Wilkes County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Simpson Cemetery
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Simpson Cemetery


Directions: Leave Washington on Highway 44 going southwest. Go 
approximately 9 miles from the town square to Sandy Cross Road and take 
a left. Go 1.8 miles to Quaker Springs Road and take a left. The 
cemetery is 100 yards up Quaker Springs Road on the left. There is one 
main marker erected by W.W. Simpson in 1886. The front face of the 
marker faces north and has the single inscription, SIMPSON.

USGS GPS Coordinates
Simpson Cemetery
323019	Cemetery	Wilkes	333929N	0825002W	GA	Washington West	154	505	- 	25-SEP-1979


On the back face of the marker there are the following inscriptions:

William A. Simpson
Born March 28, 1778
Died December 29, 1838

Martha Wingfield Simpson
Born Sept. 3, 1792
Died April 5, 1838

Francis Amanda Simpson
Born Aug. 25, 1812
Died Nov. 22, 1887

William Wingfield Simpson
Born May 15, 1814
Died Sept. 27, 1887

John Archibald Simpson
Born Sept. 19, 1816
Died March 12, 1817


On the left face are the following inscriptions:

David Butler Simpson
Born Dec. 7, 1817

James Overton Simpson
Born Sept. 9, 1820
Died Oct. 1, 1822

Archibald Garland Simpson
Born May 6, 1822
Died July 2, 1887

Infant
Born March 20, 1824
Died March 23, 1824

Mary Catherine Simpson
Born Nov. 13, 1825

Erected by
W. W. Simpson, 1886




On the right face are the following inscriptions:

Sarah Ann Simpson
Born Nov. 2, 1827
Died May 5, 1828

Elizabeth Louisa Simpson
Born April 15, 1829
Died May 8, 1887

Franklin Troup Simpson
Born May 13, 1831

Martha Ann Simpson
Born Jan. 4, 1837
Died July 1, 1884


On the left back of the cemetery are two full-length markers with the 
following inscriptions:

Sacred
to the memory of

Martha Simpson

consort of William Simpson
who was born Sept 3d 1792
and died April 5th 1838
aged 46 years 7 months
and heard a voice from Heaven saying
unto me write: blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord from henceforth yea
saith the spirit that they may rest from
their labours and works do follow
them. Rev. 14 Chap., 13 Vs


Sacred
to the memory of

William Simpson

who was born March 28th 1778
and died Dec. 29th 1838
aged 60 years and 9 months


There are two graves to the right that have no inscription and appear to 
be those of children.