Snow Hill Cemetery, Wilkinson County, Georgia

Unmarked Graves, East Side

East Side
photos taken by Eileen Babb McAdams July 2006

James Snow (1810-1912)
Cemetery is named for him.
Courtesy of Joy McCook
Snow Hill Cemetery

Snow Hill Church Road, Northern section of Wilkinson County
Active - white

History

From Byron McCook's book about Snow Hill Cemetery
"James (Jim) Snow came to Wilkinson County from what is believed to have been Surry County, North Carolina. He came with his brother Richard and there could have been others. He married Mary (Polly) McCook, daughter of Daniel McCook and Rachel Hamilton. Jim bought the land from Rev. Daniel McCook before he moved to Fitzgerald, Ga. There was a grave yard on the land. It was the McCook Family. So Jim probably ended up named it Snow. And because it was on a hill, named it Snow Hill. He cared for it a long time.

I would like to tell you what I have seen and heard about Snow Hill Cemetery. The information about when it was started was told to me by my Great Great Grandmother, Winnie Brannan McCook. She was born in 1801 and died in 1895. She was the grave yard was started about 1820. The oldest one we know was Daniel McCook, who was the third one to be put there in 1824. He was born in 1751. As you can see around the area, there are a lot of old graves.

The land around here was owned by Rev. Daniel McCook, who was a Methodist preacher in 1848. (Rev. Daniel McCook was the son of the Daniel McCook (the one buried at Snow Hill) and Mary McKenzie.) He bought 10 acres of land from Bryant Wood and Rachel Smith and gave that land to Laura Branch to build a church, Laurel Branch. He sold his land to James Snow, who was his son-in-law. He and his wife, Rachel moved to Ben Hill County and lived there until they died (that is also where they are buried).

I do not know when it was changed to Snow Hill. It was sometime after James Snow bought the land. Different families started using it (Smith, Beck, Fountain, Snow, Etheridge, etc...)

A school house was built next to the cemetery on the property of Jackson land. When the school was closed in the late 1920 or Early 30's, the students went to Mount Carmel."

Photos courtesy of Joy McCook

Daniel McCook
Sept 30, 1751
May 25, 1824

First Known McCook
To Come To Georgia
This rock is said
to come from Savannah
by ox cart.

Submitted by Joy McCook

1916 Topo Map Current Map

Search Cemetery Records in old section at Find A Grave

Names: Adams, Aldrige, Allen, Amerson, Babb, Babinger, Barbee,
Bateman, Batson, Beck, Benford, Bennett, Blackshear, Blevins, Bloodworth, Boone, Brack, Brackin, Branan, Broome, Brown, Burgamy, Burgoon, Butler, Carr, Carroll, Carter, Clark, Combes, Criswell, Daniell, Davis Day, Dean, Doke, Doster, Dyer, Eady, Edwin, English, Etheridge, Ethridge, Fitzlaff, Fountain, Galaway, Gambrell, Geans, Goodding, Gorham, Granade, Hall, Hancock, Hardie, Harris, Harrison, Hatfield, Holder, Holliman, Hood, Hooten, Hornsby, Horton, Howington, Hubbard, Hubert, Jackson, James, Janes, Jeanes, Johnson, Kinard, King, Kingery, Kingry, Kight, Langford, Lavender, Lawrence, LeJeune, Lockaby, Lord, Malone, Mason, McCluney, McCook, McCoy, McCullar, McKenzie, McMullen, Mixon, Moody, Nelson, NeSmith, New, Nolan, Nowell, O'Quinn, Osborne, Pace, Pagett, Parker, Patterson, Peeler, Pitts, Potter, Quinn, Reynolds, Richardson, Roach, Roberts, Ryle, Salmon, Sanders, Slaughter, Smith, Snow, Sparks, Spivey, Stevens, Stubbs, Taylor, Thompson, Upshaw, Vinson, Warren, Weaver, Webb, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Wynn, Young, Youngblood, Zill
Some grave photos by Joy McCook

