West End Cemetery - Quitman, GA
N 30° 47.104 W 083° 34.003
17R E 254378 N 3408599
West End Cemetery is located in the city of Quitman in Brooks County, Georgia, USA.
Waymark Code: WMFEVT
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2012
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This historic cemetery is surrounded with a lovely antique iron fence. The cemetery is well over a century old and is the final resting place of some of the earliest families of the city of Quitman. An historical marker in the cemetery provides the following information: "In this cemetery, during the last year of the War Between the States, a number of Confederate soldiers, 17 of them unknown, were buried. Memorial services for these soldiers were held as early as 1869. In 1871, on Memorial Day, April 26, a group of orphans from the Confederate Home, Lauderdale, Miss., attended the services. One child, by chance, found the grave of her father. In 1875 the Ladies Memorial Association was formed. This became the Quitman Memorial Association and is now the Quitman Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, who own and maintain this cemetery." According to the Find-A-Grave website, there are 310 graves in this cemetery.
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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