Mt. Zion Cemetery
Oscarville, Georgia
Located just off highway 369 in the community of Oscarville is the historic Mt. Zion Cemetery. It has become over-grown with weeds and briars due to neglect. The earliest known grave is that of George Woodliff, May 30, 1849. The cemetery contains 38 recognizable headstones and what appear to be several other graves marked only with rocks.
The GPS location coordinates for this cemetery are Latitude 34° 14' 57" N and Longitude 83° 58' 21" W.
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Mt. Zion Cemetery |
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| BAILEY | ||||
| P.L. | 3/29/1861 | 2/25/1918 | ||
| BOYD | ||||
| Julia A.E. (wife of Wm.) | 6/10/1821 | 12/8/1904 | ||
| William (39 yrs, 5 mos, 21 days) | 11/10/1857 | |||
| BREWER | ||||
| Martha L. (wife of W.M.)(59 years old) | 3/24/1902 | |||
| W.M. (Rev.) | 8/15/1814 | 2/9/1892 | ||
| CANTRELL | ||||
| Mary E. | 11/27/1840 | 6/8/1884 | ||
| (Erected by her son J.W. Mahaffey) | ||||
| S.W. (wife of CJ.) | 6/26/1870 | 3/26/1897 | ||
| CHAMBERS | ||||
| J.B. | 1/2/1834 | 12/13/1910 | ||
| Nancy | 3/22/1803 | 9/1/1883 | ||
| EDWARDS | ||||
| Mollie | 11/19/1875 | 5/12/1898 | ||
| J | ||||
| N.J. (stone hand carved) | 1/2/185? | |||
| JORDAN | ||||
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Harden A. (Sgt Co N 38 Ga Inf) CSA | |||
| Rafe D. (son of G.P.) | 3/31/1911 | 4/8/1911 | ||
| LOFTON | ||||
| Susan (relict of Eli) | 1800 | 6/4/1849 | ||
| LYLE | ||||
| Allie Bird | 7/27/1902 | 9/1/1902 | ||
| MORGAN | ||||
| Virgil R. (husband of Ophelia) | 8/15/1874 | 1/6/1907 | ||
| PIERCE | ||||
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Caleb W. (Co B 38 Ga Inf) CSA | |||
| PUCKETT | ||||
| James Mixon (Infant of M.W. - Age 1 year) | 8/21/1883 | |||
| SARGENT | ||||
| Almina | 1844 | 1932 | ||
| SCROGGINS | ||||
| Priscilla | 3/9/1777 | 11/17/1893 | ||
| Virgil (letters written backwards 18ee) | 3/20/1899 | |||
| STOVALL | ||||
| Nannie (wife of G.A.) | 10/28/1869 | 1/31/1902 | ||
| STROUD | ||||
| Nancy | 5/18/1824 | 1/18/1904 | ||
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Willis (Col. 38 Ga Inf) CSA | |||
| THOMPSON | ||||
| C.H. | 11/2/1813 | 4/8/1884 | ||
| Elizabeth | 7/12/1809 | 1/7/1910 | ||
| VERMILLION | ||||
| Rachel | 1842 | 12/2/1911 | ||
| WILLIAMS | ||||
| Susane (age 88 years) | 7/15/1888 | |||
| William L. (son of W.H. and E.J.) | 7/15/1865 | 10/21/1865 | ||
| William S. (Rev.) | 2/25/1807 | 3/19/1875 | ||
| WOODLIFF | ||||
| George (Age 62 years, 1 mo, 15 days) | 5/30/1849 | |||
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George Franklin (1st Lt Co. E 43rd Ga Inf) | 1834 | 1897 | |
| I. Sabella (consort of George)(Age 63 yrs, 6 mo) | 10/31/1856 | |||
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Josiah H. | 7/1/1823 | 3/10/1877 | |
| Laura Isabella (9 yrs, 4 mo, 8 days) | 3/30/1854 | |||
| Lucinda June (Age 1 yr, 8 mo) | 7/8/1851 | |||
| Lucy Ann (7 yrs, 9 mo, 2 days) | 3/30/1854 | |||
| Mary J. (wife of Josiah H.) | 8/24/1821 | 2/19/1898 | ||
| (born Louisa County, Virginia) | ||||
| Sarah Elizabeth (wife of George Franklin) | 1842 | 1918 | ||
Primary source --
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Title: |
Cemeteries of
Forsyth County, Georgia Donna Parrish, Bonnye T. Leary & Garland C. Bagley 1981 |
