Old Harmony Grove Cemetery

 
Submitted by: Judy Cronen, Chuck Cronen and Lucille Buter
 
Directions:  This cemetery is located off Harmony Grove Church Road, just past New Harmony Grove Church. You will see a gravel road going off to the right, follow it toward a stand of trees and an American Flag. The cemetery sits on top of a small hill.
 
Note:  On December 24, 1840, a group of early settlers composed of Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians, realized the great need for a school and church in the community. They decided to construct a wooden building in the grove of trees on Land Lot 311. This building served as both church and school until just before 1861 when it was destroyed by fire. The early settlers had established a cemetery next to the church building and this is now Old Harmony Grove Cemetery.

There are some 400 graves in this beautiful old cemetery and a majority of the graves are marked with field stones which do not have inscriptions. This Cemetery has been proclaimed a Historical Landmark in Paulding County.

 
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Name Birth Death Notes
Armstrong, Mattie 12-23-1868 8/20/1904  
Baker, Ann Cochran 1843 1910 D/O M&M Wm.
Baker, John V. 1829 1866  
Baker, Margaret M. 7-12-1825 12-26-1875 W/O John V.
Baker, Minnie Lee 1884 1885 D/O M&M W. J.
Baker, Oliver NO DATES   Co. C., 63 GA Inf., CSA
Brock, Susanna Cochran 7-04-1872 9/10/1910 D/O M&M W. C.
Brown, Allen NO DATES   S/O M&M James
Brown, Cornelius 1849 1862 S/O John & Susan
Brown, Frances NO DATES   D/O M&M James
Brown, George W. 6-10-1852 8/19/1934 S/O John & Susan
Brown, Martha 1847 1862  
Brown, Robert NO DATES   S/O M&M James
Brown, Susan Wallace 1815 1862 1W/O John
Campbell, Infant 5-20-1898 5-20-1898 S/O M&M C. G.
Campbell, Joseph Samuel 2-13-1887 3/8/1909 Woodman/World
Campbell, Mary F. 6-29-1862 5-22-1893  
Campbell, Ruby B. 8-24-1884 8-22-1888 D/O M&M C. G.
Cantrell, Sallie S. 9-24-1879 7/21/1949  
Carnes, Comfort 1753 1861 B: VA, M/O Richard
Carnes, James 1-01-1842 1/13/1923 Pvt., Co. C 22 GA Inf.,CSA
Carnes, Nancy 1820 8-25-1895 W/O Richard; Co-founders of Church
Carnes, Richard 1810 3-03-1873 H/O Nancy
Carruth, Henry NO DATES    
Clark, Alfred Benjamin 1827 1899 Pvt.Co G, 11, GA Inf.,CSA
Clark, George NO DATES    
Clark, Infant NO DATES   D/O M&M John S.
Clark, Lu Sindie 1831 1914  
Clark, Lucinda Lambert 1831 11/16/1914 W/O Alfred B.
Clark, Ollie 1906 1918  
Cochran, Abraham 1919 1919 S/O Homer & Elo
Cochran, Amanda Dudley 5-04-1880 8/11/1953 W/O John H.
Cochran, D. Lewis 7-11-1853 8/3/1926 H/O Sarah W.
Cochran, David Boyd 4-20-1893 12-23-1893 S/O M&M W. C.
Cochran, Eugene 1-22-1897 1-29-1897 S/O M&M W. C.
