In the extreme northwest corner of Taylor County, between Highway 208 and Highway 80-22 on a dim little road off S2091 are these four graves: Mary A Watson 9/22/1813 – 11/26/1857 Butts Sarah A. Jesse N Butts 4/22/1849 – 5/10/1852 Thomas N Butts 10/13/1838 – 6/12/1841
Partial list of Markers at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church just south of Butler on Highway 19 – just off highway to the left coming to Butler from Ellaville: Henry A Hinton 2/6/1863 – 5/16/1926 Mrs. H A (Josephine Griffith) Hinton 9/18/1864 – 11/17/1922 John Aultman 5/18/1885 – 4/25/1947 Mrs. John (Ola Hinton) Aultman 9/24/1885 – 9/15/1945 S. Napoleon Garrett 9/13/1885 – 5/21/1966 Mrs. S N (Beulah E Hinton) Garrett 11/18/1883 – 5/16/1916 Aubrey Garrett 11/18/1909 – 11/18/1933 Grover Garrett 1916 – 2/7/1963 Charlie O Hinton 1/28/1888 – 4/13/1968 W H Davis 1818 – 1912 Mrs. W H ( Caroline Gardner) … Read more
On Highway 137 from Butler to Roberta about half-way between Turner’s Chapel, Free Will Baptist Church and Ficklin Mill, about 2 miles off paved highway on dirt road to the right of 137. Aden Wainwright b. 6/10/1799 in North Carolina died 1/22/1882 Mrs. Michele Wainwright b. 1795 North Carolina d. 9/18/1853 1st wife of Aden Wainwright Mrs. Elizabeth Windham Wainwright 10/4/1819 – 6/8/1863 2nd wife of Aden Wainwright Mrs. Martha Alderman Dunlap Wainwright 5/18/1832- 3/14/1903 3rd wife of Aden Wainwright Abraham Wainwright (son of Aden) b 1825 No Car – 1895 Isaac Newton Wainwright (son of Aden) b. 3/12/1870 Mrs. … Read more
Elijah N Hammond May 1835 – Sept 3, 1903 Elizabeth Newsome, mother of Joshua Newsome – 1837 Daniel Whatley – Dec. 25, 1744 – Sept. 28, 1857 112 years 9 mo. 3 days. Rev. War Soldier – Tombstone placed by John Houston Chapter DAR David J W Carter – Company C 12th Georgia Infentry CSA Joshua Newsome Jan. 1, 1793 – June 3, 1877 Elizabeth, wife of Joshua Newsome Mar. 17, 1797 -Apr 30, 1877 Dr. G W Newsome, son of Joshua and Elizabeth Newsome Oct. 2, 1824 -May 14, 1902 Cicero Newsome, son of JOshua and Elizabeth Newsome 1831 … Read more
On Highway 137 – just as you leave Ficklin’s Mill going toward Roberta, to the right of the road in a pine thicket, rock wall is this grave: Patsy C (or G) Bradford – died 1/6/1849 age 29 years and 30 days
On a field at the old Amerson Farm between Butler and Taylor’s Mill (Pottersville) are these graves: J F I Amerson – infant John Amerson Aug. 8, 1856 – Aug. 24, 1882 Jesse Amerson Aug. 12, 1818 – June 23, 1889 (There had been other graves here but they were destroyed)
On Highway 263 in northeast section of Taylor County going from Highway 19 to Highway 137 west to east on the right side of the road about half-way between 19 and 137, out in the field behind home of Charles and the late Susie Belle Peterman Shines is the Shines Cemetery: William W Goodwin 2/10/1860 – 9/21/193- Alma B Goodwin 10/29/1874 – 2/4/1925 Dudley H Goodwin 1/3/1908 – 1/26/1926 Thomas D Goodwin – Company K 27th Georgia Inf CSA Mrs. Thomas (Mattie Goodwin) – no dates Infant Goodwin David T. Shines died 9/15/1933 age 72 years Mrs. David T (Jennie … Read more
On Highway 96 going from Butler to Reynolds about five miles out from Butler, turn right on dirt road, go about 2 miles turn right about 1/4 mile – there are these two graves: R H Cleveland 1835-1889 Matilda Cleveland 1849-1928
In eastern Taylor County where Highway 263 joins Highway 128 (Reynolds to Roberta) in the corner on a dirt road is the cemetery with the following graves: Rosa Lee Kennedy, daughter of John and Carrie Kennedy 1-7-1880 9-3-1912 W M (Bob) Martin 1889-1956 B J Martin 11/4/1864 – 4/6/1935 Mrs. Katie Beeland Eubanks 3/4/1894 – 6/3/1941 J S Beeland 11/5/1857 – 1/23/1905 Martin Infant 1890- 10/12/1891 Martin infant – Lizzie Belle – 1898-1900 David Beeland 1/11/1824 – 1/5/1883 Mrs. David Beeland (Ann Eliza) 1/15/1830 – 7/21/1908 Thomas Benjamin Beeland 4/9/1851 – 10/24/1907 Nancy, daughter of the David Beelands 1846 – … Read more
Brewer Cemetery -south of Butler between Highway 19 and Highway 137 on a dirt road are the following: John Cerney Barefield 1802-1872 James H Brewer Company G 6th Georgia Inf CSA Lt. Col. Septemus L Brewer 27th Georgia Infantry CSA Frank Wilcher 1852-1903
Thomas S Raines 4/20/1888 – 12/24/ 19– Emily A Raines 5/22/1828 – 8/16/1887 W T Foy 1889-1923 Catherine Hammock Riley 1844- 8/26/1923 Miss Amanda Brown – writing blurred Archibald Gray 5/3/1782 – 1/12/1840 Cynthia H Gray Oct. 1789 – 1841 Gray — illegible J J Gray 1816-1862 Wife of J J Gray 1820-1877 Leonard Radney 7/5/1808 (?) 12/25/1915 Dora Beland 3/3/1834 – Oct. 1903 (or 1908) Henrietta Riley 7/30/1919 age 79 James Harris 8/10/1886 – 5/14/1890 Joshua (Green?) Harris 4/29/1879 – 6/28/1883 Mattie Eugenia Harris, daughter of Thomas and Emily A Raines 4/19/1853 – 7/5/1893 James Harris, oldest son of … Read more