Hancock County (Georgia) Cemeteries
Cemetery details
Holsey Memorial Cemetery #1,
formerly called Ebenezer
Location:
From Hancock County Courthouse drive 0.7 miles west, following Hwy 22 and Hwy 16 to Ghettis Street. Turn left on Ghettis. Follow Ghettis for 0.3 mile as it crosses the railroad tracks, becomes Construction Line, and finally dead-ends into Central. Turn right on Central. Go about 100 feet and where Central turns left, go straight on a dirt lane (called Ebenezer). Either walk or drive down Ebenezer lane for about 200 feet. The lane encircles the cemetery.
From Hancock County Courthouse drive 0.7 miles west, following Hwy 22 and Hwy 16 to Ghettis Street. Turn left on Ghettis. Follow Ghettis for 0.3 mile as it crosses the railroad tracks, becomes Construction Line, and finally dead-ends into Central. Turn right on Central. Go about 100 feet and where Central turns left, go straight on a dirt lane (called Ebenezer). Either walk or drive down Ebenezer lane for about 200 feet. The lane encircles the cemetery.
GPS coordinates: 33 17' 04.7" N 82 57' 54.9" W
or in degrees only form: 33.28464° N X 82.96525° W
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GMD: 102
Cemetery Status: Inactive
Predominant race: Black
Lot numbers
Some graves appear to be in lots. Graves that are not in any particular lot are listed as lot 0. Those that appear in lots with other graves are marked with a lot number greater than 0. Graves are numbered in the order in which they were surveyed in the cemetery, from front to back.Cemetery condition
This large cemetery is overgrown and covered in briars. It contains many graves marked with small granite blocks or unmarked slabs. There are also many graves with no markings whatsoever. It is difficult to estimate the number of graves, and graves may have been missed because of the overgrowth.Lucius Holsey
In 1868, Bishop George Foster Pierce (1811-1884), an important figure in the history of the Methodist Church in Georgia, granted a license to preach to Lucius Holsey, a former slave who six years earlier had been married by Bishop Pierce at Sunshine. Holsey became a leader in the Colored (now Christian) Methodist Episcopal Church and had a long and distinguished career. This cemetery, as well as the two other Holsey cemeteries in Hancock County, are believed to have been named in Holsey's honor.
Indexer or Contributor: Kathy Fuller and Susan Harrington
Unmarked Adult Graves
Possibly 3 graves.
Lot 0 Grave 1
Unmarked Grave
Lot 1 Grave 2
Unmarked Grave
Lot 1 Grave 3
Julia Ola Dickson
Aug 2, 1923 - Dec 10, 1928
Lot 1 Grave 4
Unmarked Grave
Lot 1 Grave 5
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 0 Grave 6
Alton Gorden
Apr 1928 - Sep 1942
Lot 0 Grave 7
Unmarked Adult Grave
Broken wooden cross.
Lot 0 Grave 8
Unmarked Adult Grave
Brick surrounds the grave.
Lot 0 Grave 9
Unmarked Grave
Possible grave.
Lot 0 Grave 10
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 0 Grave 11
Unmarked Graves
Possibly 3 graves.
Lot 0 Grave 12
Luther Binion
Lot 0 Grave 13
Easter Wynn Sampson
Jul 17, 1914 - Apr 1, 1949
Lot 0 Grave 14
Pedro Wynn
- Mar 4, 1948
Age 86.
Lot 0 Grave 15
Toisy Johnson
Jul 22, 1913 - Sep 26, 1977
Military Service: World War II
TEC 5 U.S. Army
Lot 0 Grave 16
Unmarked Adult Slab
Broken wooden cross.
Lot 0 Grave 17
Mrs. Bennie Louise Smith
- Sep 27, 1949
25. A "Sellers" funeral home marker.
Lot 0 Grave 19
Arthur S. Patrick
- Mar 7, 1978
Age 94. Is in a lot next to the lane.
Lot 0 Grave 20
Unmarked Graves
Lot may contain as many as 8 graves. Lot is next to the lane.
Lot 0 Grave 21
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 0 Grave 22
Annie Ingram
1875 - 1960
Lot 0 Grave 23
Juanita Ingram
1910 - 1938
Lot 0 Grave 24
Henry Ingram
1860 - 1919
Lot 0 Grave 25
Edward Swain
1886 - 1951
Lot 0 Grave 26
Leona Word
1903 - 1919
Lot 0 Grave 27
Rev. J. H. White
- Nov 4, 1911
Age 63 years.