Cochran, Eulah Cantrell 10-14-1856 1-29-1897 4W/O W. C.
Cochran, Henry A. 5-06-1829 1-15-1864 Pvt. Co C 22 GA Inf., CSA
Cochran, Henry J. 8-16-1848 2/9/1922 H/O Mary W.
Cochran, Hugh Dorsey 8/2/1916 1/9/1918  
Cochran, Infant 1913 1913 I/O Homer & Elo
Cochran, Infant 1920 1920 I/O M&M Homer
Cochran, Infant NO DATES   I/O M&M Pierce
Cochran, John Henry 2-19-1872 5/5/1960 H/O Amanda D.
Cochran, John Otis 6/28/1906 9/13/1906  
Cochran, John R., Jr. 1841 1842 S/O M&M J. R., Sr. Oldest Grave in Cem.
Cochran, John Wesley 1848 1921 S/O M&M Wm.
Cochran, Lillie Mae 1905 1905  
Cochran, Margaret Brown 1843 1881 2W/O W. C.
Cochran, Martha Ann Hill 3-21-1842 7-25-1870 1W/O W. C.
Cochran, Mary Elizabeth 5-26-1870 3-10-1871 D/O M&M W. C.
Cochran, Mary Wood 2-15-1844 7/5/1922 W/O Henry J.
Cochran, P. C. 4-29-1899 8/6/1918  
Cochran, Pleasant G. 5-06-1829 3-30-1863 Pvt.Co C 22 GA Inf., CSA
Cochran, Pleasant G. 8-17-1868 8/6/1926 S/O M&M W.C.
Cochran, Rachel Amanda 8-09-1886 1887 D/O M&M W.C.
Cochran, Rachel Goodwin 6-22-1851 3-25-1887 3W/O W.C.
Cochran, Sally Siniard 1850 1920 W/O John W.
Cochran, Sarah E. Wells 9-15-1855 6/16/1919 W/O D. Lewis
Cochran, Sarah Kiser 1809 1890 W/O Wm.
Cochran, Sidney Ann 6-04-1879 6-03-1880 D/O M&M W. C.
Cochran, Sidney Ann Wood 4-25-1849 7/21/1920 W/O Wm. L.
Cochran, William 1803 1872 H/O Sarah K.
Cochran, William Calvin 6-15-1839 4-19-1898 Pvt. Co.C 22 GA Inf., CSA
Cochran, William Lafayette 11-18-1844 6/9/1925 Pvt. Co A 1 GA Cav., CSA
Cutler, Hattie Mae Cantrell 1898 1918 W/O Ray
Cutler, Infant NO DATES   D/O M&M Ray
Cuttles, Hattie C. 1919 1919 I/O Hattie C.
Dudley, Decker 1878 1905  
Dudley, Jane 1840 1915 M/O Amanda D.
Dudley, James 1899 1905  
Ferguson, Abraham Gideon 1-31-1841 1/3/1929 Pvt. Co C 22 GA Inf., CSA
Ferguson, Infant 1880 1880 S/O A.G. & M.E.
Ferguson, J. H. 7-24-1877 5-02-1880 S/O M&M A. G.
Ferguson, Jessie 3-18-1884 3/5/1901 D/O M&M A.G.
Ferguson, Martha J. McEvers 1-16-1851 6/28/1937 2W/O A.G.
Ferguson, Mary E. Womack 6-31-1847 5-13-1880 1W/O A. G.
Ferguson, Robert Ortell 1930 1930  
Galihair, Jesse NO DATES    
Gallahan, Jesse M. 1850 CA.1920  
Gallahan, Sarah D. 1852 CA.1915  
Goss, William NO DATES   "Bill"
Guess, Joseph 1839 1964 Co. D, 36 GA Inf.,CSA
Guess, Sarah E. Cantrell 6-13-1890 8/9/1914 W/O J.W.
Hagler, Cynthia Hovers 1843 1913 W/O Amos
Haney, Infant 11/5/1917 11/5/1917 S/O Frank & Maggie
Hill, Ernest 1918 1919  
Hill, Mike Ernest 9-22-1892 5/4/1946 Pvt. US Army, WWI
Hill, Ruby 1944 1945  
Hilliard, Daisey Gertrude 2/16/1913 9/25/1914 D/O M&M R. L.
Hilliard, Ethel Allene 9/25/1915 9/25/1915 D/O M&M R. L.
Hilliard, Georgia Moselle 3/30/1921 6/14/1921 D/O M&M R. L.
