Mt. Springs Church Cemetery
 Description: Mt. Springs Church Road
Location: From the Jones-Bibb County line on Ga. Hwy. 49, travel southeast for 5.5 miles to the intersection of Pitts Chapel Rd. Turn right and travel approx. 1.7 miles to the intersection of Mt. Springs Rd. Turn left and travel approx. 2.5 miles to Griswoldville Rd. Turn left and travel approx. 0.2 mile to Mt. Springs Church Rd. and a railroad crossing on the right. Turn right and travel down Mt. Springs Church road approx. 1 mile to the cemetery on both sides of the road.

GPS coordinates in degrees only form: 32.88866° N X 83.44002° W
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Dist. 6 Land Lot 68
Date surveyed: May 26, 2002
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: White
Indexer(s) or Contributor(s): Earl Colvin

List of Graves

Pers No.NameBirthDeathInscription and NotesService
1 Elam Alex Balkcom Aug 3, 1857Oct 27, 1945   
2 Nannie S. Balkcom Jul 13, 1885Feb 24, 1974   
3 John Henry Balkcom May 29, 1909Sep 10, 1940   
4Mildred Williams Sep 1, 1918Oct 5, 1919   
5Robert B. McDaniel Oct 2, 1917Sep 4, 1917   
6Margaret McDaniel Jul 18, 1921Oct 3, 1921   
7Mariah McDaniel Oct 31, 1922Nov 3, 1922   
8Frances McDaniel Jul 31, 1928Aug 1, 1928   
9R. D. McDaniel Jul 11, 1889Apr 13, 1931   
10Mary McDaniel 19221959   
11 Maggie McDaniel Oct 22, 1886Jan 16, 1968Mother
  		 
12 Hugh Poland McDaniel Dec 1, 1918Jun 19, 1996  World War II
PFC US Army

13 Henry Balkcom May 21, 1809Nov 17, 1877   
14 Delana Balkcom May 22, 1809Apr 17, 1882   
15 M. D. Balkcom 18551930Little Fayette
  		 
16Fannie B. James Feb 6, 1861Sep 16, 1950   
17Schiller P. Balkcom Apr 5, 1891Jan 31, 1944  Military Service:
GA Sgt 11th Inf

18Annie P. Balkcom Jun 25, 1859Oct 14, 1942   
19Benjamin Franklin Balkcom Jul 2, 1853Mar 23, 1910   
20 Ethridge 19511951Infant d/o Robert & Larue Ethridge
  		 
21 Robert Franklin Ethridge Nov 10, 1922May 20, 1955on same headstone as Larue Twilley Ethridge  
22 Laure Twilley Ethridge Apr 28, 1926Oct 31, 1982on same headstone as Robert Franklin Ethridge 
23 D. V. Etheridge 18761941on same headstone as Nora Etheridge  
24 Nora Etheridge 18811972on same headstone as D.V. Etheridge  
25 Myrtle Etheridge Jan 30, 1907Nov 2, 1925   
26 Infant d/o D. V. and Nora Etheridge Nov 5, 1913Dec 9, 1913   
27 Evelyn Etheridge May 9, 1915Sep 19, 1920   
28 Shadrach Croom 18331913No dates on stone. Dates per Mrs. Christine Sapp. Confederate States of America
Co B 14th GA Inf CSA

29 George W. Johnson Nov 11, 1838May 24, 1889h/o Clara J. Johnson
  		 
30Baby Chain   Age 3 months
  		 
31W. F. Chain Jan 20, 1844Oct 8, 1917   
32 Sallie Cobb Happoldt Jun 7, 1845Mar 18, 1909   
33Charles Happoldt Mar 8, 1845May 13, 1915  Military Service:
Corp Co B 178th NY Inf

34 Ora Lee Happoldt Sep 15, 1900Sep 23, 1929Dear husband is gone but not forgotten
  		 
35 Forrest Edward Happoldt Sep 22, 1871Aug 1, 1956   
36 Lillie Cobb Happoldt Apr 18, 1876Feb 13, 1963   
37 Cordelia Happoldt Mixon Sep 12, 1869Jan 14, 1961   
38    Unmarked adult slab grave: 5 unmarked adult graves, 4 unmarked adult slabs 
39 Bessie Happoldt Ray Oct 4, 1889Mar 21, 1969   
40 Ernest F. Happoldt Aug 6, 1908Oct 7, 1968   
41Alline Giddens Owens Happoldt Dec 18, 1921May 24, 1993   
42William Forrest Happoldt Nov 21, 1912Jan 23, 1974   
43 Emmett Daniel Happoldt Mar 26, 1879Jan 20, 1937   
44 Janie Upshaw Happoldt May 20, 1884Jun 13, 1965   
45 Euna Jackson Happoldt Aug 24, 1908Feb 26, 1940   
46 Emmett Earl Happoldt Oct 29, 1908Dec 26, 1970   
47 Samuel W. Ward Sep 26, 1853Jun 3, 1924on same headstone as Roxey Ethridge Ward  
48 Roxey Ethridge Ward May 14, 1861Feb 14, 1934w/o Samuel Ward
  		 
