim’s Cross Road on dirt road to Finch Cemetery. It is about .4 miles from Sim’s Cross Road off to the left approximately 1/10 mile on a small hill. I ran across this cemetery many years ago and recorded the tombstones, thinking I might be able to connect them someday. That has not happened and at this point I think they are Afro-American. I found a Sam Finch and wife Janie, who were Black, in the Bowling Green District in the 1900 census and think that matches the Janie buried there. In any case, this cemetery is in certain danger of being overcome by the woods and destroyed by the pulpwood/paper companies. It does not appear in the Oglethorpe County Cemetery Book or Miss Florrie Smith's book, so I hoped you could preserve it on the website. Nancy Finch 1869 – 1907 Janie Smith 1905 15 years Bettie Finch 1894 – 1895 Richard Smith 8 weeks John Easter Smith April 8, 1904 June 15, 1904 John Finch 1861 – 1905 Callie wife of Randall Finch Died 1895 age 41 years Janie wife of Samuel Finch Died 1902 38 years Annie Finch 1892 – 1893 There are a more graves unmarked or marked with fieldstone only. There is also an area fenced in for several graves but none had readable markers.