Orphans Cemetery-GHS 45-2-Dodge Co
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N 32° 12.429 W 083° 12.979
17S E 291106 N 3565551
Orphans Cemetery & Firetower Rds, 2 1/2 miles NW of Eastman
Waymark Code: WMA5H6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2010
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Albert G. Williamson, a Dodge County entrepreneur, donated land for a burial place in Orphans community following the death of a neighbor´s child, George P.A. Barnes, in 1887. The community was named in honor of the six orphaned Williamson brothers who moved here in 1873-74 from North Carolina. The earliest burials were children of the Thomas, Weldy, and Lashley families. Other common names in the original acre are Hardy, Manley, Steele, Stuckey, and Williamson. The statuary above their mausoleum depicts A.G. and Martha Buchan Williamson and their nephew, Jay Gould.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 45-2
Date: 1999.5
Sponsor: The Georgia Historical Society, Orphans Cemetery Association, and Dodge Historical Society
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