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This tablet records the death of MAJOR JOHN BERRIEN, who departed this life at Savannah, Nov., 6th., 1815, in the 56th year of his age. In early youth he drew his sword in defence of his country and served with reputation in the war of the Revolution. He was an upright citizen and exemplary in all the relations of social life. His disconsolate widow and afflicted ehild- ren have ereeted this tribute to his memory in humble hope that he rests in peace in the bosom of his Heavenly Father.
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Major Berrien was decorated by the illustrious Wash- ington himself with the emblem of the famous Order of the Cincinnati.
Here also sleeps DR. RICHARD M. BERRIEN, a half- brother of Judge Berrien; ELIZA, the latter's wife; WILLIAM BERRIEN, his son, a lieutenant in the United States army, who died while on duty in Florida, at the age of twenty-seven; and NICHOLAS ANCIEUX BERRIEN, a son who died in infancy. Judge Berrien himself sleeps in Laurel Grove. His death occurred after the old ceme- tery was closed for burial purposes. BENJAMIN BUR- ROUGHS, a noted Georgian and a connection by marriage of the Berrien family, occupies a handsome brick tomb fronting Abercorn Street.
On a marble box near the tomb of Major Berrien the following epitaph is inscribed to one of his gallant com- rades-in-arms :
Sacred to the memory of MAJOR EDWARD WHITE, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, who died Jany. 9th., 1812. Aet. 54.
Marked by a neat memorial in the shape of a marble cube is the grave of Savannah's first postmaster-ROBERT BOLTON, a connection by marriage of the Habershams.
Underneath a horizontal slab of marble, even with the ground, lies the earliest of Georgia's historians-MAJOR HUGH MCCALL. The inscription on the tablet reads :
Sacred to the memory of HUGH McCALL, Brevet Major in the U. States army. Born in N. Carolina, Feb. 17, 1767. Died June 10, 1824.
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He served the United States in various capacities thirty years; the last twenty years under severe bodily suffering, but with usefulness to himself, his country, and his friends.
Much historic interest attaches to an old tombstone which marks the last resting place of a gallant French officer, whose vessel gave substantial help to John Paul Jones in the renowned engagement between the "Ser- apis" and the "Bon Homme Richard." There is no ref- erence to this fight in the epitaph itself, but the authen- tic records of the battle will establish this fact. The inscription reads :
Sacred to the memory of DENIS L. COTTINEAU DE KERLOQUEN, a native of Navies (France), for- merly a Lieutenant in his late most Christian Majesty 's Navy, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Capt. commanding a ship of war of the United States, during their Revolution, and a member of the Cincinnati Society. Obit, Nov. 29, 1808. Aet. 63 years; and also of ACHILLES J. M. COTTINEAU DE KER- LOQUEN, his son, obit July 11, 1812. Aet. 22 years.
When Governor Troup came to the executive chair, in the early twenties, he appointed a bright young historian of Savannah to investigate the antiquities of the two principal Indian tribes of Georgia: the Creeks and the Cherokees. With consummate skill this task was most successfully accomplished; but soon after the author completed his work he was seized with a violent illness, which, in a few weeks, terminated his mortal career. The State of Georgia sustained a grievous loss in the
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unrealized possibilities of this gifted man. The follow- ing epitaph is inscribed upon his tomb in Colonial Park:
Below this stone repose the bones of JOSEPH VAL- LANCE BEVAN, who was born in Liberty County, Ga., and died in Savannah, 29th March, 1830, aged 32 years. His mind was enlightened and educated. His manners were simple and unpresuming. His heart was warm and affectionate.
Reader: You may have known a wiser man than JOSEPH V. BEVAN, but you have rarely known a better, and none, no none, against whose name the Recording Angel would more reluctantly have written down-Condemnation.
The pathetic story of a talented young artist who came to Savannah during the first decade of the last century, in search of the illusive boon of health, is told in the following brief inscription, lettered upon a ground slab :
Sacred to the memory of MR. EDWARD G. MEL- BONE, the celebrated painter, son of the late Gen. John Melbone, of New Port, R. I. He was cut off in the meridian of Life and Reputation while travelling for the benefit of his health. Seldom do the records of mortality boast the name of a victim more pre-eminently excellent. His death has deprived the country of an ornament which ages may not replace and left a blank in the catalogue of American genius which nothing has a tendency to supply. He closed his valuable life, May 7, 1807, in the 29th year of his age.
