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| Name |
Bethena Elizabeth SINGLETON |
| Born |
5 Apr 1827 |
Monroe Co., GA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
10 Feb 1912 |
BIbb County, GA |
| Buried |
Woodson Cemetery, Lizella, Bibb County, GA |
- Woodson Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Bibb County and was an Indian burial ground before Lizella (originally Warrior) became a white settlement in 1821. There
The cemetery is located in the woods on a hill about 300 yards to the left(west) of the road going to Arrowhead Park, Lake Tobesofkee. It's about 0.2 mile south of the entrance to Arrowhead.
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| Notes |
- Obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth Jones
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Sunday Morning, February ll, 1912
MRS. ELIZABETH JONES SUCCUMBS AT LIZELLA
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, widow of the late Laurance Jones of Bibb County,
died at 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
G.W. Burnette of Lizella. She was 85 years of age and for forty years
had been a devout member of the Methodist Church. No particular ailments
being reported for Mrs. Jones death, it being quiet and unexpected.
Her children are left to mourn her departure. They are M.A. and Maxine
Jones ofTexas, J.W. Jones of Bibb Co.., and Messers Burnette, M.A. Tharpe
and M.F. Herrington, also of Bibb Co. No arrangements had been made for
the funeral and interment last night, but it will probably be late today.
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From: William Bartlett
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:26 PM
To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Woodson Cemetery - Lizella (Bibb County)
The 2 acres comprising Woodson Cemetery along with the 110 acres surrounding it has been sold to settle an estate. Your help is needed to preserve and maintain the Woodson Cemetery.
Woodson Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Bibb County and was an Indian burial ground before Lizella (originally Warrior) became a white settlement in 1821. There are three known Indian Mounds in the cemetery. The cemetery was situated between the Bartlett and Pender family homesites (south of what is now Lake Arrowhead Park) and most of the burials I am aware of consist of those families (mostly my ancestors). The last burial was in 1912 and the grave marker (only one in the cemetery except for field stone markings) shows Bethena Elizabeth Singleton Jones.
The cemetery is located in the woods on a hill about 300 yards to the left of the road going to Arrowhead Lake Park - about a city block before reaching the Park entrance gate. (turn off Columbus Road about a mile before reaching Lizella.)
Others buried there include: William Bartlett (1865), Jesse Bartlett (1863), Pency Ann Stokes Bartlett (1890), Thomas Jefferson Bartlett, Rachel Renfrow Bartlett, Josiah Pender (1872), Celia Wyche Pender, Nancy Bartlett Pender and Jeremiah Willis Pender.
The will of the last owner of the land and cemetery (Bobby Stokes) indicated that the cemetery should be preserved and maintained. The contract for the sale of the land supposedly said the same thing. A Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission decision was postponed from the hearing in early November until December 1, 2004. There will be no oral arguments allowed at the next hearing so the Commission needs to receive letters soonest. Target for letters is: Mr Vernon Ryle, III, Executive Director, Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission, 682 Cherry street, Macon, Georgia 31201. Also, please contact your US Senators and US Representative plus the Creek Indian Council.
Anything you can do to get the word out and cause letters to be written to save the cemetery will be deeply appreciated. Even if people do not have ancestors buried in this cemetery, it should be preserved because of it’s historical significance to Bibb County, GA.
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| Person ID |
I2528 |
Johnson & Hanson |
| Last Modified |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Father |
Henry SINGLETON, b. 26 Sep 1798, VA , d. 2 Apr 1869, Monroe Co., GA (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Eunitia Nicia FOREMAN, b. 11 Nov 1799, Greene County, GA , d. 30 Aug 1866, Monroe Co., GA (Age 66 years) |
| Married |
23 Jun 1820 |
Putnam Co., GA |
| Family ID |
F980 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Laurence Alexander JONES, b. 10 Mar 1813, South Carolina , d. 14 Jul 1911, Warrior District, Lizella, GA (Age 98 years) |
| Married |
3 Jan 1843 |
Monroe Co., GA |
| Children |
| + | 1. Thomas Henry JONES, b. 23 Apr 1844, BIbb County, GA , d. 16 Oct 1907, BIbb County, GA (Age 63 years) |
| + | 2. William Russell JONES, b. 1846, Monroe Co., GA , d. BEF. 1900 (Age < 54 years) |
| + | 3. Mary Frances JONES, b. 1849 |
| + | 4. Martha A. JONES, b. 24 Jan 1851, BIbb County, GA , d. 6 Mar 1927, BIbb County, GA (Age 76 years) |
| + | 5. Sara Unit JONES, b. 17 Oct 1853, BIbb County, GA , d. 14 Mar 1941, BIbb County, GA (Age 87 years) |
| + | 6. John William JONES, b. 29 Jul 1856, GA , d. 27 May 1940, Bibb County, Georgia (Age 83 years) |
| | 7. Martin Alexander JONES, b. 12 Jun 1860, BIbb County, GA |
| | 8. Joseph JONES, b. 1862, Bibb County, Georgia |
| | 9. Samuel H. JONES, b. Jan 1866, Bibb County, Georgia |
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| Last Modified |
8 Apr 2012 |
| Family ID |
F978 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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