TAYLOR COUNTY   Cemetery   - Crowell

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CROWELL CEMETERY
(Across the Road from the Church)

Tune, L.T. -no dates
[Lewis T. Tune
(overseer for Joel E. Montford. Age 24 in 1860 census)]


Ricks, Nancy- w/o John Ricks (d) 1865
Ricks, John T.- (b)Nov 8,1833 (d) Dec.25, 1861  ( Pvt. Co.22 Ga. Heavy Arty. 
CSA)
[See below for additional Ricks information]

Griffith, Dr. James (b) May 5, 1820 (d) Nov. 28,1871

Griffith, Evie O.          
(b) Jan 28, 1842 (d) June 26, 1898
[3rd wife of Dr. James Griffith]

Griffith, Sarah A.            
(d) Dec 13,1860 Age 27yrs 1 mo. 
23.days. [2nd wife of James d/o W.L Johnson]

Griffith, Janice A.R. 1st w/o James Griffith (d) Jan. 21, 1859  Age 29 yrs. 10 days.[Jincey A.R. d/o W.L. Johnson and Lavinia Horton]


Horton, Mary
Nov 6, 1848 - d. 63 yrs 2 mos 2 days (1911?)
(wife of Sterling Horton)
(formerly Truesdale)

Horton, Sterling
"Started this life...th 1836...
(Stone broken)
[ b. Abt 26 Sep 1777, SC/NC, d. 4 May 1836, Crawford, GA
married: Mary Truesdale b. 4 Sep 1785, d. 6 Nov 1848, Crawford, GA
son of: William Horton b. Abt 1748, Probaby VA, d. Abt 1834, Lancaster, Lancaster, SC
wife: Elizabeth d. , SC
Info from:Jfhort@aol.com Jackie Horton]


If you stand in Crowell Cemetery (large part)  the head stone
all run in a row with the ones across the street in the small
cemetery and they have the same surnames. 

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The smaller cemetery across the road is indeed part of the
larger one.  And you are right - the road cut right through
the cemetery when it was built, as evidenced by the brick
"wall" on the outer edge of the smaller one and the missing
graves in the larger one.  The smaller cemetery was overgrown
until just a few years ago & most of the folks left around
who knew the cemetery was there thought it was a colored
cemetery, until it was cleaned up after we found the Griffith
graves. 

There are a few graves of colored people on down the hill
just a short distance from the Griffith graves toward the
river.  Five or six years ago, a guy who worked for the
county & was interested in genealogy (I can't think of his
name) did his thing in the smaller part & located graves upon
graves upon graves over there.  He had a degree in archaelogy
or something like that so he knew how to do it & showed
Warren some stuff.  Most of them are unmarked now but I
suspect the markers have just been destroyed over the years
because we've found pieces all over - not enough to put
anything together, except Sterling & Mary Horton & the
Griffiths.  He was going to do all the old country cemeteries
but stuff happened in the county & he never got around to it.
There are also some Northingtons buried over there too, who
used to be in a fenced-in area but the fence has been
destroyed.  They were killed in a stagecoach wreck that
happened almost right there & the family buried them there.
We have never found any markers but again, I suspect they
were destroyed over time & with the highway being built
there. (contributed by Lisa Windham 2006)


RICKS
Supplied by: genealogyplus@bellsouth.net  Gerry Hill


John T Ricks born a 1797 NC died 25 Dec 1861 Taylor Co Ga
He married Nancy 1801-1896


His Pedigree goes:
Isaac Ricks and Olive Fort
William Ricks & Esther Long  John Fort & Olive
Isaac Ricks & Sara McKinne  Elias Fort &
   Elizabeth Sugars
Isaac Rickesie & Kathren   Col Barnaby McKinne & Mary Exum  Elias Fort & 
Sarah
more on all.


John T Ricks son Isaac Jr b a 1834 died 14 Apr 1895 married 29 Jan 1862 
Taylor Co Ga Sarah Montgomery (More on her Family, and I am working on the 
associated Jones for Davine Campbell today also)


Isaac Jr had Wm married Esther had Benjamin Sr had Joel  had Martha and on 
it goes

GRIFFITH:

For complete information on this family see Lisa Windham's Bio:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/bios/griffithjames2.txt

James Griffith, born 1820 in NC was son of Ennis A.W.  and James Griffith.  [Ennis and James Griffith: Wm Howard, Amos; Harriet; Ben S.; James]

James m. 1st Janice (Jincey A.R. d/o W.L. Johnson)
children: William L. (1849); Ignatius F. (1851); Benjamin H (1853) Walter J. (1856)

M. 2nd Sarah A. Johnson (d/o W.L. Johnson) on Mar 4, 1860

m. 3rd Eva C. Bryant May 6, 1862
Children:  Persons (1863); Pierce (1865); James (1867); Virginia (1869)