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'Another flat stone tells the story of a tragedy which occurred in Savannah during the year 1831. The in- scription reads :
ODREY MILLER, a native of Scott Co., Ky., who died from a wound inflicted by on the 13th. of July, 1831, aged 33 years. Just, honest, be- nevolent, was his reputation among strangers. He could ask forgiveness and as readily forgive · but was ever indignant at cruelty and oppression and wholly irrecon- cilable to ignoble submission. Though this stone is de- signed to mark the spot where they have laid him, his name and his virtues will be perpetuated in the affection and friendship of many who mourn his untimely fate.
SIR PATRICK HOUSTOUN and LADY HOUSTOUN, after sleeping for more than a hundred years in the old ceme- tery, were finally removed to Bonaventure, where they repose under a massive granite monument. But the old marble slab, containing the original inscriptions, together with the family coat-of-arms, has been incorporated in the handsome new memorial. GOVERNOR EDWARD TELFAIR was also laid to rest here in a family vault, but he, too, was removed to Bonaventure years ago, where he sleeps today in an elegant tomb. He was one of the earliest of the Colonial patriots. The old Governor married a daughter of WILLIAM GIBBONS, the most distinguished lawyer of his day in Savannah. If the latter is not in- cluded among the occupants of the Telfair vault, he oc- cupies an unmarked grave in Colonial Park. He espoused the patriotic cause, but there is no evidence to show that he took any part in the actual hostilities. His income from the practice of law is said to have aggregated three thousand pounds sterling, an immense sum of money in those days. WILLIAM EWEN, the first President of the Executive Council; JOHN GLEN, the first Chief Justice of Georgia; MAJOR WILLIAM PIERCE, a gallant soldier of
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the Revolution, who represented Georgia in both the Continental Congress and the great Constitutional Con- vention of 1787; and other patriots of the Revolutionary period, doubtless lie here in unmarked graves.
Included among the curiosities of the old cemetery are the following epitaphs: MRS. CAROLINE LLOYD. Died 5th. December, 1836. Aged 1171 years and 8 months. W. RICHARDSON, SR., Died 16th. October, 1828. Aged 155 years. EDWARD ELLINGTON. Died 30th. October, 1795. 152 years old. WILLIAM NEYLE. Died 9th. December, 1802. Aged 341 years. MRS. ANN MCLAUGHLIN. Died 8th. December, 1839. Aged 186 years. MRS. M. E. LONG. Died 12th. October, 1816. Aged 162 years. These phenom- enal ages are due to the vandalism of some of Sherman's men, in 1865-desecrators, who by affixing: one or more figures to the epitaphs by means of a chisel, made the ages antedeluvian.
Bonaventure, Savannah
From the viewpoint of natural scenery, one of the most exquisite burial places of the dead in America is situated some four miles from Savannah, on the road to Thunderbolt-historic Bonaventure. The extensive area of ground is shaded by majestic live oaks, the youngest of which was planted long before the time of the Revolu- tion. The midsummer heat seldom pierces the dense armor of foliage which nature wears in this beauti- ful bower of evergreens; and beneath the gnarled and rugged boughs of the trees, in grass-covered beds of velvet turf, swept by the long pendant mosses, more than six generations of Savannah's gathered dust here sleeps. On the edge of the cemetery, the Wilmington River chants a low requiem; and if aught is needed to bind the spell of beauty it is found in this little thread of silver. Bona- venture was the picturesque old family seat of the Tatt- nalls. Though it was not made a cemetery, in a public sense, until 1849, the private burial ground appurtenant
BONAVENTURE SAVANNAHGA
BONAVENTURE CEMETERY:
A Scene in Savannah's Historic Burial-Ground, Showing the Long Pendant Mosses,
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to it held the remains of Governor Tattnall, who died in 1803, together with those of other members of his imme- diate household connection. Besides, it was not long before a number of the old pioneer guard who belonged to Savannah's heroic age-including the Joneses, the Tel- fairs, the Houstouns, and other Colonial families-were removed from the old burial-ground in Savannalı to this spot; so that withont exaggeration the registers of Bonaventure may be said to reach back in an unbroken line to the days of Oglethorpe himself. The charm of historic interest is here so great that, taken in association with the beauty of environment, it seems to invest death with a sort of fascination, and to make one almost covet the privilege of the sleeper who here
"wraps the drapery of his couch About him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
Surrounded by an iron fence, at the end of Oleander Drive, is the most historic shrine in Bonaventure. It marks the last resting place of the revered soldier and jurist who accompanied Oglethorpe to the new world, who commanded the first regiment of Colonial troops, and who, for twenty-one years, served in the King's Council. There is no other spot around Savannah-unless it be the grave of Tomo-chi-chi-which connects the Common- wealth of the present day with a period of time more remote. On the massive block of stone, mantled with ivy, the following inscription appears-half concealed by the overhanging drapery of green :
NOBLE JONES, OF WORMSLOE, ESQ. Senior Judge of the General Court and Acting Chief-Justice of the Province of Georgia. For twenty-one years Mem- ber and sometimes President of His Majesty 's Council. Colonel of the first Georgia Regiment. Died November 2, 1775. Aged, 73.
