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Subject Files : Cemeteries
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Photographs- Cemeteries
Braden
Brockett Oaks, or Towers Family
Chupp
Dabney Shumate
Decatur
Diamond Mitchell
Donaldson family
Double Springs
East View, “A Grave Affair”, October 28, 2023
Fairfield Baptist/Kilgore Rd
Fellowship Primitive Baptist
Gresham-Weed
Hardman
Henderson family- Rufus, Greenville, other
Henderson, William G. family cemetery
Indian Creek
Lithonia One/Bruce Street
Livsey Memorial
Marvin
Midway
Old Fellowship
Pickens Lee
Pounds family
Prosperity
Rehoboth
Scottdale
Stone Mountain
Sylvester
unknown
Veal-Smith family
Wade
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CEMETERY SUBJECT FILES
The cemetery files are comprised mainly of Franklin Garrett’s cemetery records for DeKalb County, Georgia. Mr. Garrett created these records in the early 1930s by visiting cemeteries within a 25 mile radius of Five Points in Atlanta and transcribing the headstones. The original Garrett cemetery records can be found at the Atlanta History Center.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Frequently Asked Questions Cemeteries
General Files
Cemetery Preservation
Miscellaneous
Publicity regarding Georgia cemetery laws
Symbolism
Cemeteries
Adair family
Adams, Salathiel family
Akins, Thomas J.
Alford family
Anderson family- Stone Mountain
Arabia Mountain Heritage area
Boring, Rev. Jesse
Braden family
Brockett Oaks, or Towers family
Cedar Grove
Chamblee Baptist Church
Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Knob, or Thomasville
Chupp family
Clarkston Town
Clay/Kirkwood:
The Clay family & Kirkwood Baptist Church
Clifton Springs
Crowley family
Dabney-Shumate family
Dawn Memorial Park
Dean family – Gwinnett
Dean, T.J. family
Decatur – Franklin Garrett List (1 of 5) (map in oversized storage)
Decatur (2 of 5)
Decatur (3 of 5)
Decatur (4 of 5)
Decatur (5 of 5)
Dempsey- Perkerson family
Diamond-Mitchell family
Donaldson family
Doraville
Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church
East View
Fairfield Baptist Church
Family cemetery- LaVista Rd area
Fellowship Primitive Baptist
Flat Rock United Methodist, also Robinson family
Goodwin Harris family
Goodwin, Solomon Jr. family
Gresham-Weed
Guess
Hall family
Hardman- Clairmont Rd (map in oversized storage)
Hardeman Primitive Baptist Church- Glenwood Rd
Hearn
Henderson
Henderson, Greenville family
Henderson, Rufus family
Henderson, William G.
Howell
Hulsey family
Johnson-Goldsmith-Maddox (map in oversized storage)
Jones- Perkins- Hawkins
Kelley’s Chapel Methodist
Kelley family
Klondike Baptist, also Philadelphia Baptist- Lithonia, 16th district, lot #113
Langford Henderson
Lithonia town
Lithonia (African-American) (1 of 2)
Lithonia (African-American) (2 of 2)
Livsey family
Macedonia Baptist
Marbut family
Martin, Stephen
Marvin
Mason Baptist (African American)(aka Mt Moriah and IOB Lodge)
Master’s
Midway Baptist
Midway Presbyterian
Miller family /Ebenezer
Millican family
Mitchell family
Mt. Carmel Church of Christ
Mt. Moriah Church (African-American)(aka Mason and IOB Lodge)
Mt. Zion A.M.E. church
Mountain View Baptist
Mountain View (now Melwood)
Nancy Creek, including MARTA reports from 1985 (3 folders, 1 notebook)
Oakland
Old Fellowship
Old Flat Shoals or Morris family
Old Klondike Baptist, 16th district, lot #144
Old Macedonia Methodist
Old Mt. Cavalry Methodist
Panthersville or White’s
Pauper’s cemetery (Mountainview)
Peachtree Baptist
Phillips (African American)
Pickens Lee family (graves were moved to Melwood in 1989)
Pleasant Hill Baptist
Prospect Methodist
Prosperity
Rainey, Bennett or Smallpox cemetery
Rehobeth Baptist Church
Robertson family
Robinson family, also Flat Rock
Rock Chapel Methodist Church
Rock Chapel Methodist Church slave cemetery
Rock Springs Primitive Baptist
Scottdale (African American)
Singleton -Gwinnett
Smith McElroy (also known as Mocasin Gap)
Stamps Chapel (or Parker family)- Decatur, Panthersville
St. Paul’s Baptist (African American)
Stonecrest (topographical maps only)
Stone Mountain (2 folders)
Sylvester (map in oversized storage)
Thomasville (African American), or Chestnut Knob
Turner Hill Missionary Baptist
Unknown cemetery at Thurman/Old McDonough Rd
Veal
Veal-Smith
Waldrop family
Warsaw Methodist- Fulton County
Washington Park/Washington Memorial Gardens (African American)
Wesley Chapel Methodist
Zion Baptist (between Clarkston and Stone Mountain)