Lot 0 Grave 28
Malinda White
- Apr 23, 1905
w/o Rev. J. H. White. Age 45 years.
Lot 0 Grave 29
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 2 Grave 30
Unmarked Grave
Marked by a small granite block.
Lot 2 Grave 31
Unmarked Adult Grave
Sunken.
Lot 2 Grave 32
Unmarked Grave
Marked by a small granite block.
Lot 2 Grave 33
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 2 Grave 34
Unmarked Adult Grave
Surrounded by brick.
Lot 2 Grave 35
Unmarked Grave
Marked by small granite block.
Lot 2 Grave 36
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 0 Grave 37
Unmarked Grave
Marked by a small granite block.
Lot 0 Grave 38
Unmarked Graves
3 wooden crosses mark 3 graves.
Lot 0 Grave 39
R. E. White
Lot 0 Grave 40
Unmarked Graves
Possibly other graves.
Lot 0 Grave 41
Unmarked Slab
- Dec 5, 1927
Marked with a funeral home marker. Name unreadable.
Lot 3 Grave 42
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 3 Grave 43
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 3 Grave 44
Unmarked Adult Slabs
8 graves in a group.
Lot 0 Grave 45
Unmarked Graves
2 graves marked with small granite blocks.
Lot 0 Grave 46
Unmarked Adult Slab
Lot 0 Grave 47
Unmarked Adult Grave
Surrounded by bricks.
Lot 0 Grave 48
Unmarked Graves
3 graves in this lot with headstones or sunken.
Lot 4 Grave 49
Unmarked Graves
6 graves in this lot with granite stones or sunken.
Lot 5 Grave 50
Unmarked Adult Slabs
This lot is surrounded by large fieldstone posts and is approximately 40' X 30'. At least 8 graves are within the posts.
Lot 6 Grave 52
Oscar Holt
Sep 28, 1854 - Jun 10, 1906
"Father"
Lot 7 Grave 53
Hattie Holt
Mar 9, 1861 - Jun 6, 1910
"Mother" On same gravestone as Oscar Holt.
Lot 7 Grave 54
Mavis Boone
Lot 7 Grave 55
Mattie Boone
Lot 7 Grave 56
Richard Boone
Lot 7 Grave 57
Orian Skinner
1910 - 1987
Lot 7 Grave 58
Unmarked Grave
Lot 0 Grave 59
Mark Clay
Dec 25, 1822 - Dec 28, 1904
"Not lost blest thought, But gone before where we shall meet."
Lot 0 Grave 60
Unmarked Graves
4 graves marked by granite blocks.
Lot 0 Grave 61
Unmarked Graves
Approximately 4 graves in this lot.
Lot 8 Grave 62
Unmarked Graves
Approximately 6 graves in this lot.
Lot 9 Grave 63
Unmarked Grave
A lot surrounded by a wrought iron fence, approximately 20 X 20. No graves visible.
Lot 9 Grave 64
Unmarked Graves
5-6 graves marked with granite blocks.
Lot 0 Grave 65
Unmarked Graves
5 graves in this lot.
Lot 10 Grave 66
Gustis Kelsie
Grave predates 1940, when Kimbrough listed this grave in her cemetery listings.
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Lot 0 Grave 67
Martha Kelsie
Grave predates 1940, when Kimbrough listed this grave in her cemetery listings.
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Lot 0 Grave 68
Unmarked Adult Slabs
2 graves.
Lot 0 Grave 69
Unmarked Grave
Lot 0 Grave 70
Lot on the opposite side of the road from the main cemetery. Room for 6 graves.
Lot 11 Grave 71
Henry Hardwick
1845 - 1917
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 72
Fannie Washington
1863 - 1903
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 73
Magnolia Whitmore
1896 - 1897
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 74
Sidney Thomas, Sr.
- 1918
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 75
S. Thomas, Jr.
- 1911
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 76
Thomas D. Lyons
- 1930
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 77
Charity Shivers
1844 - 1901
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 78
M. More
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 79
A. Hunt
per Kimbrough list of 1940. Not found in 2001 survey.
Lot 0 Grave 80
Unmarked Grave - Jane Chatman
- May 3, 1949
Age 68. Info and cemetery location per death certificate supplied by Lucie K. Lewis.
Lot 0 Grave 81