Hester Family Cemetery (tentative location)
Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, travel east 2 blocks on Broad Street. Turn right on Boland Street and travel 2.8 miles to Brown Chapel Rd. Turn left. Travel 2.4 miles. A gate and logging road should be on your right. Follow the logging road, bearing to your left at the fork, for 0.2 mile. What is believed to be the cemetery will be on your left in the woods, about 25 feet from the logging road.
GPS coordinates: 33 12' 23.5" N 82 57' 33.7" W
or in degrees only form: 33.20653° N X 82.95936° W
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GMD: 113
Cemetery Status: Inactive
Predominant race: White
What appears to be 3-4 depressions may mark the location of the cemetery. The location is estimated based on the best information available (the recollections of Dot Flury).
All information about people possibly buried in this cemetery is based on the family records and marriage records of Dot Flury.
Indexer or Contributor: Russell Poss and Susan Harrington
Number of persons found: 25
Unmarked Grave - Alfred Hester
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 1
Unmarked Grave - Mary Ann Hyman Hester
m. Alfred Hester, Mar 26, 1845. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 2
Unmarked Grave - David Hester
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 3
Unmarked Grave - Martha Martin Hester
m. David Hester, Jan 10, 1833. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury
Grave 4
Unmarked Grave - Mary Blount Hester
m. David Hester, Sept 26, 1835. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 5
Unmarked Grave - Cynthia Stone Hester
m. David Hester, 1857. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 6
Unmarked Grave - James Irwin Hester
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 7
Unmarked Grave - Martha Maria G. Belding Hester
m. James Irwin Hester, Dec 23, 1845. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 8
Thomas Hester
Buried in Pt. Lookout Maryland Cemetery. Not buried here.
Grave 9
Unmarked Grave - Mary E. Lary Hester
m. Thomas Hester, Apr 3, 1859. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 10
Unmarked Grave - Wheeler Hester
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 11
Unmarked Grave - Mary H. Trippe Hester
m. Wheeler Hester, 1854. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 12
Unmarked Grave - William Hester
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 13
Unmarked Grave - Martha McCook Hester
m. William Hester, Nov 4, 1849. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 14
Unmarked Grave - Willis Hester
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 15
Unmarked Grave - Rachel McDaniel Hester
m. Willis Hester, Jan 15, 1818. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 16
Unmarked Grave - Eanes Hester Ransom
m. Jeremiah Ransom, 1820. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 17
Unmarked Grave - Jeremiah Ransom
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 18
Unmarked Grave - Frances Hester McCook
m. William McCook, Apr 5, 1834. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 19
Unmarked Grave - William McCook
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 20
Unmarked Grave - Nancy Hester Denton Gordy
m. John B. Denton, 1843. m.(2) George W. Gordy, Nov 18, 1847. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 21
Unmarked Grave - John B. Denton
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 22
Unmarked Grave - George W. Gordy
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 23
Unmarked Grave - Susan Hester Reynolds
m. James Reynolds, Sept 23, 1819. Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 24
Unmarked Grave - James Reynolds
Possibly buried here, per Dot Flury.
Grave 25