WADSWORTH-CLAYTON
    FAMILY CEMETERY

    In 1825, Archibald Wadsworth acquired the property in Pike County, Georgia. The Wadsworth-Clayton Family Cemetery is located in Lamar County. It rests on a beautiful knoll beside a pond nor far from where the old home-place used to stand. All that's left of the house is the chimney, standing majestically as it did when it was built.

    The cemetery lies under huge oak trees up on a hill over looking what was once a great plantation that was passed down through the Wadsworth family until around 1898 when it was sold.

    During the Civil War in September of 1863, a train loaded with supplies heading for the battle of Atlanta collided with a train loaded with wounded soldiers heading for the Confederate Hospital near Milner and Barnesville. Twenty of the solders died and were buried in the family cemetery. Also, many slaves were buried on the outskirt of the cemetery.

    During World War II Mr. J. D. Moore and his wife walked up to the cemetery and counted more than one hundred forty graves.

    Those known to be buried in the Wadsworth-Clayton Cemetery
    (there are no markers)

    Archibald Wadsworth
    (1765-1856)

    Clarissa Wadsworth (daughter)
    (1800-exact date unknown)

    John Wadsworth (son)
    22 June 1802-21 December 1864)

    Amy Wadsworth Wadsworth (daughter)
    (1804-exact date unknown)

    William S. Wadsworth (husband of Amy Wadsworth)
    (exact dates unknown)

    Nancy Wadsworth Jones (daughter)
    (1814-exact date unknown)

    Seaborn Jones (husband of Nancy Wadsworth)
    (exact dates unknown)

    Mary Wadsworth McKellar (daughter)
    (1807-exact date unknown)

    Elizabeth Wadsworth Smith (daughter)
    (1810-1889)

    Nancy Wadsworth (wife of John)
    (15 July 1799-14 October 1869)

    Mary Ann Wadsworth Jones
    (1814-exact date unknown)

    Martha Ann Wadsworth
    23 November 1828-20 March 1843)

    Eli Wadsworth
    (1 April 1832-exact date unknown)

    John Wadsworth
    (28 May 1834-6 November 1849)

    Emily Caroline Wadsworth
    14 February-1839-30 July 1839)

    Missouri Ellen Wadsworth
    (24 March 1844-1896)

    William Pierce Clayton
    (1859-1924)

    Nancy Wadsworth Jones
    (1830-exact date unknown)

    The information provided on this page is furnished by Timothy T. Turner of Barnesville, Georgia.

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