Older Holly Springs Cemetery

Holly Springs Cemetery, West Chapel Hill Road .5 miles west of Chapel Hill

Road, 5 miles south of Interstate 20 in Douglasville, Douglas County, Ga.

Surveyed by Joe Baggett, Baggettcj@aol.com, in 1978. Notes in parentheses

added by Joe Baggett.

1. Jeff Selman, March 31, 1848 - Jan. 5, 1882.

2. William J. Selman, Oct. 25, 1872- Jan 5, 1882.

(Thomas Jefferson Selman and his son William J. died the same day of typhoid.

Jeff was a son of William Selman, no. 47 below.)

3. Bessie Ozeal, daughter of E.H. & G.A. Butler, Dec. 29, 1885-Feb. 3, 1888.

(Parents, Ephraim H. and Georgia Yancey Butler, are bd. New Hope Church, now

known as Chapel Hill Baptist Ch.)

4. Elen Cary, April 10, 1837-March 26, 1907.

(Wife of James C. Cary)

5. Sarah E., daughter of J.C. & E. Cary, Feb. 25, 1874-June 18, 1876.

6. Infant son of J.M. & A.M. Abercrombie (no dates).

7. Nannie, daughter of J.M. & M.S. Abercrombie, June 6, 1881-Dec. 9, 1881.

8. M.S., wife of J.M. Abercrimbie, Aug. 18, 1850-Nov. 17, 1881.

9. James Marion Abercrombie, Oct. 17, 1847-Aug. 7, 1933.

(The son of Joseph Abercrombie, he is buried with his first wife Margaret

Suffronia Selman, daughter of William Selman, no. 47. In 1882 he married her

cousin Allie Selman, 1843-1909, daughter of James K. Selman, no. 24 below.)

10. Nannie Z., wife of S.N. Dorsett, Sept. 22, 1853-Friday, Oct. 7, 1:20

o'clock p.m. 1881.

(Daughter of Joseph Abercrombie, no. 15, her husband S.N. Dorsett is buried

in the Cooper Cemetery west of De Ridder, Louisiana.)

11. Joseph Abercrombie, Oct. 26, 1855-Sept. 28, 1881.

(Son of Joseph, no. 15.)

12. Jim Yancey, 1856-1872.

13. Josephine A., wife of J.W. Thomas, Dec. 27, 1862-July 29, 1883.

14. Montrie Yancey, 1879-1880.

(Three above are children of Francis M. Yancey, bd. Bright Star Church,

Douglasville. Josephine was the wife of John W. Thomas.)

15. Joseph Abercrombie, Dec. 4, 1823-April 26, 1855.

(Son of James Abercrombie, 1798-1880, and 1st wife Nancy Camp, bd.

Abercrombie Cemetery, Brown's Lake Road, in south Fulton County near

Campbellton.)

16. Susannah, wife of Joseph Abercrombie, April 14, 1829-July 6, 1877.

(Daughter of James and Jane Dunlap of Campbell County.)

17. Joseph, son of Jesse & Elizabeth Abercrombie, Aug. 17, 1877-Sept. 29,

1877.

(Son of Jesse & Elizabeth Hatchett Abercrombie, bd. Douglasville City Cem.)

18. Rachel Lucinda Hatchett, July 20, 1853-July 20, 1854.

19. Robert K. Wingo, July 31, 1864--June 1, 1869.

20. Eclena Pearl Wingo, born-died 1876.

21. Thomas James Hatchett, May 19, 1846-Feb. 25, 1864.

(Son of Josiah & Eliza Selman Hatchett)

(Two unmarked tombs adjacent)

22. Nancy C. Selman, Jan. 17, 1845-Aug. 8, 1854.

23. Elizabeth C. Selman, wife of James Selman of South Carolina, Dec. 14,

1777-June 17, 1861.

(Elizabeth Covington, widow of James Selman of Spartanburg, S.C.)

24. James K. Selman, July 8, 1809-Aug. 21, 1866.

(Son of James & Elizabeth Covington Selman; he married Elizabeth Hurt,

1810-1879.)

25. Allie Miles Selman, Sept. 29, 1814-Oct. (?) 1881.

(Daughter of James & Elizabeth Covington Selman)

26. Permeila Camp, Feb. 17, 1811-Nov. 11, 1849.

(Daughter of Samuel H. Watson and wife of Nathan Camp, a son of Judge Joseph

Camp, no. 60.)

27. J.W. Camp, son of B.A. & E. Camp, Feb. 7, 1855-April 14, 1856.

(Son of Benjamin Austin & Elizabeth Jennings Camp, bd. Providence Ch., Rico,

Fulton Co.; grandson of William & Catherine Webb Camp, no. 59.)

28. Louisa, first wife of J.P. Watson, 1815-Oct. 5, 1840.

(Daughter of Judge Joseph Camp and wife of John Pendleton Watson, bd. Chapel

Hill Baptist Ch.)

