Putnam County GaArchives Layson Cemetery
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Transcribed by Suzanne Forte 
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February 19, 2005

Layson Cemetery
Putnam County, Georgia

Transcribed by Suzanne Forte 
(suzanneforte@bellsouth.net),  
February 19,2005

Surnames in this cemetery:  Strickland, Layson, 
Hawkins, Stanford, Knowles, Marsh, Strickland, Beezlitz, Hitchcock

Location:  From Monticello, Georgia, State Hwy 212 East 
for between 11 ˝ and 12 miles, turn right on Bradley Road. 
Cemetery is located about ˝ mile on the right.  Located on 
US Forest Service Land. 

Mary M. Strickland (nee Edwards)
March 26 1846          June 12 1915

N. M. Strickland 
July 16 1832             no date of death 
(names on one upright marker – “Father and Mother”


M. D. Layson, Infant Sons of W.A. and Macdeonia Layson
March 7 1883			Oct 30 1883


Annie Layson
Sept 12 1881		Aug 18 1882

Minnie L. Layson
Oct 14 1826 (?)           May 16 1887

John F. Layson
August 18 1849	July 28 1884


William A. Layson
August 12 1850	Oct 8 1906

Masadonie Layson
1843			1915

Hattie T. Layson
May 3 1870		April 9 1915

C. C. Layson
March 9 1859 (?)	August 19 1925

Carlder P. Layson
1903			1948


J. N. Layson
May 20 1856		Feb 27 1912

Luther E. Layson
August 18 1904	Jan 18 1905

C. C. Layson
September 28 1829	December 22 1904

Aneliza Layson
March 28 1830	November 27 1897

Martha Hawkins
Died September 29 1879    Age 33 years

M. D. L. Layson
Company K, 57th Georgia Militia

J. N. Layson
May 20 1856		Feb 27 1912

Green M. Hawkins
Company E, 44th Georgia Infanty

James L. Stanford
December 6 1861	Sept 25 1943
Mollie M. Stanford
July 28 1877		Jan 2 1935
(These two graves as well as two slaps marked only “Stanford” are located within a 
   wrought iron fence)

William J. Knowles
July 15 1854		May 3 1936

Elvira K. Knowles
July 5 1847		Sept 21 1930

Mary Beezlitz
Oct 2 1874		June 17 1947

Sarah Marsh (w/o C. A. Brinkley)
December 5 1894	Feb 20 1919 (with her baby William)

Mary E. Strickland
April 24 1863		Oct 15 1943

Mary Ella and Robert Lidy Hitchcock 
Unmarked Graves
No Dates (per Janie Thornley dandjthornley@aol.com)

Transcriber's notes:  There are many other graves unmarked and marked only with fieldstones.