Stewart Co. GA - Grimes

Submitted by Christine Grimes Thacker  http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00033.html#0008100

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  On Page 345 of the History of Stewart Co.,Vol. 2 Book it mentions the
JOHN GRIMES, SR. FAMILY CEMETERY, near the old Grimes - Feagan ( i think
it was spell Feagin at one time. This is how some of the papers were
signed) home. The home has now been moved to the Old Westville,in Lumpkin
,Ga. From what Mr Perry Usher told Hugh Grimes, is that the home was
moved in 1969, I met Mr Usher in 1998 while in Stewart Co., with Hugh and
Betty Grimes of Houma, La. Mr Usher had told Hugh the story about the
moving of the home before, but he told it again being i was there, of how
when the home was being moved the house was to wide to take across the
Patatua Bridge, so what they did was get some planks that the truck could
drive on to raise the height of the truck so that the house was high
enough to pass over the bridges sides, 
  Not sure of the year that Hugh and Betty Grimes met Perry Usher, but Mr
Usher took them to the site that the house use to stand on before being
moved, and at that time Hugh said that there was stone mound like areas
where someone had been buried, than several years later they are not
there, the Mead paper Co., had done some logging and the stones were
scattered , they took me there in 1998, and i seen the stones in
different areas of the lot, in 1999 Hugh and Betty placed four Tombstones
on the lot, and a marker near the dirt road, it is not known for sure who
was buried here , the book mention John Sr father of John Jr, well the
papers show that John Jrs father was William who died 1837, and the John
Sr mention also died 1837,  But it is known that Grimes is buried there
so this is one way for it to be known to future generations that this
area was once a burial site for some of the Grimes. The Four Tombtones
that were put up were for John Grimes d. 1837, William Grimes d. 1837,
Lewis Grimes d. 1857, James L. Grimes d. May 2, 1864,son of Lewis Grimes. 
   There is still a need to search for more info on the Grimes in Stewart
Co.,Ga. If anyone sees any errors in my work please let me know by E-Mail
the address is CGT714@Aol.com. If you can add anything that would be
great also.
  Good luck to All 
  CHRISTINE GRIMES THACKER

 Ps just heard in April of this year that Mr Perry Usher died. Do not
have the date but i think it was this year, 2001.