Mt. Zion Cemetery
Oscarville, GeorgiaLocated 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 --
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Copyright:Cemeteries of Forsyth County, Georgia
Donna Parrish, Bonnye T. Leary & Garland C. Bagley
1981