Butts County Georgia Cemeteries
Thanks for the permission from Mrs. Brenda King of the Butts County Genealogical Society to use their book.

Watkins Cemetery
Plus other family notes
Butts County, GA.
Surveyed by
Take US23/GA42 South 1.9 miles to Watkins Park (dirt road) watch for sign, turn right and follow dirt road 1 mile to cattle gate on right.
Gate has lock on it. The cemetery is about 1/4 mile through cattle gate.

American Legion
DEWITT T. WATKINS- HALE
WORLD WAR VETERAN
"Son of James B. & Clifford Watkins"
Born Aug. 10, 1901
Drowned at Sea July 20, 1928
SOLDIER, SAILOR, GENTLEMAN
"For his Country He gave his life"

Inside Wrought Iron Fence

Watkins, Alfred Mack
"Father"
02/02/1854 - 05/08/1929
Note: "Named as Brother to Temperance McWatkins Byars"
Around this time the McWatkins changed the spelling to "Watkins" as thought.

Watkins, Sallie Bell
"Mother"
08/23/1861- 02/12/1935

Watkins, George Washington
"Pinkney" age about 45   May 13, 1902

McWatkins, A. Sr. (Alfred)
11/14/1816 - 01/26/1890
"An honest man is the noblest work of God"

McWatkins, Mary Ann Suttle
"Wife of A. McWatkins Sr."  2nd wife
10/16/1822 - 6/11/1895

Noted in the Will Of Alfred McWatkins Sr. was that he is to be buried
near his 2 sons and first Wife already in Watkins. The 1st wife is present.
Therefore 2 childrens graves are unmarked by the names of

Harold Byars Watkins   (comment: I feel these are the 2 of the 4 above ground
Andrew J. Watkins         Vaults sitting to the left of his 1st wife, Martha Byars )

Martha BYARS McWatkins
"Wife of A. McWatkins, SR." (1st)
10/29/1822- 10/6/1841

Watkins, Joel B.
09/30/1849- 02/08/1921
(Son of Alfred Watkins & 2nd wife Mary Ann Suttle)

Watkins, Sallie Louvenia Hale
"Wife of Joel B. Watkins"
07/20/1853- 01/28/1934

Infant- Son of Joel & Sallie Watkins
No date

Watkins, Joel Byars Jr.
02/04/1885- 07/02/1952

Watkins, Lilla Ermine
05/15/1891- 10/14/1983

Smith, Claude C.
02/22/1877- 12/22/1913

Byars, Harry B. Sr
WWII  GA CCM USNR
02/04/1909- 09/18/1956

McDaniel, Minlak Annie
"Dau of J.S. & Amanda McDaniel"
03/17/1877 - 02/21/1905

McDaniel, John H.
06-12/1868-  07/04/1891

Maddox, Harden
"Son of  M. & L. Maddox"
09/27/1897 - 12/13/1901

BYARS, R .G.  (Richard) (doublestone)
Feb. 17, 1840- Apr. 11, 1891
WIFE- married Dec. 22, 1859 in Butts Co. (had 9 children)
Mary C. Jones Byars
12/14/1844 - 08/02/1898

Byars, James Clifford
"Son of J .M. & M .F. Byars
09/25/1883- 08/21/1886

Watkins, James B.
12/09/1861- 01/06/1921
"A Good Father"

Watkins, Clifford Freeman
"Wife of James B. Watkins"
03/23/1869- 12/09/1905

Watkins, Adolphus Freeman
"Sea, US Army, WW11
03/03/1894- 06/04/1975

Byars, Cyrus Jefferson
10/05/1886- 09/19/1916

Byars, Phillip Dewy
"GA. PVT. CORPS"
WW1 & WW11
11/16/1897- 08/15/1946

Byars, Mabel
"Dau. of T. J. & C. B. Byars"
06/20/1884- 06/23/1884

Byars, Thomas J.
04/27/1866- 12/15/1936

Byars, Cora F.
"wife of Thomas J."
02/27/1870- 04/15/1924

UHL, Herman C.
"New York"
PFC 152 Depot Brigade WW1
10/31/1852 - 11/17/1949

Byars, M. Lois
11/13/1895
Byars, Ruth B. UHL
"wife"
06/20/1903

Standard, Mary J. Byars
10/10/1850 -10/03/1902
Note: Married W. J. Standard May 16, 1864
Daughter of Robert & Sarah M. Byars

Byars, Benjamin
07/04/1825- 12/14/1856
Married  Jan. 1, 1846 in Butts Co.

