Decedent
Gospel Pilgrim Decedents has a comprehensive list of men, women, and children interred in the cemetery. Using grave markers, obituaries, and death certificates, we have complied a list of individuals buried within the cemetery and, to the extent possible with archival silences, developed short biographies of each persons' life. Some decedents have marked graves, while others do not.
In part, this data is based on an early 2000s GIS survey of the cemetery, which was completed by David Berle, Gail Tarver, Taylor Ladd from the University of Georgia's Horticulture Department. The Athens-Clarke County Death Certificate data was, likewise, transcribed by Leah Richier, an graduate alumni of the University of Georgia's Department of History.
| Last Name | First Name |
Gender |
Race | Status | Occupation | DOB | DOD | Age | Grave Location | Grave Marker | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | Louisa | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laundress | December 31, 1825 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Louisa Jackson was born around 1826 in Georgia and most likely spent most of her life enslaved. She married Alfred Jackson, a day laborer and white washer, and the couple had at least six children: Camilla, Edward, Albin, Bettie, Mary, and Judy. She worked as a washer and ironer in 1880 and lived on River Street. She died sometime after 1880. | ||
| Fields | Lillie | Female | African American | Free | Nurse | December 31, 1888 | December 31, 1956 | 68 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Lillie Fields was born around June 2, 1889. She married Henry C. Fields, a Cotton Sampler, and she worked as laundress in 1910. She sold her milk cow in 1915 and lost ownership of her property on Fourth Street to sheriff’s sale in 1916. In 1920, the couple lived at the same property at 226 Fourth Street and she worked as cook. In 1940, she worked as a nurse. She died from unknown causes on May 2, 1957. |
| Meriweather | Senie | Female | African American | Free | Laundress | December 31, 1876 | December 31, 1905 | 29 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Maria and James Meriwether. Senie or Sena Meriwether was born on April 5, 1877. In 1880, she lived with her parents and siblings at 295 Thomas Street. According to the 1904 City Directory, she worked as a washerwoman and lived at 26 Rock Spring Street. At 29 years old, she died from unknown causes on April 8, 1906. |
| Wright | Inez | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1977 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Inez Flanigan Wright, who resided in Dayton, Ohio, died from unknown causes in March 1978. The funeral was handled by Hurley Funeral Home. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave may be unmarked. | |||
| Bunkley | Mildred | Female | African American | Free | Pressing Club Worker | December 31, 1891 | December 31, 1940 | 49 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mildred Bunkley was born around 1886 and competed the first year of high school. Sometime after 1920, she married Robert L. Bunkley, a pressing club proprietor, and worked alongside her husband at the pressing club. For most of their life, the couple lived at 449 Reese Street. According to the 1937 City Directory, they lived at 449 Reese Street. On August 21, 1941, she died from unknown causes. She was in her late 40s at the time of her death. |
| Jones | Ida | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1888 | December 31, 1948 | 60 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Ida Jones was born in 1889. In 1920, she lived with her husband, John Jones, a drayman, and their four children: William, Suise, Bernadett, and David. According to the 1942 City Directory, she lived at 425 Cleveland Avenue. At age 61, she died on June 29, 1949. | |
| Harden | Cora | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1891 | December 31, 1975 | 84 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Cora Jones Harden was born around June 15, 1892. According to the 1952 City Directory, she was married to Edgar Harden and they lived at 658 Hull Street. She died on November 26, 1976. She was around 84 years old at the time of her death and lived at 530 W Hancock Avenue. | |
| Heard | Mattie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Teacher | December 31, 1862 | December 31, 1942 | 78 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mattie I. Heard was born around 1863 and most likely enslaved. She married William Heard, a blacksmith, in 1897 and the couple does not appear to have had living children. She worked as a teacher in 1900, 1910, and 1920 At the time of her husband’s death in 1939, they lived at 475 Reese Street. She died from unknown causes on November 13, 1943. |
| S[??] | Emma | Female | African American | Unknown | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | [biographical information unknown] | ||||
| Lyons | Lottie | Female | African American | Free | Academic | December 31, 1911 | December 31, 1956 | 45 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The granddaughter of Charlotte and Edward Derricotte and the daughter of Ophelia M. and Charles Lyons, Lottie M. Lyons was born around 1912. In 1920, she lived with her parents at 427 Baxter Street. She was the Dean of Woman at Ft. Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University). She died from unknown causes on May 19, 1957. |
