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Grin Historic Cemetery The City of Grin owns and maintains 125 acres of Griffin Historic cemeteries, with markers as old as the city’s founding Notable Gravesites Self Guided Tour CEMETERY TOUR in the early 1800s. A military cemetery in the interior Wild West of Oak Hill Cemetery honors veterans. At Veterans d1850 Martha Eleanora Holliday Memorial Park across from Stonewall Confederate Doc Holliday’s sister who died in infancy. Can you find the items below? d1887 John Henry (Doc) Holliday Self Guided Tour Cemetery, an eternal ame and monuments Griffin born dentist, gambler, and gunslinger may be honoring veterans of every major war. buried here. Cemeteries are an important reminder of our history. Oddities and Colorful Characters People use gravestones and other monuments to Begin exploring Grin’s cemeteries in the tree-lined d1861-1865 Bank of Tennessee honor and remember loved ones who have died. paths of Oak Hill Cemetery. Just navigate to 797 A Tennessee owned lot for 18 Civil War doctors and nurses. Memorial Drive in Grin. A more extensive d1893 Jonathan Proctor Milner Prominent merchant buried with five sets of wives Gravestones and monuments often include symbols guidebook is available for purchase at the onsite and children. representing the person’s life or how they died. For Cemetery Oce or at the Welcome Center. dXXXX, or did he? Jack Reid example, the grave of a military veteran may have an Faked death burial. image of an American ag. The grave of a child who Athletics / Adventure died in infancy may have a lamb or small statue. d2005 Margaret B. Burdeshaw Georgia women’s golf icon. d1983 Charlotte Fogg Frye As you respectfully explore the cemeteries, look for 1930’s competitive aviator and pioneering promoter of these symbols. What do you think they represent? aviation in Georgia. d1900 John McIntosh Kell Seafaring captain before, during and after the Civil War. Bird Business / Professional Angel d1932 Alonzo Mills Wilkins, Sr. Anchor First African American Griffin dentist. d1885 Gilman Drake Sleeping baby Prominent architect, builder, bank founder and councilman. Lamb d1879 Samuel Wesley Bailey Horse Bank founder, namesake of first public school. d1920 Nicholas Butts Drewry Feather pen/quill Pharmacist, physician, surgeon, Board of Education American ag President, and mayor. Flag of Georgia Town Founders d1852 John Greenleaf Hill Settler, merchant, and namesake of Hill Street. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: d1866 Shatteen Coker Mitchell Cotton gin manufacturer, built historic Double Cabins House, and father of 21. Explore the historic cemeteries of Politics Grin, Georgia d1902 James Stoddard Boynton Attorney, colonel, mayor, judge, state senator, all before Oak Hill Cemetery becoming Governor of Georgia. Old Rest Haven Cemetery d1897 David Jackson Bailey For more brochures like this visit: US Congressman, Georgia Representative, attorney. Stonewall Confederate Cemetery d1997 Arthur Key Bolton, Sr. Gri n Regional Welcome Center Veterans Memorial Cemetery Georgia Representative and Attorney General. 143 N. Hill Street Grin, GA 30223 Veterans Memorial Plaza d2010 Raymond Head, Jr. Monday-Friday 8A-5P First African American city commissioner and mayor. 770-228-8200 797 Memorial Drive, Grin, GA 30223 E TAYLOR ST S 2ND ST OLD REST HAVEN CEMETERY E TAYLOR ST 24 VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA BLOCK-1 STONEWALL LN 37 40 38 CONFEDERATE HEAD LN 41 44 CEMETERY MARTHA ELEANORA 25 43 29 32 BLOCK-3 O-1 36 BLOCK-1 S SEARCY AVE 7 R S 3RD ST GATEWAY LN 42 39 33 23 E 8 34 28 L NEW REST HAVEN 1ST - NEW ADDITION S OST DOUGHBO T CEMETERY 31 O 30 R O-2 WOODMEN LN 27 A BLOCK-6 T I 2ND - NEW ADDITION O BLOCK-5 MAUSOLEUM A N BLOCK-2 CUMMING NEW OAK HILL D-4 MEMORY LN L SECTION N BLOCK-4 4 OLD OAK HILL CEMETERY CREEKS CEMETERY Y ARTISTS LN L C-4 D-1C N E POPLAR ST O-3 C-3 IDE LN 26 CEDAR VISTA E-6 E-7 PAUPER D-1B A WILKINS LN 16A CEMETERY D-1A BLOCK-7 BLOCK-1 BLOCK-3 BLOCK-5 BLOCK-7 BLOCK-9 BLOCK-11 BLOCK-13 6 13 5 CEMETERY OFFICE B-5 C-2 14 1 D-2 MAGNOLIA LN 2 15 C-1 B-4 F C B S N C D I T H A I A O V G 3 COLUMBARIUM E I I P C E C L 16 H B-1 W PAUPER T E B-3 A W T H C-6 A E-5 A Y I C-6 N O CEMETERY N I 18 I R V N E L L 10 G T E 20 BLOCK-4 R N L BLOCK-6 BLOCK-8 K D-4 A BLOCK-10 S BLOCK-14 BLOCK-15 I L Y BLOCK-12 E D L N L L E A 19 L N L N 11A 9 Y L D-3 L N HISTORIAN LN BLOCK-1 L E-4 N E-3 8 N BLOCK-16 22 12 21 E-1 EXT GRANTLAND FOREST 11 B-2 D-7 BLOCK-2 17 BLOCK-2 D-5 D-6 E-1 MEMORIAL DR D-8 E-2 Legend VETERANS MEMORIAL G-1 General Information Old Oak Hill Cemetery Old Oak Hill Cemetery New Oak Hill Cemetery F-1 CEMETERY 1 Cemetery Office 8 David Jackson Bailey 14 John McIntosh Kell 20 Margaret Brooksbank Burdeshaw 35 2 Cemetery Office Kiosk 9 Samuel Wesley Bailey 15 William Marland 21 John James (Jack) Flynt, Jr. F-2 3 Columbarium 10 Arthur Key Bolton, Sr. 16 Jonathan Proctor Milner 22 Charlotte (Dandy) Barbara Fogg Frye 4 Mausoleum 11 James Stoddard Boynton 16A Shatteen Coker Mitchell F-3 H-2 5 Library 11A Gilman Drake 17 Bank of Tennessee 6 Old Oak Hill Kiosk 12 Nicholas Butts Drewry 18 Jack Reid 7 Stonewall Confederate Kiosk 13 John Henry (Doc) Holliday 19 John David Stewart F-4 H-1 Old Rest Haven Cemetery Stonewall Confederate Cemetery Veterans Memoral Cemetery Veterans Memorial Plaza 23 Raymond Head, Jr. 27 UDC Monument 35 Veterans Memorial Walkway 36 Revolutionary War Monument F-5 24 John Greenleaf Hill 28 Angel Statue 37 Confederate Monument 25 Martha Eleanora Holliday 29 George A. Conkey 38 World War I Monument 26 Alonzo Mills Wilkins, Sr. 30 Mr. and Mrs. William Riley Fortner 39 World War II Monument 31 William A. Hughes 40 Korean & Vietnam Monument 32 Nathan Kellogg 41 Vietnam Monument 33 Wiley A. Stewart 42 Global War On Terror Monument 34 Unknown WW I Soldier 43 Temperance Monument 44 Eternal Flame.