Hilliard, Infant 6/1/1924 6/1/1924 S/O M&M R.L.
Hilliard, John Costillo 1/6/1923 1/16/1923 S/O M&M R. L.
Hilliard, Robert Lee, Jr. 4/11/1917 4/5/1918 S/O M&M R. L., Sr.
Hite, Children (2) NO DATES    
Hovers, Anie 4-24-1880 4/18/1919 W/O Charles
Hovers, Charley, Jr. 1917 1919  
Hovers, Dessie NO DATES    
Hovers, Elba 1919 1919  
Hovers, Infant NO DATES   I/O M&M Charles
Hovers, Luther NO DATES    
Hughes, Sarah 1808 1864  
Hutcheson, Catherine C. Newbill 8-30-1862 11/22/1932 D/O W.C. & M.E. Cochran
Hutcheson, Josephus 3-03-1868 10/14/1938 2H/O Catherine C. Newbill
Jenkins, Dixie 1909 1909  
Jenkins, John P. 1882 1911  
Johnston, Sarah Ann Sligh 1-12-1841 2-13-1865 W/O J. R.
Kiser, Emma Cochran 1876 1905 W/O Charles M.
Kiser, Infant NO DATES   I/O M&M Charles M.
Kiser, William 1851 1856 B: NC
Lee, Fannie Baines NO DATES   W/O John
Lewis, Clifford L. 1890 1917  
Lewis, L. C. 1915 1915  
Lewis, Robert C. 1916 1916  
Lindsey, Harrison NO DATES    
Little, Mattie 1906 1910  
Mathis, Allie Lou 10-20-1888 6-18-1891  
Mathis, Jennings Bivings 10-30-1860 8/16/1942  
Mathis, Margaret L.Cochran 9-20-1864 302101931  
McEver, Children (3) NO DATES    
McEver, J. E. 10-19-1877 8/6/1925  
McEver, Martha J. 10-20-1839 12-01-1889  
McEver, Mary C. NO DATE 2-04-1866  
Morris, Elsie Goss NO DATES   1W/O Oliver Goss
Newbill, Samuel C. 2-17-1860 4-02-1892 1H/O Catherine C.
Ruff, Charlie Lorsnzy 7-27-1899 7/27/1901 S/O J.T. & J.F.
Ruff, James Daniel 9-07-1892 11-23-1894 S/O J.T. & J.F.
Ruff, James T. 12-18-1859 3/15/1945 S/O M&M Jesse M.
Ruff, Jesse M. 1830 1890 Co D 4 US Inf., Union Army
Ruff, Julia A. Fountain 9-29-1866 12/13/1911 W/O James T.
Ruff, Martha L. Annie Smith 1826 1898 W/O J. Monroe
Ruff, Nancy Harriett 11-11-1890 11-24-1890 D/O J.T. & J.F.
Sanford, Ansel 1/2/1912 7/2/1914  
Sanford, Herman NO DATES   S/O M&M Mack
Sanford, Infant 10-03-1899 10-03-1899 D/O M&M Lem
Sanford, Infant 8/31/1914 8/31/1914 D/O M&M V.T.
Sanford, Infants (4) NO DATES   I/O Sam & Lizzie
Sanford, Ivey NO DATES   S/O M&M Mack
Sanford, Lynn Easterlin 2-09-1835 3/28/1920 W/O M.V.
Sanford, M. V. 1830 1916 Pvt. Co A 35 GA Inf., CSA
Sanford, Mary Lee 3/22/1909 11/6/1911 D/O M&M V.T.
Shepard, Elizabeth Goss NO DATES   1W/O Monroe
Shepard, Infant NO DATES   I/O M&M Monroe
Shepard, Monroe 1882 1922 "Ro"
Siniard, Hiram 1855 1914  
Siniard, John Thompson 1827 1898 Cpl. Co G 22 GA Inf., CSA
Siniard, Lucretia Adams 1824 1900 W/O John T., Planted Cedar Tree
Siniard, Lynn NO DATES    
Siniard, Margaret E.Cochran 2-11-1839 7/16/1921 D/O M&M Wm. Cochran
Sligh, Margaret M. Hughes 8-25-1799 6-18-1861 W/O John N.
Smith, Magie L. 9/17/1904 2/8/1905 D/O J.W. & M.A.
Starnes, Bessie Irene 4-02-1898 9-14-1898 D/O M&M T.M.