| Bryant | Lillie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1894 | December 31, 1970 | 76 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Lillie Wade Bryant was born around 1895. She appears to have married. At 76 years old, she died from unknown causes on April 25, 1971. According to her obituary, she lived at 872 W Broad Street at the time of her death. | |
| Thomas | Palace | Female | African American | Enslaved | Housework | December 31, 1924 | 71 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Fields | Susie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Cook | December 31, 1858 | December 31, 1926 | 68 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Alice Tomas and Jack Shaw, Susie Shaw Fields was born around August 1859 and most likely enslaved as a child. In 1880, she worked as a servant. She married Eldon Fields, a teamster, and she worked as a washerwoman in 1900. In 1920, she worked cook and lived at 144 Warsaw Street. She died from [myoclonia?] and nephritis on September 29, 1927. |
| Odoms | Corene | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1921 | 2 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | ||
| Bush | Annie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1895 | December 31, 1961 | 65 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Annie B. Bush was born around 1897. Before 1920, she married Clarence Bush, a grocery store wagon driver. She, herself, worked as a laundress during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1930, she lived with her husband at 850 Broad Street. According to the 1958 City Directory, they remained at that address. Little is known about her adult life and she died from unknown causes on April 14, 1962. | |
| Heath | Lula | Female | African American | Free | Boarding House | December 31, 1873 | December 31, 1912 | 39 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Lula Shaw Heath was born sometime between 1874 and 1878. In 1910, she ran a boarding house and lived with her husband, Charley Heath, their child, Charley, and two borders at 317 Chase Street. She died from unknown causes on September 15, 1913. |
| Samuels | Flora | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1915 | December 31, 1936 | 21 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | According to the tombstone, Flora Samuels was born around 1916. She married Samuels Buster, a helper at the Cherokee Service Station, and the couple lived at 288 Second Street in 1935. and At only 21 years old, she died from unknown causes around 1937. | |
| Tompkins | Corine | Female | African American | Free | Domestic | December 31, 1922 | 24 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Jackson | Sweetie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1874 | December 31, 1934 | 59 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Sweetie Poulain Jackson was born on November 15, 1875. She married Thomas Jackson, a miller, and the couple had at least seven children: Farris, Thomas, Burnett, Babe, Samuel, and Lloyd. In 1910, the family rented a house on Cleveland Avenue. According to 1931 City Directory, she and her husband lived at 133 Cleveland Avenue. At 59 years old, she died from unknown causes on July 17, 1935. | |
| Mi[??] | Mamie | Female | African American | Unknown | 70 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | According to her tombstone, Mamie Mi[??] died on October 31, [19??]. She was 70 years old at the time of her death. | |||
| Osborne | Anna | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1919 | December 31, 1919 | 0 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Davis | Rebekah | Female | African American | Unknown | December 31, 1921 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Rebekah Davis was born in 1832 in Georgia. She was enslaved to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Ware. As a young woman, she married Ned Davis (also enslaved) and the couple had 7 children. Later, at least one of her sons moved to Chicago as a grown man. Three of her sons remained in Athens, and James A. Davis worked as a mail carrier. After the Civil War, she worked as a seamstress. She appears to have learned to read and write in the later years of her life and she was an active member of the First A.M.E. Church. She lived at 179 Strong Street in Athens, Georgia until her death from unknown causes on January 19, 1922. Her obituary, published in the Athens Daily Herald, described her as “one of the oldest citizens of Athens and was the oldest member of the First A. M. E. church.” She was 90 years old. But even after death, the white newspaper remembered her as a ‘faithful slave,’ an element of Lost Cause ideology. “‘Aunt Rebekah’ . . . as a family servant of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Ware, who lived on Hoyt street, during the ante bellum days, and her husband Ned Davis, belonged to Captain John Thomas, and was her personal servant. Ned died many years ago. These darkies were servants in the homes of two of the best known and most aristocratic families of the day, and were well known to many of the white people of the time,” stated the obituary. [Researched and written by Trey Smith] | |||
| Nolan | Mary | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1877 | December 31, 1947 | 70 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mary “May” Jackson Nolan was born around 1878. She married Robert Nolan on December 28, 1895 and the couple had at least three children: Edward, Robert, and Eva. In 1930, she worked as a cook and her husband worked as a “yard man.” The family lived at 434 Peabody Street in 1930 and, in 1931, they lived at 167 Peabody Street. According to the 1942 City Directory, At 70 years old, she died from unknown causes on November 9, 1948. |
