Wilkinson County Georgia Whipple Cemetery File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Eileen B. McAdams" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkins.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm WHIPPLE CEMETERY Directions: From the courthouse in Irwinton go west on Hwy. 57. At the high school turn left on J.R. Sims Rd.. Go about 13 miles. When you see an old dilapadated house on the right on a hill you are almost there. At the bottom of the hill on the right turn onto the dirt road (turns back 45 degrees). Go up the hill to where the road is cabled off by deer hunters. The cemetery is about 50 yards on the left. It only has a couple of markers so it may be hard to see. Whipple Family Cemetery J.R. Sims Rd., Wilkinson County, GA 01. B.A. Whipple 31y8 m20 d - 1/19/1870 (son of Stephen and Ruth Mitchell Whipple. Wife - Sarah Holliman, born 1839, daughter of Thomas J. and Nancy Spivey Holliman) 02. G. Knight Whipple 18y7m27d - 6/17/1864 C.S.A. George Knight Whipple - son of Elizabeth Knight Whipple (2nd wife of Stephen Whipple), did not marry, died of disease in camp during civil war in Savannah. 03. Fannie Whipple 30y7m,22d - 10/18/1866 04. Stephen Whipple 49 yrs - 2/19/1858 (son of Stephen and Olive Bennett Whipple. First wife Ruth Mitchell, 2nd wife Elizabeth Knight from Providence R.I.) 05. William Mitchell 1741 - 1826 4 GA BN Revolutionary War GRAVES There are 7 marked and 2 unmarked graves there. William Mitchell 1791- 1826 4 Ga BN Revolutionary War (wife Ruth Jackson. Father of Ruth Mitchell) Researcher for Mitchell: "Stephen Payne" Stephen Whipple apparently married Ruth Mitchell (and Maddox thought she was a daughter of this William Mitchell.) Note: Stephen Whipple died Nov. 1847 per "Court of Ordinary Minute Book A, 1835 - 1858" by Miriam Mitchiner Brown, page 75. His will was probated May Term 1848, page 65. Apparently the tombstomb has the incorrect year of death. The dates below for two of Stephen Whipple's children (B.A. or Benjamin Allen and Fanny or Frances) seem to match the gravestones reported by Eileen. The only apparent or possible correction of an item cited in Maddox involves the wife of B.A. Whipple. As you can note below, Weldon Whipple states another son of Stephen Whipple, Stephen Bennett Whipple, married Sarah Ann Holliman. I'm still curious about who Robert and A.P. Mitchell are, though, and their connection to William Mitchell and these Whipples. Wilkinson County Will Book 1817-1860. Georgia Archives Microfilm: 1873-1909 Volume A indexed 1923-1946 Volume 1 indexed WHIPPLE, STEPHEN - 11/4/1847 Wife: Elizabeth Children: Stephen B. Whipple Jr., Benjamin A. Whipple, Frances Whipple, Rutha M. Whipple Others mentioned: Robert Mitchell; A.P. Mitchell --- From Weldon Whipple's site (whipple.org): Stephen Whipple BIRTH: 14 MAR 1799 DEATH: 13 FEB 1848 Father: Stephen Whipple (27 NOV 1772 - 7 NOV 1844) Mother: Olive Bennett (16 FEB 1770 - 1858) Family 1: MARRIAGE: 17 OCT 1824, ,Wilkinson,Georgia 1. Robert Motley Whipple (15 AUG 1825 - 29 OCT 1825) 2. George Augustus Whipple (15 AUG 1828 - 28 JUL 1832) 3. Walter Scott Whipple (19 DEC 1830 - 7 AUG 1832) 4.+Stephen Bennett Whipple (16 NOV 1833 - 28 JUL 1915) 5. Frances Bennett (26 FEB 1836 - ABT 1866) 6. Benjamin Allen Bennett (29 APR 1838 - 19 JAN 1870) 7. Ruth Mitchell Bennett (26 APR 1840 - 1926) Stephen Bennett Whipple BIRTH: 16 NOV 1833, Cook's Town,Wilkinson,Georgia DEATH: 28 JUL 1915, Cochran,Bleckley,Georgia Father: Stephen Whipple (14 MAR 1799 - 13 FEB 1848) Family 1: Sarah Ann Holliman (30 NOV 1839 - 4 JAN 1913) Mother was Nancy Spivey MARRIAGE: 7 FEB 1859, ,Wilkinson,Georgia 1. Whipple (6 FEB 1860 - 26 FEB 1860) 2. Stephen Thomas Whipple (1 APR 1861 - 30 OCT 1943) 3. William Holliman Whipple (26 MAR 1865 - 8 SEP 1917) 4.+Ulysses Virgil Whipple (26 FEB 1868 - 3 JUN 1948) 5.+Allen Pugh Whipple (30 NOV 1870 - 2 JAN 1923) 6.+Robert Lafayette Whipple (12 AUG 1873 - 28 DEC 1954) 7. Clifford Tilden Whipple (10 MAY 1876 - ____) 8.+Lucian Adolphus Whipple (4 SEP 1878 - 24 AUG 1979) 9.+Oliver Jelks Whipple (25 APR 1881 - ____) Robert Mitchell was one of the executors of the will of Stephen Whipple and guardian of the children. He must have been Elizabeth's brother. A.P. Whipple - wouldn't that be Alan Pugh son of Stephen Bennett Whipple? ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============