Matilda Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery Inscriptions Baldwin County, GA
MATILDA CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH built September, 1877
Indexed by Marcelle Bridgeman
Directions: From the Baldwin County Courthouse, go south on Wayne
St. which becomes Business 441 South. Stay on 441S and bear to
the right at the fork (intersection) with the Vinson Highway,
which is 1.2 miles from the courthouse. Continue for another 3.1
miles to the intersection of 441 and 243. At this intersection,
441 goes left and highway 243 (the Gordon Highway) goes straight.
Go straight and follow 243 south. Go 5.1 miles on the Gordon
Highway to J.F. Hall Road. Turn right. Go .2 of a mile and take
the dirt road through the woods to the left. If you cannot find
the dirt road and reach the railroad tracks, backtrack .2 mile to
the dirt road. Once on the dirt road, the cemetery is less than
.1 mile and on the right. The iron fences of the cemetery are
partially visible from J.F. Hall Road.
Abbreviations used below:
"w/o" = wife of; "s/o" = son of; etc., "Insc:" = Inscription
"per TT" = according to "Tombstone Records of Baldwin Co.,
Georgia, Exclusive of Milledgeville" compiled by Mrs. George H.
Tunnell (chairman) and Mrs. Guy Wells (regent), as part of a
project by the Nancy Hart Chapter of Daughters of the American
Revolution, Milledgeville, 1939.
Grave listing:
1 James Milton Stevenson 1859 1929
2 Annie Elizabeth Hearn Stevenson 1874 1913
3 Sally Stevenson
Insc: infant d/o James and Annie H. Stevenson
4 Ruby Stevenson
Insc: infant d/o James and Annie H. Stevenson
5 Lucile Stevenson
Insc: infant d/o James and Annie H. Stevenson
6 James M. Stevenson Jr.
Insc: infant s/o James and Annie H. Stevenson
7 Hearn Stevenson
Insc: infant s/o James M. and Annie Stevenson
8 Thomas J. Hearn
CSA Soldier Co. K. 4th Ala. Inf.
9 Sarah Matilda B. Hearn 1847 1939
10 Frances Hearn
Insc: infant d/o Thomas J. and Sarah M. Hearn
11 Minnie Hearn
Insc: infant d/o Thomas J. and Sarah M. Hearn
12 Walter Hearn
Insc: infant s/o Thomas J. and Sarah M. Hearn
13 Carrie Tollison Hall Feb 10 1882 May 12 1970
14 William Dosh Tollison Apr 22 1886 Sep 5 1951
15 Mattie Avery Tollison Jun 11 1888 Nov 27 1975
16 Abraham Blair Echols Sep 16 1866 Nov 29 1943
17 Mattie Fite Echols Feb 5 1874 Aug 8 1960
18 Frank Fite Echols Dec 21 1895 Oct 21 1922
Pillow has d. year as 1922. Headstone and
slab have d. year as 1921.
WWI Soldier Ga. 2nd Lieut, 64 Inf., 7 Div.
19 Eva Weaver
20 Baby Weaver
21 Anne Winter(s)
22 Dolly B. Winters May 22 1886 Jul 13 1913
One indexer believes d. date is Jul 11, 1917
23 Will(iam) Winters Jan 21 1877 Mar 31 1930
24 Katie W. Batson Apr 8 1901 Jul 4 1917
25 George Thomas Hall Feb 14 1874 May 25 1941
Pvt. 2 Ga. Inf.
26 (unmarked grave)
27 Mrs. Emma E. Hall 1881 1946
Dates are tentative.
28 (unmarked grave)
At least 7 unmarked graves.
29 Mrs. Woodward d May 11 1926
One date only. Per TT. Not found in 1991.
