Historic Utoy Church Cemetery - Atlanta, GA
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The Historic Utoy Church Cemetery is located on Cahaba Dr in Atlanta, GA. This cemetery dates from 1825. There are 700 to 800 graves here.
Waymark Code: WM7W0Z
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2009
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The Historic Utoy Church Cemetery is located on Cahaba Dr in Atlanta, GA. This cemetery dates from 1825. There are 700 to 800 graves here.
From the GA Historic marker at the cemetery:
Utoy Primitive Baptist Church, the oldest Baptist Church in present Fulton County, was constituted August 15, 1824, in a log house just west of here. The church was moved to its present location in the summer of 1828.
In 1864 the church was used as a Confederate hospital. July 22, Col. James S. Boynton, 30th Georgia, was wounded and brought to Utoy Church for medical care. Boynton later became President of the Georgia Senate and on March 5, 1883, the day after the death of Governor Alexander H. Stephens, he became of Governor of Georgia, to serve until a special election could be held.
In the cemetery at Utoy Church lies buried Dr. Joshua Gilbert, Atlanta´s first doctor. Born in 1815 in South Carolina, Dr. Gilbert was graduated from old Augusta Medical College in 1845 and came to Atlanta. At that time Atlanta was called Marthasville and was located in DeKalb County. Here he practiced medicine until his death in 1889.
GHM 060-192 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1961
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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