| Hurt | Francis | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1919 | 75 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Walker | Lizzie | Female | African American | Free | Laundress | December 31, 1873 | December 31, 1941 | 68 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Lizzie Walker was born on April 7, 1874. She appears to have gotten into an altercation with a neighbor in 1914. According to the 1924 City Directory, she worked as a laundress and lived at 220 Atlanta Avenue. In 1940 and 1942, Lizzie lived with Jason Walker, a laborer, and they lived at 259 N Chase Street. At 68 years old, she died from unknown causes on April 16, 1942. |
| Shenault | Carrie | Female | African American | Free | Housework | December 31, 1919 | 53 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Collins | Eva | Female | African American | Enslaved | Cook | December 31, 1919 | 70 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Lyons | Hannah | Female | African American | Free | Housework | December 31, 1922 | 56 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Maxwell | Mary | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1969 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Mary Brooks Maxwell, who resided at 258 Lyndon Avenue, died from unknown causes on February 21, 1970. She was the mother of Charlie J. Maxwell, Mary T. Maxwell, V. Blanche Moore, Ann S. Teasly, Frederica N. Maxwell, and Lucy V. Johnson. The funeral was handled by McWhorter Funeral Home. He was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; his grave may be unmarked. | |||
| Bunkley | Carrie | Female | African American | Free | Housewife | December 31, 1894 | December 31, 1946 | 52 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Carrie Woods Bunkley was born around 1895. She married Frank Bunkley and the couple had one child. In 193 and 1930, she was a housewife and the family lived at 447 Reese Street. At 52 years old, she died from unknown causes on May 30, 1947. Her funeral was held at the First AME Church. |
| Stroud | Sarah | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1873 | December 31, 1944 | 71 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Sarah J. Stroud was born in 1874. In 1920, she was married, but lived with her brother-in-law (Roy L. Thornton) at 553 Hancock Avenue. She worked as a cook at a boarding house in 1920 and as a private cook in 1930. According to the 1942 City Directory, she worked as a cook and lived at 369 Meigs Street. She died from unknown causes in 1945. |
| Flag | Ida | Female | African American | Free | Laundress | December 31, 1899 | December 31, 1945 | 56 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Ida J. Flag was born around 1900. Sometime before 1930, she gained and lost a husband. As a widow, in 1930, she worked as laundress and lived with her sister, Emma Virgil, at 1490 W Broad Street. In 1940, her and her sister lived at 268 Parris Street. She died from unknown causes on July 28, 1946. At the time of her death, she was 56 years old. |
| Milner | Ella | Female | African American | Enslaved | December 31, 1861 | December 31, 1942 | 81 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Ella L. Milner was born in 1862 and most likely enslaved as a child. She married Sam Milner, a warehouse worker, and the couple had at least one child: Roberta Milner. She did not work during her married life. As a widow in 1930, she lived alone at 168 Peabody Street. She died from unknown causes in 1943. | |
| Owens | Emberly | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1924 | 99 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| McQueen | Mahala | Female | African American | Unknown | December 31, 1909 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Mahala Wooden McQueen survived four wars throughout her lifetime, including the War of 1812 at the time of her birth. She later sewed and mended clothes for soldiers in the Mexican American War, Civil War, and the Spanish American War. Born at Cherokee Corners in Oglethorpe County, and was enslaved to the Hill family. Her obituary notes her labor for the Barrow family in raising David Crenshaw Barrow, former University of Georgia Chancellor from 1906 to 1925. At the time of her death, she birthed twelve children with only two surviving, Sam McQueen and a daughter, Julia Witheld. She passed away at 98 years old in her cottage home at 658 Hull Street on March 22nd, 1910. | |||
| Jacks | Mary | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1923 | 70 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Jones | Mamie | Female | African American | Free | Laundress | December 31, 1885 | December 31, 1970 | 85 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mamie Howell Jones was born on March 11, 1886. She married William Brown Jones and the couple had at least three children: Arthur, Thomas, and Clifford. In 1910, the family lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia. In 1940, she worked in “laundry” and they lived at 1063 W Hancock Avenue. According to the 1956 City Directory, she and her husband lived at 1063 W Hancock Avenue. She died from unknown causes on July 19, 1971. |
