Cemeteries:  Hancock County  Rock Mills Cemetery
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Rock Mills Methodist Church Cemetery Inscriptions, Hancock County, 
Georgia

In 1840, William Shivers, Sr. gave three acres of land to be used for a 
church and the internment of the dead. The Church was moved to Jewell, 
Georgia in 1894. Burials were conducted into the 1930's. Only five 
markers remain for viewing.

Directions: Difficult to reach. The cemetery is landlocked by Plum 
Creek timber lands. From Sparta, take Highway 16 to Jewell, Georgia. 
Turn left on Jewell-Mayfield road. go approximately 1 1/4 miles to road 
on left with yellow bar gate. Walk up road 3/8 mile to cemetery.

Name                         Born                       Died

William Henry Carr, CSA      3/19/1837                8/16/1907

Amanda Jane Enlow Carr       3/23/1848               11/21/1931 
(wife of William Henry) 

William H. Warthen, CSA      5/11/1846               11/11/1922

Mary C. Marcus               1855                    1930

Zack Smith, CSA