SALEM METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY
Buried in the church cemetery are the
following families (just to mention a few), located on Pea Ridge Road (Est. May
15, 1826):
Anderson Redding
Born in VA - Died: Feb. 9, 1845
"A
Soldier of the Revolution"
Delilah (Parham) Redding
(w/o Anderson
Redding)
Died: Apr. 20, 1835
Jane Parham
Died 1855
Thomas Tyler
Born in S.C.
Died: May 28, 1857
Sarah Shy
(w/o Thomas Tyler)
Died:
Sept. 15, 1860
Henry W. Walton
Died: Nov. 1, 1853
Lourania
Redding Walton
1803 - 1884
Gideon G. Johnson
April 16, 1786
July
2, 1839
Myles Greene (Minister)
Born: June 6, 1767
in the state of
VA
A member of the Church
June 1787
Rebecca L. Chambless
(w/o Wm.
A. Chambless)
Sept. 23, 1826
Jan. 7, 1849
Mary Smith
(w/o James
R. Morgan)
Oct. 16, 1794
Jan. 28, 1859
James R. Morgan
(s/o James
Morgan &
Agnes)
July 8, 1790
May 29, 1844
Zachariah Harmon
Mar. 12, 1789
July 26, 1846
Mrs. Harriet Harmon
Aug. 16, 1786
Aug.
15, 1854
The above is taken from the records of Jean S. and Thomas Slade
Willingham, who personally visited Salem Methodist Church Cemetery on March 25,
1961. They copied the tombstones and certify that the above are true and correct.
Submitted by and published with the permission of Carol K. Garrett, March 31,
2003
Salem Methodist Church
Photos by Larry Childs
The easiest way to find this church
would be to take State Hwy 87 from Macon to Monroe county go past the county line
and watch for Pea Ridge Road which will be on the left about seven or eight miles
out of Macon toward Jackson GA. Take a left turn and go about two miles and you
will come to Taylor road on the right side go past that road and start watching
on the right side of the road. There is an old white Vinyl siding church on a slight
hill about 75 yards off the road. It is well kept both the church yard and the cemetery.
Note if you go past State highway 18 coming from Macon you have gone too far.
Based on a sign attached to Salem
Church It was founded May 15, 1826. I photographed this cemetery and transcribed
the cemetery from the photos.
Tombstone Photos at Monroe County GA USGenWeb Archives
James H. Evans
Aug. 9, 1888 - April 3. 1930
Linda Bell
Wife of Henry W. Evans
July 30, 1857 - April 17, 1937
Henry Wyche Evans
Aug 19, 1854 - Nov. 28, 1927
Blanche Ewing
Oct.
13, 1859 - Mar. 1, 1959
Elma Pat Bowen
Wife of Mark Beall Evans
Nov.
14, 1896 - May 18, 1973
Mark Beal Evans Jr.
Mar. 13, 1893 - Mar. 15, 1959
Hallie Mims
Wife of Harry Berner Evans
Nov. 13 1893 - Aug. 6, 1971
Henry B. Evans Jr.
U. S. Army
April 19, 1922 - Dec. 10, 1975
Dorothy
Beall Evans
Feb. 24, 1926 - Dec. 28, 1982
Ben T. Finney
June 27, 1916
- Oct. 23, 2000
Faye Y. Evans Finney
June 26, 1918 - April 6, 2001
James M. Thrash
Nov. 9, 1891 - Jan. 20, 1908
David Anderson Walton
1830 - 1872
Susan Windsor Walton
1836 - 1885
Ophelia Walton
Daughter of David and Susan Walton
Age 6
Thomas M. Tyler
1829 - 1881
Co D. 8th. Ga. State Guards
Thomas Tyler
Born South Carolina abt 1782
Died Monroe County May 28, 1857
Aged 75 years
Sarah Tyler
Wife of Thomas
Tyler
Born 1787 - Died Sept 15, 1860
Aged 78 years
Lula Turk
Wife
J. A. Walker
Nov. 11, 1850 - Dec. 10, 1922
Durant Pritchett
Feb. 11,
1877 - Oct 15, 1897
Loyd Pritchett
Mar. 23, 1880 - Jan, 19, 1891
Ciceero Pritchett
Feb. 10, 1848 - May 1, 1935
45 Ga. Regt. Pvt.
C.
S. A.
Guy Pritchett
Sept. 27, 1881 - Nov. 11, 1935
Laura
Turk
Wife of T. C. Pritchett
Oct. 18, 1851 - Mar. 15, 1929
Edmond L.
Foster
June 17, 1901 - Nov. 24, 1970
Robert Franklin Foster
Feb. 18,
1932 - Mar. 8, 1977
U. S. Army Korea
Tarver Barton Finney
Sept. 16,
- 1990 - Sept. 25, 1990
Jesse B. Fuller
Dec. 7, 1828 - Jan. 27, 1891
Co. D. Ga. Inf.
C. S. A.
Jesse Lee Fuller
Oct. 29, 1865 - Aug. 28,
1897
Dr. Andrew Fuller
Born 1833 - Died Nov. 24, 1905 Age 72
Co. K.