| Shortey | Bobie | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1924 | 35 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Simmons | Harett | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1921 | 95 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Cook | Mary | Female | African American | Free | Laborer | December 31, 1925 | 60 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Davis | Minnie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1939 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | According to her tombstone, Minnie [H?] Davis died in February 1940. According to the 1904 City Directory, J. W. Daivs worked as a mail carrier and lived at 24 Strong Street. In 1909, he was married to Minnie Davis and they lived at 178 Strong Street. | |||
| Clarke | Gertrude | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1895 | December 31, 1976 | 81 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Gertrude W. Clarke was born on December 24, 1894 (or 1896). She married Ivy C. Clark and, in 1920, the couple lived on S Thomas; she worked as a dressmaker and he was a “Truck Hand” in a “Cotton Warehouse.” In 1940, she was a widow living with her niece or nephew at 131 Linden Row. At 81 years old, she died from unknown causes on May 3, 1977. According to her obituary, she lived at 175 Glenhaven Ave at the time of her death. Her funeral was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church West. | |
| Griffieth | Mayfield | Female | African American | Free | Student | December 31, 1925 | 16 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Boyd | Rosa | Female | African American | Free | Wife | December 31, 1871 | December 31, 1915 | 44 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Rosa S. Boyd was born on July 1872 in Florida. In 1883, she married Willie Boyd, a shoemaker, and was either the mother or step-mother of at least eight children: Barlien, Rosa, Willie, Lucy, Racheal, Lydia, Thelma, and Constance. In 1900 and 1910, the family owned a house at 307 Pope Street. According to the 1915 City Directory, he worked as shoemaker and they lived at 437 Pope Street. She died from unknown causes in 1916 and was 44 years old around at the time of her death. |
| Foster | Ethel | Female | African American | Free | Domestic | December 31, 1893 | December 31, 1958 | 65 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Born around 1894, Ethel Foster was the daughter of Charlotte and Lorenzo Foster, a City Hall Janitor. In 1920, she worked as a cook and lived with her brother, Henry Foster, on Flint Street.According to the 1958 City Directory, she worked as a maid and lived at 373 Flint Street. She died from unknown causes in 1959. |
| Owens | Isibella | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laundress | December 31, 1918 | 65 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Jackson | Hattie | Female | African American | Free | Child | December 31, 1923 | 2 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Harris | Mary | Female | African American | Unknown | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | [biographical information unknown] | ||||
| Sloan | Lucinda | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1919 | 80 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| [??] | Mattie | Female | African American | Unknown | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | [biographical information unknown] | ||||
| Sanders-McGee | Sarah | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1873 | December 31, 1933 | 60 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Lou McCree, Sarah Sanders McGee (or McCree) was born around 1874. In 1880, she lived with her mother and siblings on Throne Street. She most likely married William Sanders and, in 1910, lived at 370 Hull Street. | |
| Davis | Minnie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Teacher | December 31, 1858 | December 31, 1939 | 80 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Aggie Crawford and James Young, Minnie Davis was born on December 13, 1859 near Penfield, Georgia. Enslaved to John Crawford, Davis spent her childhood in Athens, Georgia. Denied a formal education in slavery, Davis took full advantage of freedom’s offerings. She enrolled at Knox Institution, a school for black children that had been established by the Freedmen’s Bureau in the spring of 1868. She then graduated from Atlanta University before returning to Athens to teach school for over forty years. Her husband, Samuel B. Davis, published the Athens Clipper, a newspaper catering to Athens's emerging black, middle-class community. After his death, she ran the newspaper for a few years, before selling it. She died as a result of a dislocated hip on February 13, 1940. |
| Mack | Claudie | Female | African American | Free | Housework | December 31, 1885 | December 31, 1924 | 41 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. |
| McGinthey | Leila | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1967 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Leila Mae McGinthey, who resided in Madison, Georgia, died in June 1968. She was the wife of Harmon McGinthey and the mother of Gussie Mae McGinthey. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave may be unmarked. | |||