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To the last moment of his life, this pioneer Georgian remained a steadfast and loyal friend to the King, though his famous son, DR. NOBLE WYMBERLEY JONES, became one of the most violent of the Whigs. The ashes of NOBLE JONES first rested at Wormsloe, afterwards in the old Colonial Cemetery, in the heart of Savannah; but when the old grave-yard was closed by the local authorities, in the early fifties, GEORGE WYMBERLEY JONES DERENNE, a lineal descendant, then the recognized head of the Jones family in Georgia, removed the body of his ancestor to the spot which it now occupies. The site of the grave faces the open marshes, looking toward Wormsloe, the old home of NOBLE JONES on the Isle of Hope.
Underneath a block of marble, at the end of Palmetto Drive, rest the ashes of DR. NOBLE WYMBERLEY JONES, one of the earliest of the Revolutionary patriots. His name was attached to the famous card calling the Sons of Lib- erty to meet for the first time in Tondee's tavern; and he was afterwards chosen a member of the first delega- tion to represent Georgia in the Continental Congress, but he did not repair to Philadelphia, on account of the critical illness of his father, who died a few months later. DR. JONES first incurred the displeasure of the Crown in 1770, when his strong republican sentiments caused him to be deposed from the Speakership of the House of As- sembly; but his zeal in the cause of independence knew no abatement. The grave of the old patriot is enclosed by an iron fence. It likewise fronts the open expanse looking toward Wormsloe. The inscription on the well- preserved horizontal slab reads as follows :
Consecrated to the memory of DOCTR. NOBLE WIMBERLEY JONES, who died January 9th., 1805. He was born in England, came over with Gen. Oglethorpe in the year 1733, at the first settlement of this State. He served as cadet officer in Oglethorpe's Regiment
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during the wars with the Spaniards and Indians, at that period. Acquired his professional education afterwards under the immediate direction of his father, DR. NOBLE JONES, the friend, companion, and co-laborer of Oglethorpe. He was among the earliest and most strenuous asserters of the liberties of his adopted coun- try and filled not only the Professional but the most important Civil Departments with merit to himself and the highest value and satisfaction to the community. The warm friend, the patient, judicious, and successful physician, the most affectionate husband, and a pure, and humble and sincere Christian. In the midst of usefulness, and vigorous old age, he died as he lived, without fear and without reproach. This monument has been erected by the filial gratitude of his surviving son, as a tribute to virtue.
Adjoining the grave of DR. NOBLE WYMBERLEY JONES is the tomb of his distinguished son, DR. GEORGE JONES, the only member of a large family of children to survive an illustrious father. During the last two years of the struggle for independence he experienced the horrors of war on board an English prison ship, in the harbor of Savannah. In the War of 1812 he commanded a com- pany of reserves. Though not a lawyer by profession, he was made Judge of the Superior Court of the Eastern Circuit of Georgia, a tribute of the most unusual char- acter; and from the bench was called by executive ap- pointment to fill an unexpired term in the Senate of the United States. The Jones family, of Wormsloe, was a family of physicians. Even Noble Jones himself brought with him to Georgia the professional prefix. Dr. Noble W. Jones was the first president of the Medical Society of Georgia; and Dr. George Jones was one of his suc- cessors at the head of the same organization. On the latter's handsome monument of granite, enclosed by a heavy iron fence, is inscribed the following brief record :
GEORGE JONES, OF WORMSLOE. Judge of the Superior Court of Georgia. Senator of the United States.