53 RD, Ga. Inf. C. S. A
Floyd Wooten
Died April 5, 1900
Aged 63 years
Rest Soldier Rest
Distinguished service
Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia
45th Infantry Regiment GA
C. S. A
Roxanna C. Wootan
Died Aug 20,
1908
Aged 63 years
Dick Cullen Wootan
Son of A. L. and Z. C. Wootan
Oct. 1, 1893 - Aug. 2, 1910
Zeleime C. Wootan
Wife of A. L. Wootan
July 8, 1861 - Feb. 20, 1912
Lourania Redding Walton
1803 - 1884
Alma Cates Taylor
June 21, 1881 - Mar. 27, 1958
Jemison Winn Taylor
Sept. 12, 1871 - April 2, 1957
John W. Evans
Dec. 9, 1845 - May 28, 1934
Pvt. Calv. Bn. Phillips Ga. Legion C. S. A.
Dora Turk Evans
47 years
Lucile Evans
9 Months
James M. Thrash
Sgt. Co A. 14 th. Ga. Inf.
C. S. A.
Antoinette Leary
Wife of J. Monroe Thrash
May 4, 1844 - Dec.
17, 1919
Gideon M. Davis
Jan. 23, 1822 - Sept. 13, 1902
Gideon
M. Davis
Dec. 9, 1906 - Apr. 28, 1907
Elizabeth Davis
Feb. 29, 1824
- Jan. 5,1904
Carrie E. Davis
Wife of W. B. Davis
July 7, 1851 - Feb.
10, 1907
Woodfin G. Davis
Oct. 7, 1890 - Oct. 2, 1947
Corine G.
Davis
April 24, 1894 - June 29, 1976
Infant
Willaim Morgan Davis
July 7, 1922
Mason Davis
Mar. 6, 1920 - April 12, 1894
W.W. II A. A.
F.
Mason A. Davis
July 6, 1920 - April 12, 1968
Sgt. A A F. WWII
Daddy
Vernon Lanier Davis
May 5, 1926
Mar. 31, 1988
Mama
Barbara Vaughn Davis
July 12, 1929
Franklin G. Davis
Departed April
5, 1927
John Minor Winn
1882 - 1988
Unmarked Adult Burial to the
right side of John Winn
James M. Thrash Jr.
Nov. 9, 1891 - Jan.
20, 1908
Mary Lou Thrash
Wife of W. A. Thrash
Aug. 19, 1885 -
Aged
23 years 4 months 27 days
Anderson Redding
Died Feb. 9, 1845
Aged 82
years
A soldier of the Revolution and a soldier of the cross
Henry W.
Walton
Died Nov. 1, 1859
J. H. Evans
Mar. 17, 1825 - Mar. 12, 1909
R. D. Evans
Dec. 14, 1826
Delilah Redding
Died April 20, 1855
Age 62
Jane Parham
Died 1855
Aged about 54
James Connaly
Dec. 9, 1803 - Nov. 22, 1842
Unmarked slab beside James Connaly I believe
this to be his family member
Both are side by side and have sea shells attached
to them .
Rev. Myles Green
Born Va. June 6, 1767 Died Jan. 31, 1853
Unmarked infant
Mary Smith
Wife of James Morgan
Oct. 15, 1794
- Jan. 28, 1859
James B. Morgan
Son Of John and Agnes Morgan his first
wife
July 8, 1790 - May 29, 1844
Rebecca L. Chambless
Wife Of William
H. Chambless
Sept. 25, 1826 - Jan. 7, 1849
Gideon G. Johnson
April
18, 1786 - July 21, 1859
Genevieve Davis McMahan
April 14, 1917 - Dec.
6, 2003
Katherine Davis McLendon
May 4, 1913 - July 5, 1998
Lafayette
C. Davis
June 28, 1909 - May 10, 1964
Unmarked to Lafayette C. Davis right
James Cullen McLendon
May 12, 1945
W. H. Hardin
No dates
Ida Hardin
No dates
Sarah Elizabeth Davis
Dec. 18, 1923 - Jan.
3, 1928
Maudie Evelyn Davis
June 18, 1918 - Aug. 13, 1922
William
Morgan Davis
Feb. 13, 1922
William Booker Davis
Died Nov. 15, 1914
Carrie E. Davis
July 7, 1851 - Feb. 10, 1907
Elizabeth Davis
Feb.
29, 1824 - Jan 6, 1904
Gibson H. Davis
Jan. 23, 1822 - Sept. 18, 1902
Eddie R. Davis
July 19, 1886 - Mar. 3, 1898
Mrs. Harriett Harman
Aug. 16, 1786 - Aug. 15, 1854
Zachariah Harman
Mar. 12, 1789 - July 26,
1846
Barbara Vaughn
July 12, 1929
Larry E. Davis Jr.
May 7,
1924 - Dec. 1, 2004
Bobby M. Davis
Oct. 11, 1925 - Apr, 16, 2002
Mary L. Green
Sept. 8, 1911 - Dec. 2, 2004
Samuel W. Green
Apr.
6, 1904 - May 21, 1967
Samuel Lynwood Green
June 27, 1931- November 26,
2005
Mary Hardin Davis
July 1, 1880 - Aug. 1, 1959
Robert Eugene
Davis
Nov. 3, 1879 - Nov. 22, 1944
Abner H. Davis
Sept. 9, 1849 - Mar.
4, 1912
Mary M. Davis
Feb. 29, 1849 - Mar. 25, 1916
Robert Eugene
Davis Jr.
1903 - 1921
Robert S. Gordon
Feb. 11, 1899 - Oct. 21, 1920
Thomas F. Nunnally
Jan. 12, 1941
Vanderlyn Green Nunnally
Oct.
21, 1939
Laverne Davis Gauntt
Apr. 29, 1915 - Apr. 26, 1998
End
of Survey August 25, 2005
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