Voice of Truth Church, West-Martin, Whitaker, Poor Farm Cemeteries Wilkinson County Georgia

Wilkinson County, Georgia Cemeteries

Voice of Truth Church Cemetery
505 Cross-Justice Road, Irwinton
3.0 miles south west of Irwinton
From Courthouse go 1.7 miles south to Cross Justice Rd, turn right go 2.2 miles

Joy Hicks Walker 10/31/1934 - 5/16/2007
Artimus "Kody" Dakota Hammel 12/28/2005 - April 2 2008. Son of Nathan and Tara Husum Hammel
Donna Kay Lang, died June 13, 2009, age 56

West/Martin Family

photos by Cecil Fountain
West/Martin Family
Fountain Road, Twiggs County
The West Cemetery is located at 32° 47' 43"N, 83° 21' 55"W. It is on Fountain Rd, 2.3 miles west of the intersection of Hwy 18 and Fountain Rd. The cemetery is about 125 feet off the right side of Fountain Rd and just inside the woods. 10 graves, 6 unmarked

01. John West
02. Mariah West
Cross with 2 names:
03. Judith West
04. Sarah West

" John W. West, b. 1844 d. 1912, wife Sara Matilda Johnson West, b. 18 Jan 1845 (she was the daughter of Rev Charles Green Johnson founder of Asbury & Swift Creek Churches also helped start Prospect Church) is buried there. I think that Linnie West Martin (their daughter) b. 1871, is buried there too & maybe her husband Buck Martin." Cecil Fountain

Whitaker Family
aka Old Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery

On right of Hwy. 57, past Wilkinson County High School going west.

1. Sgt. Richard Whitaker
Crowell's Co.
Ga. Militia
War of 1812

Richard Whitaker
March 16, 1782
May 6 1844

2. Nancy Pace Whitaker
August 28, 1786
Jan. 2, 1837

3. Nathaniel Pace Whitaker
Co. F. Ga. Vol. Inf.
July 1 1816 - Aug 8 1864
died The Crater, Petersburg, VA

4. Nancy Elizabeth Stokes Whitaker
wife of N. P. Whitaker
June 15, 1825
Dec. 10, 1859

Surveyed by Eileen B. McAdams
Resurveyed April 21, 2006

Wilkinson County Poor Farm No. 1
McIntyre
2 marked, numerous unmarked
white and black, inactive

01. John Collins ? - 8/15/1924
02. D. L. Filley 10/24/1866 - 2/20/1936
Death Certificate:
Miles Pittman, 9/2/1925, age 70
Mrs. I. M. Mixon 7/25/1923, age 70

surveyed by Larry McAdams and Robbie Mixon

Wilkinson County Poor Farm No. 2
McIntyre
white and black, inactive 7 or 8 unmarked graves
Burials per death certificates:
Jim Denson 6/16/1922, 20 years old, (black)
Alice Hicks 12/30/1924, 65 years old (black)
Nash Jackson, 12/29/1924, 80 years old (black)
Carrie Melvin 4/13/1927, 28 years old (black)

surveyed by Larry McAdams and Robbie Mixon