| Wales | Cassie | Female | African American | Free | Laborer | December 31, 1921 | 48 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Griffin | Carrie | Female | African American | Free | Housewife | December 31, 1926 | 48 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Taylor | Ida | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1898 | December 31, 1959 | 61 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Ida M. Taylor was born around 1899. In 1920, she was married to S. D. Taylor and the couple lived at the corner of Athens and Lula Road. In 1920, she was apparently shot during an altercation at the Morton Theatre. According to the newspaper report, she had been with a man who was not her husband when the shooting occurred. She recovered from the minor flesh wound. In 1930, she lived alone in Patrick Alley and worked as a hotel cook. In 1940, she worked as a cook and lived at 360 Madison Avenue. According to the 1958 City Directory, she worked as a maid The Webb-Crawford Company and lived at 634 N Foundry Street. She died from unknown causes on March 25, 1960. |
| Moore | Agnes | Female | African American | Free | Student | December 31, 1910 | December 31, 1927 | 17 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Lola and Fenrie Moore, Agnes Moore was born on June 7, 1911. In 1920, she attended school and lived with her parents at 280 Athens Avenue. Hermother still liked at that address in 1928 and she most likely lived there as well. At 17 years old, she died peritonitis on March 24, 1928. |
| Owens | Isabella | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laundress | December 31, 1853 | December 31, 1918 | 64 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Rhodes and Tom Owens, Isabella Owens was born around 1854 and most likely enslaved. In 1894, she was jailed for receiving stolen goods. In 1900, she was a widow with three children: Pearl, Susie, and Alphonso. She worked as a day laborer. She died from cystitis nephritis and uremia on November 8, 1919. At the time of her death she was around 64 years old, worked as a wash woman, and lived at 147 Plum Street. |
| Jackson | Sallie | Female | African American | Free | Farmer | December 31, 1924 | 23 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Jones | Vinnie | Female | African American | Enslaved | December 31, 1824 | December 31, 1886 | 62 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Vinnie Jones was born around December 25, 1825 and most likely spent her early life enslaved. She married Willis A. Jones, a carpenter and reverend, and, in 1880, the couple lived on Broad Street. She died from unknown causes on November 7, 1887. | |
| White | Anna | Female | African American | Unknown | December 31, 1913 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | According to her tombstone, Anna E. White died on October 24, 1914. | |||
| Harris | Maggie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1896 | December 31, 1909 | 12 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Ledie and Robert Harris, Maggie L. Harris was born around August 9,1897. As a child, in 1910, she attended school lived with her father and siblings on Flint Street. She died from unknown causes on June 26, 1910. | |
| Hill | Valetta | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1878 | December 31, 1954 | 76 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Rosa and Robert Smith, Valetta Smith Hill was born on January 2, 1879. In 1880, she lived with her parents in Athens, Georgia. In 1900, she was married, but still lived with her mother and siblings at 851 Cherry Lane. She died from unknown causes on April 12, 1955. | |
| Mack | Cynthia | Female | African American | Unknown | Housework | December 31, 1921 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | ||
| McGinthey | Gussie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1963 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Gussie Mae McGinthey, who resided in Atlanta, Georgia, died in May 1964. She was the daughter of Leila Mae McGinthey and Harmon McGinthey. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave may be unmarked. | |||
| Cobb | Minnie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1943 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Minnie Lee Crawford Cobb died from unknown causes in February 1944. The funeral was handled by Mack & Payne Funeral home. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave is unmarked. | |||
| Walker | [??] | Female | African American | Free | Child | December 31, 1924 | December 31, 1924 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Harden | Mary | Female | African American | Enslaved | December 31, 1926 | 95 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | ||
| Boyd | Mirtie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Seamstress | December 31, 1843 | December 31, 1894 | 51 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mirtie or Minta Boyd (spelling varies) was born on June 9, 1844 and most likely enslaved as a young woman. According to the 1881 City Directory, she worked as a seamstress and lived at 1019 W Hancock Avenue. At 51 years old, she died on September 18, 1895. |
| Terrell | Annie | Female | African American | Free | Domestic | December 31, 1893 | December 31, 1931 | 37 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Charles and Lucy Shaw, Annie Terrell was born in 1894. She married Kino Terrell and, in 1910, they lived at 427 First Street. She died from acute myocarditis on October 30, 1932. According to her Death Index, she lived at 426 First Street and worked as a domestic. |
| Moore | Winnie | Female | African American | Free | Domestic | December 31, 1878 | December 31, 1935 | 57 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Ann and Ben King, Winnie King Moore was born around 1879. She married Augustus Moore, a lunmber yard worker, and the couple had at least one living child: Cassie. In 1920, she did not work and lived her husband on Cleveland Avenue. She died from [chronic interstitial nephritis?], paralysis, and hypertension on December 3, 1936. At the time of her death, she worked as a domestic and lived at 199 Cleveland Avenue. |
