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David Elder

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David Elder

Birth
Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
Death
4 Aug 1853 (aged 93)
Oconee County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Elder, Oconee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Burial place of David Elder, who also has a memorial stone placed in the Elder Cemetery on the east side of Highway 15 (Greensboro Hwy), south of Watkinsville.

Although David Elder's grave site had a marker placed there in honor of his Revolutionary War service, no historical records have been located that he fought in that war. The Daughters of the American Revolution has closed application under his service, unless records are located.

Directions to the Rose Creek/Elder Cemetery:
Travel to Elder Mill Road, south of Watkinsville, a road west off of Highway 15 (Greensboro Hwy). Cemetery is located off Elder Mill Road at the end of dirt lane across from Snyder Farm. Cemetery is between Rose Creek and Little Rose Creek.

In 1990 the cemetery was off of a logging road way back in a pasture and in a very wooded area.
Burial place of David Elder, who also has a memorial stone placed in the Elder Cemetery on the east side of Highway 15 (Greensboro Hwy), south of Watkinsville.

Although David Elder's grave site had a marker placed there in honor of his Revolutionary War service, no historical records have been located that he fought in that war. The Daughters of the American Revolution has closed application under his service, unless records are located.

Directions to the Rose Creek/Elder Cemetery:
Travel to Elder Mill Road, south of Watkinsville, a road west off of Highway 15 (Greensboro Hwy). Cemetery is located off Elder Mill Road at the end of dirt lane across from Snyder Farm. Cemetery is between Rose Creek and Little Rose Creek.

In 1990 the cemetery was off of a logging road way back in a pasture and in a very wooded area.


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  • Created by: Melissa
  • Added: Jan 5, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17303819/david-elder: accessed ), memorial page for David Elder (7 Jan 1760–4 Aug 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17303819, citing David Elder Cemetery, Elder, Oconee County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Melissa (contributor 46637796).