West Side
photo taken by Eileen Babb McAdams July 2006

Graves not marked, burial here per death certificate
-Leroy Lingo, son of Henry Lingo & Lucile Quinn Lingo, died 1-20-1925, 1 yr, 5 days
-Mary Ellen Bloodworth, died 6-24-1923, 1 day, daughter of Harris L. & Pauline Weaver Bloodworth
-William Adolph Bloodworth, died 7-1-1923, born 5-1861, son of Henry & __Meadows Bloodworth, wife - Nannie Bloodworth
-Mary Ellen Bloodworth, June 24, 1923 - June 25, 1923, d/o Harris L. & Pauline Weaver Bloodworth
-Luiess Harvey Day, Oct. 8, 1922 - July 4, 1924, son of Harvey & Ruby Louise Tarpley Day
-Infant Ethridge, 10/14/1921, stillborn s/o of Ivey Timothy Ethridge & Maxie Davis Ethridge
-Infant Hancock, May 2 1919 - Aug 17 1919, s/o J. J. Hancock & Pansy Wood Hancock
-Edward Neal Pace, May 24, 1924 - May 31, 1924, s/o Lewis Pace & Relia Sabrina Etheridge Pace
-Roy Lee Patterson. Oct 1 1919- Jan 1 1920, son of Reuben I. & Coy Snow Patterson
-Samuel Bartow Wheeler died Feb 5 1921, 31 yrs, son of M. E. & Clifford Stubbs Wheeler