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In an underground vault, which occupies an enclosed square facing Palmetto Drive, rest the remains of the dis- tinguished antiquarian, scholar and gentleman, GEORGE WYMBERLEY JONES DERENNE. He rendered the State a priceless service by publishing early Georgia manu- scripts. The famous quartos bearing the imprint of Wormsloe constitute a library of history within them- selves. Inscribed on the massive block of marble which stands in the center of the DeRenne Square, beside the entrance to the vault, is the following brief epitaph :
GEORGE WYMBERLEY JONES DE RENNE. Born July 19, 1827. Died Aug. 4, 1880. -
Just beyond the DeRenne lot, facing the same drive- way, in a square likewise enclosed by an iron railing, is the tomb of GOVERNOR EDWARD TELFAIR, marked by an immense block of stone, some eight feet in height. One of the earliest of the Revolutionary patriots, he was also one of the most conspicuous actors in the drama of independence, and represented Georgia twice in the Con- tinental Congress. His name will be found affixed to the Articles of Confederation, the earliest bond of Amer- ican Union. He was the chief executive of Georgia at the time of Washington's celebrated visit to the State, in 1791. Governor Telfair was perhaps the wealthiest citizen of Savannah at the time of his death, and the ben- eficiaries of his last will and testament included the Tel- fair Academy, the Telfair Hospital, the Georgia Histor- ical Society, the Independent Presbyterian Church, the Mary Telfair Home for Aged Women, and the historic orphan asylum at Bethesda. One of the counties of Georgia bears the name of this thrifty Scotch-Irishman. The remains of Governor Telfair, together with those of other members of his family, were transferred to this place years ago from the old Colonial Cemetery in Savan-
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nah. The inscription on the monument, which stands just above the family vault, reads as follows:
In memory of EDWARD TELFAIR, of GEORGIA, who died Sept. 17, 1807, aged 64; and of his sons, ED- WARD TELFAIR, THOMAS TELFAIR, JOSIAH G. TELFAIR, ALEXANDER TELFAIR.
One of his sons, THOMAS TELFAIR, served Georgia in the United States Congress. The opposite side of the tomb contains an inscription to his wife, SARAH, a daugh- ter of WM. GIBBONS, the noted lawyer and patriot. There is no inscription on the tomb to his daughters, for the reason that it was erected by them. WILLIAM B. HODG- SON, for whom Hodgson Hall was named-the home of the Georgia Historical Society-is memorialized by a handsome monument, which stands on the Telfair lot. He married one of the daughters of Governor Telfair.
Near the center of the cemetery, in a large square · richly adorned with handsome memorials, is the old family burial plot of the TATTNALLS, several of whom rest here. JOSIAH TATTNALL, the stout old loyalist, who refused to bear arms against the King, is buried some- where in England. He never returned to Georgia, after quitting Bonaventure, his beloved country seat. An il- lustrious son, however, who bore the same name, who, escaping to America, joined the patriot army on the eve of the recapture of Savannah, who afterwards became a brigadier-general in the State militia and a Governor of the Commonwealth; to whom also the confiscated es- tate of his father was restored in after years, and whose esteemed privilege it was as chief executive to sign the bill recalling the latter back from banishment, here sleeps in death where his infancy was cradled. He passed away at the carly age of thirty-eight and was laid to rest in
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the same grave with his beloved wife, who preceded him to the tomb by only a few months. On the horizontal slab which covers the grave is inscribed the following record :
This stone is intended to perpetuate the memory of MRS. H. TATTNALL, consort of GEN. JOSIAH TATTNALL, who died the 3rd. December, 1802, aged 33 years. She was truly a pious Christian, affectionate wife, fond mother, and sincere friend. In life be- loved, in death regretted. (Here follow the names of four deceased children, the eldest of whom was only eight.)
Also of JOSIAH TATTNALL, JR., ESQ., who after having enjoyed the highest honors of the State died at the age of thirty-eight years, in the year of 1803, an honest man rich in the estimation of all who knew him.
Tattnall County, in this State, commemorates the lis- torie name of JOSIAH TATTNALL.
Underneathı a handsome monument, somewhat dis- colored with age, there rests in the same enclosure the mortal remains of EDWARD FENWICK TATTNALL, a gallant soldier and a former member of Congress. He was a son of the noted Governor. The inscription on his monu- ment reads :
EDWARD FENWICK TATTNALL, who died in Savannah on the 21st. day of Nov., 1832, aged 44 years. This monument was erected by the Savannah Volun- teer Guards which corps he, for a period of years, commanded, as a tribute of affection for his great virtues as a man, a soldier, and a patriot. "Munera parva quidem sed magnam testamenta amorem."
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Marked by a handsome marble sarcophagus in an area of ground next to the tomb of GENERAL JOSIAH TATT- NALL is the grave of his illustrions son of the same name -the great American commodore. Carved on top of the sarcophagus there are three wreaths, connected by an officer's sword, bearing three dates: 1812-1847-1861. These represent three great wars in which he bore a conspicuous part : the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War between the States.
On the north side of the tomb is inscribed :
COMMODORE JOSIAH TATTNALL, U. S. and C. S. N. Born near this spot, Nov. 9th., 1795. Died June 14th., 1871.