| Patterson | Nellie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1922 | 0 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | ||
| Arnold | Julia | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1920 | 65 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Owens | Pearl | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1884 | December 31, 1918 | 34 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Isabelle Owens, Pearl Owens was born around March 25, 1885. In 1900, she worked as a day laborer and, in 1910, she was a waste picker at the cotton mill. She was arrested with her mother, sister, and two other women for “creating a disturbance” in 1915. She lived at 228 Cleveland Avenue in 1910 and obtained a piece of property on Flynt Street in 1915. According to the 1916 City Directory, she worked as a cook and lived at 228 Cleveland Avenue. She died from unknown causes on January 10, 1919. |
| [Campbell?] | Female | African American | Unknown | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Known as "Mother" on her tombstone, she most likely a member of the Campbell family. | |||||
| Whitehead | Carrie | Female | African American | Free | Laborer | December 31, 1878 | December 31, 1927 | 49 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Carried A. Whitehead was born on March 2, 1879. In 1910, she was divorced and worked as a laborer. She married Reese Brown on November 25, 1917. According to the 1923 City Directory, she lived with her husband at 151 Strickland Street. She died from unknown causes on November 27, 1928. |
| Harris | Millie | Female | African American | Free | Laundress | December 31, 1894 | December 31, 1911 | 17 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | According to her tombstone, Millie Harris was born around 1895. According to the 1909 City Directory, she worked as a laundress and lived at 197 Bridge Street. She died from unkonow causes on September 16, 1912. |
| Smith | Lizzie | Female | African American | Free | Housework | December 31, 1922 | 48 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Adams | Mentie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Wife | December 31, 1854 | December 31, 1902 | 46 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mentie Adams was born around 1855 and most likely enslaved as a child. Even so, according to the 1900 Census, she could both read and write. In 1875, she married John H. Adams, who worked as a “Presser” in Athens. The couple had five children, but only four—John, William, Mentie, and David—lived to adulthood. In 1900, the family lived at 272 Attica Avenue. Adams died from unknown causes on March 31, 1903. She was 46yrs, 7mons, 11 days old. According to the 1904 City Directory—published only a year after her death—John Adams lived at 1020 W Hancock Avenue; this is most likely her last known address. |
| Scruggs | Viola | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1885 | December 31, 1925 | 30 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Viola Scruggs was born on June 15, 1886. She married Ellie Scruggs, a railroad fireman. In 1910, she worked as cook and lived with her husband and sister on Pearl Street. In 1926, she lived at 447 Third Street. At 30 years old, she died from unknown causes on December 5, 1926. |
| Deadwyler | Mattie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Cook | December 31, 1851 | December 31, 1938 | 86 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Mattie Deadwyler was born around 1852 and most likely enslaved as a child. In 1870, she worked as a domestic servant and lived in Elbert, Georgia. She moved to Athens sometime before 1900, and, at that time, lived with her two daughters (Mary and Martha) and a granddaughter (Gertrude) at 410 Reese Street. According to the 1900, 1910, 1920 Census, she worked as a cook. In 1930, she no longer worked and lived at 600 W Broad Street. She remained at this address, according to the 1938 City Directory. She died from unknown causes on January 4, 1939. |
| Mack | Mattie | Female | African American | Free | Student | December 31, 1888 | December 31, 1913 | 25 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Charlotte and John Mack, Mattie B. Mack was born in 1889. She attended school in 1900 and lived with her parents at 915 Reese Street. According to the 1913 City Directory, she lived at 853 Reese Street. At 25 years old, she died from unknown causes in 1914. |
| Mack | Mollie | Female | African American | Free | Domestic | December 31, 1925 | 40 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Colbert | Mary | Female | African American | Free | Nurse | December 31, 1946 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Mrs. Mary J. Colbert, the mother of Mrs. Mamie Harden and a “veteran nurse civic and religious leader,” died from unknown causes in November 1947. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave is unmarked. | ||
