Baldwin County (Georgia) Cemeteries

Cemetery details

William Moran Family Burial Ground

Located at 220 Lake Laurel Rd.

William Moran Family Burial Ground photo
William Moran Family Burial Ground photo
Location:
From the Baldwin County Courthouse, go east on Hancock St. and follow Highway 22 (Sparta Hwy) east for 2 miles. Turn left on Lake Laurel Road. Go 1.1 mile on Lake Laurel Road. Stop at the gas tank plant (on right). On the left side of Lake Laurel Road, directly across the road from the gas tank plant, and near the pavement is a clearing which houses the 5 marked and some unmarked graves of the Lattimore Family Cemetery. The Moran graves are located approximately 200 feet behind the Lattimore graves.

GPS coordinates: 33 06' 11.0" N 83 11' 18.0" W
or in degrees only form: 33.10306° N X 83.18833° W
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GMD: 105
Cemetery Status: Inactive
Predominant race: White

Abbreviations in listing below:
Per Ss/Map: according to the May 5, 1933 map of M. and J. M. Simmons, who diagrammed and documented the William Moran Family Burial Ground. Click here for a copy of the map.

Per RCSG: per or according to Lillian Henderson's Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 (6 volumes). Hapeville, GA: Longina & Porter, 1959-1964.

Cemetery cleaned by Church of Latter Day Saints, and brick graves repaired by Friends of Baldwin Co. Cemeteries in March - May, 2011.


Unmarked Adult Grave - Mary Ann Yates Moran
1829 - 1909
w/o Elisha Moran. All info per Ss/Map. Dates per online genealogies.
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Grave 1
Unmarked Adult Grave - Elisha "Bud" Moran
1827 - Feb 22, 1888
Per Ss/map. Dates per online genealogies.
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Grave 2
Unmarked Adult Grave - Laura Moran Hysler

- Sep 4, 1916
Age 66. Date and age per obit in Macon Daily Telegraph. d/o Mary Ann and Elisha Moran, per Ss/Map.
Grave 3
Unmarked Graves - Mark Yates
b. ca. 1830
and others of his family are under wooden shelter, per Ss/Map. No sign of grave shelter now. Some depressions. 1860 census shows Mark's age as 30 years.
Grave 4
Unmarked Adult Grave - Henry Moran

Per Ss/Map.
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Grave 5
Sara Jane Moran Simmons
1843 - 1883
w/o J. M. Simmons. Per Ss/Map, this person's name is Sallie Moran Simmons with death in 1873, aged 38.
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Grave 6
William A. Simmons
1881 - 1882
s/o Sallie Simmons, per Ss/Map
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Grave 7
Unmarked Child Grave - Annie Moran
b. 1834
A brick slab. D/o James Moran. Date and father per online genealogies. Name per Ss/Map
Grave 8
James Moran
1805 - 1869

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Grave 9
Jane "Jincey" Trice Moran
1806 - 1882
Nickname also spelled "Jensie" or "Jinsy". w/o James Moran. Per Ss/Map
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Grave 10
Unmarked Grave - Temperance (Tempy) Goslin Moran
1800 - 1869
Dates, maiden name per online sources. Identity and w/o William Moran, II, per Ss/Map.
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Grave 11
Unmarked Adult Grave - William Moran, II
1790 - Nov 1870
Dates per online sources. Identity per Ss/Map.
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Grave 12
Elizabeth Frances "Puss" Moran
1833 - 1893
d/o James Moran. Per Ss/Map.
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Grave 13
James W. Moran
Dec 21, 1839 - Jun 3, 1863
James W. Moran II, per Ss/map. CSA service per RCSG
Military Service: Confederate States of America
Pvt. Co H. 4th GA Inf. Died in General
Hospital #4, Wilmington, NC June 4, 1863
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Grave 14
Jesse Moran
Dec 26, 1837 - Oct 9, 1861
CSA service per RCSG
Military Service: Confederate States of America
Pvt. Co H 4th Ga Inf. Died in Naval
Hospital at Portsmouth, VA
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Grave 15
Lumpkin Moran
Sep 30, 1831 - Sep 17, 1861
"In memory of...his body was not recovered" per Ss/Map
Military Service: Confederate States of America
Killed in the War, per Ss/Map
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Grave 16
William Moran

His body is a few feet to the west from his marker, per Ss/Map.
Military Service: American Revolution
Georgia Troops
Grave 17
Unmarked Child Grave

Per Ss/Map. Possibly d/o Wm. & Tempy Moran, per family.
Grave 18
Unmarked Adult Grave

Fieldstones mark the grave.
Grave 19
Unmarked Adult Grave

Bricks mark the grave.
Grave 20
Unmarked Graves

Multiple depressions outside fence. Possibly belong to Lattimore Cemetery.
Grave 21