Burials 1998 - Current

AMERSON
Clara C Amerson, 68, died Feb. 17, 2008
Alice L. Cooper Amerson, 86, died July 25, 2008
BECK
Joseph Earl Beck 11/7/1922 - 12/31/1998
Patricia Ann Beck 38 died April 15, 2003 (wife of Benny Beck)
John Beck, 56, died July 4, 2007
BATEMAN
Casey Shane Bateman 18, died Tuesday, May 29, 2001.
Ramona Bennett Bateman, 86, died May 1, 2008
BENFORD
Ashley Maynard "Buddy" Benford 57, died Nov. 25, 2003
BLOODWORTH
Edna Louise Wood Bloodworth 89 died June 21, 2001
Avery A. Bloodworth died November 15, 2002 age 89
Fred Bloodworth died May 13, 2002 age 70
Reba Inez Bloodworth, 86, died Saturday August 14, 2004. WWII
Annie Myrtle May Bloodworth, 89, January 2005
BLOUNT
Eunice Beck Blount died May 23, 2005, age 87
BROOKS
Joseph T. "Joey" Brooks 25, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2000.
Dorothy Ann Holder Brooks 68, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000.
Gary Lee Brooks, died June 2005, age 40
BROOME
Marie Farmer Broome, 74, died February 14, 2000
Joseph Stevens Broome, 80, died December 15, 2005
BRUCE
Sara Jackson Holder Bruce, 90, died Wednesday, August 3, 2005
BURGAMY
Cleo Holder Burgamy, 72, died Aug. 7, 2006
CHAFIN
Bernice D. "B.C." Chafin, Sr. 10/6/1930 - 10/30/1998
Bernice D. "Chip" Chafin, Jr.10/16/1962 - 9/28/2003
CHEEVES
Minnie Lee Granade Hardie Cheeves, 94, died Dec. 23, 2007
COUNCIL
Effie Granade Council, 87, died Feb. 3, 2007
DAY
Audree Ratliff Day 77, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001
Chandler Merritt Day 87, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001
George Day Jr 75, died Saturday, April 7, 2001
Margaret Harvill Day 87, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001
Bernice Lee Day died July 17, 2003, age 93
Louise Day died September 16, 2003
DIXON
Lena McCoy Dixon, 80, died March 17, 2007
DANIEL
Billy "Sonny" Daniel died June 7, 2003, age 74
DOKE
Adelma Woodburn Doke died April 22, 2002 age 63
William Dewey Doke, 68, died Jan. 3, 2007
EADY
Cecil L. Eady, 78, died December 17, 2000
ENNIS
Thetus Elaine Ennis, died February 11, 1999
ETHERIDGE
Minnie Lee Moore Etheridge, age 83, July 2001
Ray Etheridge, 73, died January 13, 2002
Emilon Mathews Etheridge, died Jan. 9, 2005, age 76
FITZLAFF
Ollie Bell Day Fitzlaff, 81, died Aug. 8, 2006
FLOYD
Julian Hildon Floyd, 70, died Aug. 4, 2007
FOUNTAIN
Gladys Adams Fountain, died July 19, 2004, age 84
FRAZIER
Gordon T. Fraizer, Jr. died Oct. 25, 2004, age 76
GAMBRELL
Ruby Davis Gambrell, 90, died September 20, 2000
GRANADE
Benny Granade 72, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000
C.B. Granade 84, died Sunday, April 29, 2001
Carrie Bell Holder Granade, 88, June 2002
James Monroe Grenade died May 24, 2002 age 77
Sallie Tindall Granade, 89, died Oct. 28, 2006
HANCOCK
Infant son of J. H. & Pansy Wood Hancock, May 2, 1919 - Aug. 18, 1919
HANNAH
Terry Calvin Hannah 49, died Wednesday, April 19, 2000.
HARDIE
Linda Veal Hardie 62, died December 8, 2001
HARDY
Inez Etheridge Hardy died September 11, 2003, age 88
HARRISON
Andrew Eric Harrison, 4, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2000.
HATCHER
James Robert "Pete" Hatcher died October 5, 2003, age 86
HOLDER
Guerry Phillip Holder, died August 12, 2008, age 71
HOLLAND
Sandra Anne Holland, 51, died February 2003
HOOKS
Matthew Lester Hooks, 83, died March 3, 2007
JEANES
Fannie Belle Jeanes died March 6, 2005, age 93
JOHNSON
Peggy Etheridge Malone Johnson died Wednesday, November 9, 2005.
JONES
Miles Jones died November 9, 2002 age 78
KIRBY
Kenneth Ray Kirby Sr.67, died Wednesday, April 5, 2000
LAVENDER
Sue Carr Lavender, 72, died March 25, 2008
LOVETT
Muriel Corrine Snow Lovett, 81, died May 6, 2007
LYONS
Janet Beck Lyons 57, died Wednesday, May 26, 1999
MARTIN
Beryl Odessa Moore Martin 91, died Friday, April 20, 2001
MCCALL
Betty Jo McCall 64, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000
MCCLUNEY
Frank H. McCluney died July 20, 2003, age 56
Dudley Thomas McCluney,. Sr., 50, died March 14, 2008
Denson Herbert McCluney, 91, died July 1, 2008
MCCOOK
Norman Lary McCook, 69, died August 2006
Marvin C. McCook, Sr. died July 25, 2003, age 74
Paschal Amos "Jab" McCook died May 12 2003, age 93
MCMULLEN
Frank Dwayne McMullen, April 25, age 37
MIXON
Mary Day Mixon 4/28/1923 - 11/2/1998
MOODY
Usher Clayton Moody, Jr 50 died Wednesday October 10, 2007
NELSON
Mary Jewell Doke Nelson, 81, died February 2002
NEW
Janie Elizabeth Fountain New 93, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001
REID
Anthony Omar Reid died December 26, 2002 age 33
RIGBY
Darrell Glynn Rigby, 47, died July 2001
ROACH
Louis Allen "L.A." Roach 88, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Ruth Elizabeth Taylor Roach, 77, died Aug 8, 2007
SHAMIS
Jewel Beck Shamis 3/4/1918 - 12/26/1998
SMITH
Billy Scott Smith, Jr. died December 2002, age 37
Elizabeth A. Smith, age 76, died Friday, March 5, 2004
SNOW
Charles "Charlie" Howard Snow, Jr., 81, died Sept 27, 2007
SPIVEY
Annie Lucille Spivey, 87, died April 16, 2000
STRAFACH
Norma Dean Smith Strafach, 81, died April 28, 2006
TAYLOR
Glenn F. Taylor, 93, died Aug. 11, 2007
THOMPSON
Margaret Ann Snow Thompson died Thursday, January 22, 2004
TINDALL
Leslie E. Tindall, 83, died May 16, 2006
TYLER
Ronald Frank Tyler, died Nov. 3, 2004, age 33
USSERY
Betty Jean Tindall Ussery, died April 25, 2004, age 57
VINSON
Glenn Vinson, 62, died October 30, 2008
WARD
Kenneth Lamar Ward, Sr., 54, died September 28, 2001
WARREN
Mary Hubert Warren died April 13, 2002, age 46
WATERS
Mattie Day Waters, 91, died Aug. 16, 2006
WOOD
Doris Langford Wood, 83, died May 15 2007
Otis E. Wood, 72, died April 22, 2007
YOUNGBLOOD
Edna Fountain Youngblood, 87, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001

sources: The Macon Telegraph, The Union-Recorder, Wilkinson County Post