| Harris | Lizzie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Cook | December 31, 1919 | 63 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Foster | Emma | Female | African American | Enslaved | Wife | December 31, 1859 | December 31, 1948 | 88 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Eliza and George Shropshire, Emma Shropshire Foster was born on May 20, 1860 and most likely enslaved as a child. In 1870, she lived with her parents and attended school in Athens. She married Robert Foster and, in 1880, she was “keeping house.” The couple had six children, including William, Robert, and John. In 1920, as a widow, she lived “South Athens Town Athens to Whitehall Road Runing South East.” By 1930, her address was listed as “Milledge Extension.” In 1940, she lived at 195 Milledge Avenue. She died from unknown causes on January 6, 1949. |
| Morgan | Elizabeth | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1901 | December 31, 1963 | 62 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Elizabeth Morgan was born between 1902 and 1904. According to the 1958 City Directory, she worked as a cook at "Co-Ed Restr" and lived at 1347 W Broad Street. At that times, she was a single householder and unmarried or widowed. She died from unknown causes on August 25, 1964. |
| Johnson | Carrie | Female | African American | Free | Housework | December 31, 1900 | December 31, 1926 | 21 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. |
| Jones | Louvenia | Female | African American | Enslaved | Laborer | December 31, 1851 | December 31, 1921 | 70 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Louvenia Jones was born on March 20, 1852 and most likely enslaved as a child. At some point in her life, she married and had seven children; only five were living in 1900. That same year, she lived with her daughter (Emma Mills) and son-in-law (George Mills) on Franklin Street. According to the 1917 City Directory, she lived at 187 Poplar Street. She died from unknown causes on September 14, 1922. |
| Whitelock | Martha | Female | African American | Unknown | December 31, 1896 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Martha Whitelock died from unknown causes in 1897. She may have been the wife of John Whitelock (or Whittlock), who worked as a laborer and lived at 805 Athens Avenue, according to the 1894 City Directory. | |||
| Smith | Lula | Female | African American | Free | Laundress | December 31, 1919 | 45 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Davis | Ida | Female | African American | Free | Domestic | December 31, 1925 | 42 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Alexander | Minnie | Female | African American | Free | Insurance Agent | December 31, 1892 | December 31, 1947 | 55 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Minnie L. Alexander was born in Florida sometime between 1892 and 1895. She completed three years of high school. She married George Alexander, a local postman, and they had at least one daughter, Selma Alexander. According to the 1930 Census, the couple owned their own home at 239 Finely Street valued at $2,000. She was active in the Athens community as a member of the “Colored Missionary Workers.” Over the course of her lifetime, she worked as “Life Insurance Agent” and “Proprietor.” Alexander, in her mid-fifties, died from unknown causes on December 6, 1948. |
| Scruggs | Ollie | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1928 | December 31, 1934 | 6 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Young and Olli Scruggs, Ollie Mae Scruggs was born on June 15, 1929 in North Carolina. At 6 years old, she died at the Athens General Hospital from endocarditis on October 6, 1935. In 1935, her father lived on Danielsville Road; this is most likely her last known address. | |
| Deadwyler | Mary | Female | African American | Free | Cook | December 31, 1892 | December 31, 1962 | 69 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | The daughter of Mattie Deadwyler, Mary Deadwyler was born in 1893. In 1900, she lived with her mother, sister (Martha), and a niece (Gertrude) at 410 Reese Street. She worked as a house maid in 1900, a maid at a hotel in 1910 and as a cook in 1920 and 1930. In 1930, she was a widow living with her mother, sister, and brother-in-law at 600 W Broad Street. According to the 1958 City Directory, she lived at 817 Waddell Street. She died from unknown causes on February 12, 1963. |
| Mack | Charlotte | Female | African American | Enslaved | Domestic | December 31, 1861 | December 31, 1932 | 70 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Marked | Charlotte H. Mack was born in 1862 and most likely enslaved as a child. She married John R. Mack, a post office clerk, in 1882 and the couple had at least eight children: Annie, Abram, Mattie, Fannie, Lucile, Richard, Milledge, and Walter. On June 21, 1933, she died from hypostatic pneumonia, myocarditis, and dilatation of heart. At the time of her death, she worked as a domestic and lived at 853 Reese Street. |
| Marshall | Nannie | Female | African American | Enslaved | Housework | December 31, 1919 | 80 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | Data collected from death certificate. | |
| Neal | Amy | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1950 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Amy Terrell Neal died from unknown causes in January 1951. The funeral was handled by McWhorter Funeral Home. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave may be unmarked. | |||
| Dallas | Elzia | Female | African American | Free | December 31, 1965 | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | Unmarked | According to her obituary, Elzia Duck Dallas, who resided at 742 Madison Avenue, died from unknown causes in August 1966. The funeral was handled by Hurley Funeral Home. She was interred in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery; her grave is unmarked. |
