Mt. Zion Cemetery
Oscarville, Georgia

Located just off highway 369 in the community of Oscarville is the historic Mt. Zion Cemetery. It has become over-grown with weeds and briars due to neglect.  The earliest known grave is that of George Woodliff, May 30, 1849.  The cemetery contains 38 recognizable headstones and what appear to be several other graves marked only with rocks.

The GPS location coordinates for this cemetery are Latitude 34° 14' 57" N and Longitude 83° 58' 21" W.

Mt. Zion Cemetery

BAILEY
P.L. 3/29/1861 2/25/1918
BOYD
Julia A.E. (wife of Wm.) 6/10/1821 12/8/1904
William (39 yrs, 5 mos, 21 days) 11/10/1857
BREWER
Martha L. (wife of W.M.)(59 years old) 3/24/1902
W.M. (Rev.) 8/15/1814 2/9/1892
CANTRELL
Mary E. 11/27/1840 6/8/1884
  (Erected by her son J.W. Mahaffey)
S.W. (wife of CJ.) 6/26/1870 3/26/1897
CHAMBERS
J.B. 1/2/1834 12/13/1910
Nancy 3/22/1803 9/1/1883
EDWARDS
Mollie 11/19/1875 5/12/1898
J
N.J. (stone hand carved) 1/2/185?
JORDAN
Harden A. (Sgt Co N 38 Ga Inf) CSA
Rafe D. (son of G.P.) 3/31/1911 4/8/1911
LOFTON
Susan (relict of Eli) 1800 6/4/1849
LYLE
Allie Bird 7/27/1902 9/1/1902
MORGAN
Virgil R. (husband of Ophelia) 8/15/1874 1/6/1907
PIERCE
Caleb W. (Co B 38 Ga Inf) CSA
PUCKETT
James Mixon (Infant of M.W. - Age 1 year) 8/21/1883
SARGENT
Almina 1844 1932
SCROGGINS
Priscilla 3/9/1777 11/17/1893
Virgil (letters written backwards 18ee) 3/20/1899
STOVALL
Nannie (wife of G.A.) 10/28/1869 1/31/1902
STROUD
Nancy 5/18/1824 1/18/1904
Willis (Col. 38 Ga Inf) CSA
THOMPSON
C.H. 11/2/1813 4/8/1884
Elizabeth 7/12/1809 1/7/1910
VERMILLION
Rachel 1842 12/2/1911
WILLIAMS
Susane (age 88 years) 7/15/1888
William L. (son of W.H. and E.J.) 7/15/1865 10/21/1865
William S. (Rev.) 2/25/1807 3/19/1875
WOODLIFF
George (Age 62 years, 1 mo, 15 days) 5/30/1849
George Franklin (1st Lt Co. E 43rd Ga Inf) 1834 1897
I. Sabella (consort of George)(Age 63 yrs, 6 mo) 10/31/1856
Josiah H. 7/1/1823 3/10/1877
Laura Isabella (9 yrs, 4 mo, 8 days) 3/30/1854
Lucinda June (Age 1 yr, 8 mo) 7/8/1851
Lucy Ann (7 yrs, 9 mo, 2 days) 3/30/1854
Mary J. (wife of Josiah H.) 8/24/1821 2/19/1898
  (born Louisa County, Virginia)
Sarah Elizabeth (wife of George Franklin) 1842 1918

Primary source --

Title:
Authors:
Copyright:

Cemeteries of Forsyth County, Georgia
Donna Parrish, Bonnye T. Leary & Garland C. Bagley
1981

Previous