Byars, Eliza Jane Meredith
"wife of Benjamin Byars"  
03/10/1827 - 02/17/1905

Byars, Joel B.
11/02/1800-  12/08/1871
Son of George K. & Anna Byars

Byars, Mrs. Temperance McWatkins
"wife to Joel B. Byars"  (no children)
11/02/1805- 04/21/1873

Wood, A. E. (Ann Elizabeth Byars )
"wife of Thompson J. Wood"
10/27/1852 - 04/08/1902
Parents: Benjamin M. & Eliza Jane Meredith Byars

Byars, Enoch J.
11/18/1899 - 08/17/1964

Byars, Paul D.
"GA. PFC CO A 151 Machine Gun"
08/23/1892- 03/02/1961
wife
Byars, Irma G. (double stone)
1899-  19 ??

Davis, Annabell
Companion of J.S. Davis
"Mother"
12/21/1886 - 07/26/1933

Tucker, Charles Wesley
03/06/1894- 08/02/1965
double stone- wife
Tucker, Sallie Z. Watkins
02/14/1896 - 06/15/1988

Hamlin, James W.
2/12/1900- 01/13/1941

Maddox, Exie Ray
"Wife of James W. Hamlin"
07/20/1898 - 02/07/1963

Webb, James G.
11/18/1894 - 03/30/1981

Webb, Mary Florence Hamlin
08/07/1900- 12/30/1967

Hamlin, Andrew J.
3/12/1874- 08/23/1953

Hamlin, Nannie McDaniel
02/14/1879 - 12/17/1965

Hamlin, J. F.
03/09/1835- 07/17/1917

unmarked

Watkins, Samuel H.
07/31/1889- 11/06/1912

Watkins, J. C.
06/16/1883 - 11/16/1907

Thornton, Callie Pound
07/29/1866- 12/10/1947

G.M. Thornton

Thornton, Charlie B.
06/10/1894 - 05/16/1944

Thornton, Clarence
"Son of G.M. & Callie D. Thornton"
05/20/1890 - 11/29/1906

Thornton,  William Pitts
"GA PVT. US Army WW1"
11/11/1901- 10/20/1972

Meredith, James A.
02/10/1830 - 02/06/1887
Note: Married Anna Byars, daughter of Robert & Sarah M. Byars

Meredith, Mattie R. Paxton
"Wife of J.C. Meredith"
03/22/1855- 06/09/1875

Meredith, William Edward
09/10/1885- 09/11/1885

Meredith, Erie Lee
01/26/1889- 12/08/1892

Infant Brewer
Daughter of W.N. & E. J. Brewer
1874-1874

Brewer, Bennie Byars
Son of W.N. & E.J. Brewer
07/13/1884 - 10/26/1892

Brewer Infant  (broken)
1873-1873

Gilmore, Sarah L. Thompson
"wife of A.R. Gilmore"
4/14/1869- 5/9/1916

Gilmore, Adial Raymond
08/19/1860- 09/30/1927

Maddox, Woodward W.
12/24/1912- 04/22/1942

Maddox, Samuel A.
12/27/1903- 05/11/1947

Martin, Rosebud Maddox
09/25/1894- 03/13/1980
"Wife of Louis A. Maddox"

Martin, Louis A.
01/16/1898- 05/06/1967

Watkins, Mary E.
07/28/1878 - 06/12/1885

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