30 Francis M. Bone Dec 10 1832 Nov 20 1911
31 Martha Stevens Bone Jan 26 1842 Sep 18 1925
32 John Henry Stevens Apr 5 1851 Jan 25 1927
33 Julia Antoinette Stevens Oct 18 1851 Jan 24 1919
34 Julia Pearl Stevens Oct 29 1889 Jun 8 1904
Insc: d/o J.H. and Julia Stevens
35 Henry Augustus Stevens ca Aug 1878 Dec 24 1878
Insc: Aged 4 months. s/o J.H. and Julia Stevens
36 John Henry Stevens May 7 1882 May 14 1884
Insc: s/o J.H. and J.A. Stevens
Marked as d. 1883 on grave.
37 Maggie Mell Stevens May 27 1884 Mar 31 1888
Insc: d/o J.H. and Julia A. Stevens
38 Carrie M. Stevens Jun 16 1823 Jun 10 1883
39 Henry Stevens Jul 21 1813 Jan 16 1883
40 Matilda Stevens ca Aug 28 1823 Sep 3 1862
Insc: Aged 39 years, 7 days. w/o Henry Stevens
41 Walter Brewer Jun 5 1880 Aug 2 1880
Insc: s/o D. and A.E. Brewer
42 Frances Brewer Dec 25 1875 Mar 27 1879
43 Annie Eliza Finney Sep 30 1887 Oct 2 1888
44 C.(or G.) B. Finney Sep 8 1861 Jun 22 1891
45 Fanny Matilda Glenn Stevens
Apr 5 1852 Apr 14 1887
Insc: d/o Henry and Matilda Stevens
46 Willard Brewer Nov 12 1886 May 16 1908
Insc: s/o D. and A.E. Brewer
47 Ernest L. Hall Jun 27 1891 Sep 26 1902
Insc: s/o L.M. and E.L. Hall
48 L. M. Hall Mar 4 1855 Dec 8 1934
49 Robert Eugene Hall May 10 1859 Mar 9 1935
WWII Soldier Ga. S. Sgt. Army Air Forces
50 Claude Adolphus Davis Sep 6 1898 Dec 27 1905
Insc: s/o A.J. and K. Davis
51 (unmarked grave)
Sunken grave next to Claude Adolphus Davis
52 W. S. Parker Jul 10 1879 Jan 23 1923
per TT. Not found in 1991 indexing.
53 Mrs. Lizzie Winters
per TT. Not found in 1991 indexing.
54 Mrs. Willie Winters
per TT. Not found in 1991 indexing.
55 Richard O. Reynolds Feb 16 1936 Apr 16 1951
56 Bobby Lee Reynolds Jan 14 1905 Sep 8 1940
57 Treccie Turner Reynolds Jul 11 1876 Nov 28 1940
Insc: w/o John Reynolds
58 Hattie Pearl Reynolds May 31 1897 Aug 26 1973
59 William Green Reynolds Jun 22 1884 Oct 6 1964
60 John E. Reynolds May 25 1861 Feb 11 1948
61 Frank Reynolds Jul 7 1918 Dec 6 1957
WWII Soldier
Ga. S. Sgt. S.V.C. Co. 41 Armed Inf. BSM
62 Henry Winters May 10 1886 Jul 31 1950
63 Thomas Lamar Hood Jan 20 1963 Jan 26 1963
64 Dan Tollison
65 Annie Louise (Laura?) S. Morgan b 1901
Insc: and Margaret
No death date.
66 Fannie H. Minter Feb 6 1908 Jan 31 1985
67 Floyd "Pent" P. Minter Jun 30 1901 Jan 20 1964
68 John Henery Tollison Aug 5 1912 Jan 26 1985
69 Walter Bell Taylor May 31 1904 Feb 3 1973
70 Lucinda Jones Taylor Mar 29 1895 May 16 1975
71 Bernard Eugene Taylor Feb 10 1888 Jul 21 1973
72 William D. Tollison Jul 17 1918 Sep 14 1993
Insc: "Papa"
73 Lula F. Tollison Nov 10 1917 Jul 2 1984
Insc: "Mama Lula"
74 (unmarked adult slab)
2 graves
75 Annie Arnold Parker Jul 20 1874 Feb 9 1953
76 (unmarked adult grave)
3 graves
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