49Harvey J. Ward 18831948   
50William Thomas Anderson Jan 17, 1867Oct 31, 1950on same headstone as Fannie Ward Anderson  
51Fannie Ward Anderson May 15, 1878Apr 28, 1925   
52Harvey William Anderson Jul 8, 1900Feb 2, 1954   
53Samuel D. Ward Jan 13, 1886Jun 20, 1926   
54Mary A. Mayers Apr 8, 1841Sep 18, 1904   
55Lathy Mixon Crooms Lyles Aug 9, 1867Sep 9, 1946w/o C.F. Lyles
  		 
56David L. Crooms Apr 12, 1858Jul 28, 1918   
57James C. James ca. 1856May 21, 1884Age 28 yrs - An Honest Man
  		 
58B. F. Denning, Sr. Aug 9, 1857Jan 17, 1885   
59Lucinda A. Gibson Jun 3, 1837Apr 26, 1889w/o Dr. Thomas Gibson - In Memory of our Mother
  		 
60Howard Shoats Aug 6, 1913Feb 23, 1982  World War II
US Army

61    headmarker only  
62Mrs. Mary E. Kinney Aug 29, 1864Feb 28, 1947   
63William Gus Vickers May 30, 1912Dec 17, 1976  World War II
US Navy

64Bessy M. Solomon Apr 20, 1930Sep 11, 1974   
65    slab is broken and unreadable  
66Hazel Rivers Camell? Nov 7, 1914Apr 30, 1953last name and death date were very hard to read 
67Joe Rivers May 30, 1892Apr 19, 1973  World War I
GA CPL US Army

68Fellark Ward Sep 25, 1922Dec 30, 1981  World War II
US Army

69Lang Shoats 18931974  World War I
Pvt US Army

70 Mattie M. W. Shoats Sep 25, 1897Aug 30, 1980In memory of a loving Mother and Grandmother
  		 
71Gorge William  Feb 12, 1870   
72 George Myrick Aug 13, 1910Mar 7, 1969   
73Mrs. Roxie Young  Oct 12, 1888   
74 Celia B. Glover Apr 12, 1916Sep 23, 1994   
75 Charles Ulysses Kitchens Mar 25, 1885Mar 8, 1931   
76 Luvina Kitchens Dec 3, 1913Dec 17, 1913   
77 Margaret M. Ward Mar 13, 1865Jun 29, 1947   
78 T. W. Ward Sep 30, 1854Jan 20, 1929   
79 Mary Ward Mixon Mar 20, 1859Jun 9, 1929w/o Calvin J. Mixon
  		 
80 Calvin J. Mixon Jul 29, 1858Aug 25, 1938   
81Baby Boy Ward  Jun 12, 1932   
82R. Harrold Ward Feb 7, 1931Feb 24, 1931   
83Alma Ethridge Ward      
84 Irvin Ward Feb 23, 1901Jul 7, 1947   
85 Ward Dec 10, 1916Aug 3, 1917Infant s/o W.O. & A.M. Ward - Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven
  		 
86 Ella Davis Ward Aug 9, 1865 w/o W.W. Ward
on same headstone as, William W. Ward and Amanda Etheridge Ward		 
87William W. Ward Jan 13, 1857Jan 27, 1915Age 58 yrs
on same headstone as Ella Davis and Amanda Etheridge Ward		 
88 Amanda Etheridge Ward May 8, 1867Jul 29, 1892Age 25 yrs - w/o W.W. Ward
  		 
89Manda Ward ca. 1869Jul 25, 1892Age 25 yrs
  		 
90Sarah Staples Ward Feb 26, 1841May 22, 1892   
91Sarah F. Meeks Sep 25, 1841Feb 24, 1911   
92J. H. Meeks Apr 9, 1837Jan 7, 1918   
93Benjamin B. Meeks Jul 25, 1866Sep 16, 1901   
94 Meeks  Oct 9, 1895infant s/o B.B. & S.L. Meeks
  		 
95 Laura W. Stevens 18931896   
96 Martha Jane Stevens 18601958Mizpah
on same headstone as Rufus H. Stevens 		 
97 Rufus H. Stevens 18601902on same headstone as Martha Jane Stevens  
98Caleb  18971904   
99M. Elizabeth Wheeler Cobb 18561938w/o Layfatte Cobb
  		 
100James W. Wheeler May 25, 1868Nov 29, 1930A place vacant in our home that can never be filled.
  		 
101Jane Wheeler Sep 28, 1835Jun 19, 1909w/o Ira Wheeler
  		 
102Ira Wheeler Dec 17, 1830Dec 23, 1893Age 63 yrs
  		 
103G. Layfatte Cobb 18561933   

 

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