- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Orphans Cemetery historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Dodge County
Cemeteries--Georgia--Dodge County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dodge County, 32.17218, -83.1684
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Orphans Cemetery & Firetower Rds., 2 1/2 miles S.W of Eastman
Text of marker: "Orphans Cemetery. Albert G. Williamson, a Dodge County entrepreneur, donated land for a burial place in Orphans community following the death of a neighbor's child, George P.A. Barnes, in 1887. The community was named in honor of the six orphaned Williamson brothers who moved here in 1873-74 from North Carolina. The earliest burials were children of the Thomas, Weldy, and Lashley families. Other common names in the original acre are Hardy, Manley, Steele, Stuckey, and Williamson. The statuary above their mausoleum depicts A.G. and Martha Buchan Williamson and their nephew, Jay Gould. 1999.5 Erected by the Georgia Historic Society, Orphans Cemetery Association, and Dodge Historical Society 45-2" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_orphans-cemetery
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_orphans-cemetery
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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