29. Mrs. D.M. Shadix, wife of J.J., Jan. 3, 1846-July 27, 1881.

(Dorcas M. Thomas, first wife of the Rev. John J. Shaddix who died 1921, Pine

Mountain, Ala.)

30. Henry Cleckler, Sept. 15, 1799-Dec. 23, 1859.

31. Matilda Cleckler, Feb. 29, 1812-July 17, 1866.

(Henry is buried with his wife Matilda Jackson Cleckler.)

32. Lieuvenia Banks, April 25, 1878-Dec. 9, 1878.

33. Infant son of E.M. & Letitia Banks, born-died July 26, 1882.

(Ezekiel Madison Banks is bd. Pray's Mill Church south of Douglasville; wife

Letitia was a daughter of Henry Cleckler, no. 30.)

Three granite tombs and mound of rocks, unmarked.

34. Robert A. McDowell, Oct. 13, 1830-Feb. 28, 1901.

35. (wife) Sarah Elizabeth, nee Reese, May 4, 1839-March 1, 1901.

36. J.L. McDowell (no dates).

37. James Sanford Smith, Nov. 18, 1849-4 May 1892, father.

38. James Ella Riley Smith, Aug. 11, 1852-March 19, 1892, mother.

(James Ella was a daughter of James Riley, no. 43.)

39. Henry Grady Smith, Aug. 8, 1890-Sept. 3, 1890.

40. James Riley Smith, July 25, 1877-Oct. 29, 1881.

41. Mary Alice, daughter of W.J. Benefield, Oct. 8, 1877-Aug. 7, 1878.

(William and wife Jennie Benefield lived at Chapel Hill.)

42. Mrs. Jane Hearn, died July 23 (?), 1870, aged 71 years.

(Was a widow in Campbell Co. as early as 1840 census.)

43. James Riley, May 23, 1811-Feb. 27, 1861.

(Killed while constructing a mill, he was the son of Abraham Riley, no. 44;

married Lucinda Willingham in Newton Co., Ga.)

44. Abraham Riley, July 10, 1782-July 21, 1861.

(Said to be the son of Irish immigrant Patrick Riley, he married 1st Hannah

Garner, 1790-1844, 2nd, 1848, Henry Co., Ga., Frances Bonner.)

Adjcent tombstone broken, inscription missing.

45. Infant son of Dr. J.L. & N.L. Selman, Oct. 18, 1882.

(Son of Dr. Joseph L. and Nannie Abercrombie Selman, who was the daughter of

William Sanford Abercrombie and granddaughter of James Abercrombie.

Douglasville's Dr. Selman was a son of James K. Selman.)

46. Nancy Selman, Nov. 12, 1821-June 12, 1879, mother.

(Nancy Camp, daughter of Thomas Camp of Campbellton and wife of William

Selman.)

47. William Selman, June 24, 1811-Jan. 28, 1891, father.

48. P.E. Selman, July 18, 1834-Sept. 27, 1890.

(Prisher Couch married William Selman in Douglas Co. in 1887 as his second

wife.)

49. George W. Land, Feb. 22, 1848-July 29, 1906.

50. (wife) Mary L. Land, April, 1854-April 28, 1918.

51. Moses T. Camp, May 20, 1875-Oct. 21, 1902.

52. Lettie L., daughter of W.L. & M.V. Camp, April 26, 1873-Aug. 24, 1884.

(Obelisk with no. 51)

53. Forest L., daughter of W.L. & M.V. Camp, Feb. 19, 1866-Nov. 2, 1881.

54. Thomas B., son of W.L. & M.V. Camp, March 1, 1882-Aug. 16, 1884.

55. Wilson L. Camp, March 18, 1835-June 5, 1914.

56. (wife) Mary V. Camp, Oct. 8, 1838-July 23, 1910.

(Obelisk) (Wilson L., son of Thomas Camp of Campbellton, married Mary V.,

daughter of Moses M. Smith of Campbellton. No. 51 is their son Moses Camp.)

57. Margaret E. Winters, 21 Sept. 1830-May 19, 1909.

(Daughter of Wiley & Mary Ellsbury Scoggin of Paulding Co. and wife of Albert

J. Winters.)

58. James Robinson Langston, June 5, 1842-1865.

59. Caty, wife of William Camp, 1807-Dec. 5, 1880.

(Catherine Webb m. William Camp, Sept. 25,1807-1881, son of Judge Joseph

Camp. No marker was found for William, supposedly buried here.)

60. Joseph Camp, 1777-1854.

61. (wife) Elizabeth Camp.

(In May 1990 a War of 1812 service marker was erected to mark the grave of

Judge Joseph Camp, b. Dec. 13, 1777, d. Feb. 27, 1854. His wife Elizabeth, a

cousin, was b. 1781, d. 1850, having 13 children. His 2nd wife, Martha Camp,

another cousin, married Judge Camp in 1851, having one daughter.)