Sarah Townsend Patterson Tombstone

All I can read of Sarah Townsend Pattersons tombstone is "S.P. Wife." It is possible the top of the tombstone may have broken off but it doesn't appear there is information missing. Sarah was born between 1817 and 1823 and died on 2 September 1896 in Talking Rock, GA. She was hit by a train. Her tombstone is next to her husband's (Hix Patterson) in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper, GA.

Hix Patterson Tombstone

Hix (or Hicks) Patterson was born in Dec 1816 and died in the winter of 1904-5. You can see from the photos that his tombstone is very primitive. It appears to have been hand carved and is quite small. I have not had a chance to visit this cemetery with a full photo kit (grass clippers, mirror, tripod, etc.) so I haven't been able to get a very good picture.

The cemetery is Philadelphia Baptist Cemetery in Jasper, GA. If you are headed north out of Atlanta on I-575 (it becomes Zell Miller Mtn. Pkwy.) you keep going until you come to Jasper (the intersection with Hwy 53). You turn left on Hwy 53 (turning right takes you into downtown Jasper). You drive a short distance and turn right either onto Darnell/Log Cabin Rd. or a little further on onto Philadelphia Rd. (the two roads merge just before the church). Continue driving and you will see the church on your left and the cemetery on your right. Most of my families tombstones (at least those that are marked) are near the front of the cemetery. These are almost directly across from the church when you cross Philadelphia Rd.

Henry Ledford's Tombstone

Henry Ledford is the brother of my 3rd great-grandfather. He was murdered in 1866 (allegedly over his Union sympathies, haven't found documentation for the murder motive but his Union regiment is found right on his tombstone). Henry was the 4th son of John and Sarah Patterson Ledford and served in both the Confederate and Union services with three of his brothers, including my 3rd great-grandfather (their oldest brother may have also served however he had married by the Civil War and did not share the almost exact same service as these four brothers did).

Henry is buried in Jasper City Cemetery in Jasper, GA.