McGehee Cemetery in Georgia - Find a Grave Cemetery

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I was working in a very rural area in Putnam County Georgia on June 2,1992, when I literally stumbled across an ancient family cemetery, with four markers. I struggled to climb into the old iron enclosure and cleaned some of the overgrowth enough to count the stones and with an old rotten stick, rubbed the engravings to the point I could read them.

There may be more graves in the enclosure, but they were unmarked. These four have large, marble stones. They are apparently a family, husband, wife and two children. The following are copied EXACTLY as I found them, to the punctuation and placement of the lettering.

The graves are located on land owned by some big development outfit who has built a golf course, and is selling luxury homesites on the property. They were cooperative about allowing me to go into the area to see the graves again, but anyone who wishes to do so must obtain permission first, as the entrance is now gated with a security guard. According to Georgia law, no one can be refused reasonable periodic visitational access to family cemetery sites, even if they are on private property.

The graves are, as they are not at all easy to find, and even if one drove practically right by the section of woods where they are, one would never see them. That area of the property is heavily overgrown and not currently under development. (1988, Reginald Smith, Athens, GA)