Old Athens Cemetery

"Old Athens Cemetery" or "Jackson Street Cemetery" is the oldest in the county and many of the headstones are now hard or impossible to read. The cemetery is located on the grounds of the University of Georgia on Jackson Street between the Visual Arts Building and Baldwin Hall.

Surname Given Name Birth Death Notes
Atkinson Nathan Mar 3 1817 Oct 4 1838 Native of Camden Co GA UGA Senior
Bain Ellen Maria Apr 12 1825 Sep 11 1854 w/o Wm. A.
Barrett Elizabeth Sep 29 1827 d/o Cynthia Green 8y 6m 22d
Bass R.H. (Mrs) Oct 24 1810 May 15 1853
Baxter Martha Apr 3 1849 Sep 1 1850 d/o Andrew & Martha
Beard Moses Apr 22 1759 Feb 9 1833 American Revolution
Boggs Elizabeth Dec 12 1775 Jul 4 1856
Carlton Frances Emily Mar 7 1833 May 14 1849 d/o J.R. & E.A.
Carlton Georgia Clara Mar ? 1817 Aug 30 1819 d/o J.R. & E.A.
Carlton William Elijah Feb 2 1824 Dec 15 1847 s/o J.R. & E.A. aged 23
Cherry William 1806 illegible
Clark Jane G. Nov 13 1849 Native of Scotland
Cole James Apr 23 1837 66 yrs old
Cole Sarah (Mrs.) Oct 3 1856 Age 83
Conger Abijah May 4 1782 Feb 4 1782 Born in NJ & Missionary to Indians at Brainerd Station Chattanooga TN
Conger Ann Jan 1 1832 1847 d/o David & ?
Conger Phoebe Tappan Mar 27 1781 Apr 1 1856 b. in NJ w/o Abijah
Daniel Asa B. shared stone w/ Mary
Daniel Mary shared stone w/ Asa B.
Dougherty Charles May 21 1830 May 10 1834 Second son of Charles & Elizabeth
Dougherty Charles Oct 5 1825 Nov 6 1826 First son of Charles & Elizabeth
Dougherty Robert Oct 27 1836 Sep 19 1837 s/o William & ?
Espy James Dec 7 1759 Nov 12 1834 American Revolution
Espy Sarah Mar 18 1831 w/o James aged 70
Farrell Frances Sep ? 1845 w/oJames aged 28
Felton Mary Ann Jan 23 1828 Aug 31 1851 w/o Dr. W.H. d/o J.R. & E.A. Carlton
Gamble Mary (Mrs.) Jul 13 1794 Nov 2 1837 Consort of Roger L. Gamble & d/o the late Dr. J.M. Sterett of Louisville
Golding Clementina 1792 Sep 9 1817 w/o John R.
Gorley Ann Eliza Jan 2 1826 Inf Dau of Jonathan & Mary
Gorley Mary (Mrs.) Nov 1861 Aged 68y
Graham Abner Nov 9 1798 illegible Native of Rowan Co NC
Graham Andrew Mar 11 1791 Sep 8 1830 Native of Rowan Co NC
Graham Martha Nov 11 1814 Aug 27 1862 w/o Abner
Griswold Elizabeth Mar 1832 aged 21y
Hardeman Arabella Rebecca (Mrs.) Sep 2 1816 Jun 9 1845 Consort of B.F. d/o the late Hon. Stephen W. Harris
Hunt Little Sis Nov 3 1849 Jul 14 1850 d/o Josiah Meigs & Sarah Catherine
Johnson Sallie E. Dec 23 1838 Feb 15 1859 w/o H.W. d/o C.B. & J.E. Lyle
Lampkin Angelica 1866 d/o Phil & Obediance Ryan w/o Lewis
Lampkin Edward Oct 29 1854 aged 51y
Lampkin Lucas H. May 7 1845 Oct 5 1866 s/o Lewis Jackson & Lucy Philps Haynes
Lampkin Mary L.P. Nov 4 1854 w/o Edward aged 45
Lampkin Robert Henry Dec 11 1850 Jan 20 1869 s/o Lewis Jackson & Lucy Philps Haynes
Lane Winifred Aycock 1741 1794 Born in NC w/o Jesse d/o Wm. Aycock and Rebecca Pace Bradford
Lyle Julia Emeline Oct 11 1820 Jun 24 1851 w/o Charles B. Lyle & d/o J.R. & E.A. Carlton
Meriwether Sarah Frances Nov 23 1837 Age 19
Mitchell James Sep 18 1841 Aged 55 yrs
Moore Alsa
Moore Charles Dougherty Aug 11 1853
Norris John Q.A. Oct 16 1825 Nov 23 1868 Born in NC Methodist Minister and Tailor
Pressley Samuel (Rev.) Sep 29 1836 Born in Abbeville District SC UGA Professor of belles letters & moral philosophy
Randolph Dorothy Mar 16 1827 d/o Richard Randolph of Wilkes Co GA aged 19
Richards Willie Sep 30 1843 Inf Son of W.C. & C.H.B.
Smith Mary P. 1761 Feb ? 1845 Born in VA
Taylor Edward Clark Feb 24 1852 Dec 13 1857 s/o R.S. & S.J.
Thomas David Oct 17 1822 Oct 27 1838 Native of Camden Co GA UGA Freshman
Waddel William Henry Aug 22 1838 age 1y 8m 14d
White Ann E. Feb 7 1842 Feb 1 1845
White Mary B. Aug 20 1839 Jan 6 1845
White Sarah J. Jan 7 1841 Jan 8 1845
Whitfield Louisa Ann Feb 5 1846 d/o Wm. & Alice Blackledge of NC w/o Geo. Whitfield of FL

This cemetery transcribed on Mar 11, 2001 by Natalie Davis and Rhonda Moore.