On the south side :
Erected by admiring friends to the memory of a grand manhood and an exalted character. Without fear and without reproach.
His wife sleeps beside him. Other members of the Tattnall family connection who rest within the same en- closure are: JOHN ROGER FENWICK, a brigadier-general in the United States Army, born January 13, 1773, died March 19, 1842; CHARLOTTE, wife of Ebenezer Jackson and daughter of Edward Fenwick; JOSIAH MULLRYNE TATTNALL, of England, who died on a visit to Bonaven- ture, in 1805; and JOHN R. F. TATTNALL, 1828-1907, an officer in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States, afterwards a colonel in the Confederate Army, whose grave is the most recent one on the lot.
Swept by the pendant mosses, the beautiful burial- ground of Bonaventure holds a silent host of noted Geor- gians, but only one Baron and Baroness-SIR PATRICK and LADY HOUSTOUN. Both died prior to the out- break of hostilities with England, and were laid to
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rest in the old Colonial Cemetery, in Savannah, but years ago the deceased members of the Houstoun family were exhumed from the old grave-yard of the early col- onists and reinterred in this green lap of Arcadia, where they have since reposed. SIR PATRICK HOUSTOUN was for some time President of the King's Council. He was also Registrar of Grants and Receiver of Quit Claims for the Province of Georgia. His attachment to the Crown of England never wavered; but two of his sons, JOHN and WILLIAM, became illustrious on the honor roll of the Rev- olutionary patriots. In the center of the Houstoun lot in Bonaventure, facing Live Oak Drive, stands a hand- some monument of granite, surmounted by an urn. It contains the fine old marble tablet from the original tomb, the inscription on which reads as follows:
PATRICK HOUSTOUN, BARONET. President of His Majesty's Council of Georgia. Died 5th. of Feb., 1762, aged 64. LADY HOUSTOUN, his widow. Died 6th. Feb., 1775, aged 60.
On the right side of the monument is chiseled the name of the son to whom the title descended; also the name of his wife. The inscription reads: SIR GEORGE HOUSTOUN, BARONET. 1744-1795. LADY ANNE HOUSTOUN. 1749-1821. SIR GEORGE remained a staunch loyalist throughout the Revolutionary period. His home at White Bluff, on the Vernon River, furnished an asylum of safety for his rebel brothers, on, more than one occasion, when hard pressed by the British.
One of the most conspicuous objects in the cemetery is a mammoth vault of granite, cubical in shape, the only lettering on which, in large characters, is the name of one of Georgia's most noted families :
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CLINCH
Entombed within this splendid mausoleum rest the ashes of BRIGADIER-GENERAL DUNCAN L. CLINCH, a distin- guished soldier of the United States Army, who won his spurs in the second war with England. He afterwards achieved renown in the conflicts with the Indians. Relin- quishing military life, he succeeded John Millen in the National House of Representatives. His home for many years was on the Georgia coast, near St. Mary's, where he owned an extensive plantation. Clinch County, on the Florida border line, was named for this gallant Georgian, and one of his grandsons, GOVERNOR DUNCAN C. HEYWARD, has twice filled the office of Chief Executive in the State of South Carolina.
At the extreme rear of the cemetery, occupying a site which overlooks the beautiful Wilmington River, is the grave of the famous soldier, diplomat, orator, jurist and poet-BRIGADIER-GENERAL HENRY R. JACKSON. The mon- ument which marks the spot is a handsome column of brown marble surmounted by an urn; and the inscription lettered in gold upon the broad pedestal reads as follows :
HENRY ROOTES JACKSON. Born June 24, 1820. Died May 23, 1898.
On the opposite side, the various roles which he filled in the public service are recorded :
Colonel 1st. Georgia Regiment in the Mexican War. Judge of Chatham Superior Court, 1849-1853. United States Minister to Austria, 1853-1858. Brigadier-General in the Army of the Confederate States of America, 1861- 1865. United States Minister to Mexico, 1885-1887; and for twenty-four years President of the Georgia His- torical Society. Statesman, Diplomat, Poet and Jurist. His life work faithfully done, he rests in peace.
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General Jackson's second wife, Florence Barclay King Jackson, was recently laid beside him in Bonaven- ture. She was a daughter of the noted Thomas Butler King, of St. Simon's Island.
It was from the pen of General Jackson that the cele- brated poem entitled : "The Red Old Hills of Georgia," leaped into life during the late forties or early fifties. He was born on the hills of Athens; and though he loved the tide-water region, in which the greater part of his life was spent, there was always a tender chord in his soul, which vibrated to the call of the uplands. It seems a little strange that one should be lying in this spot, whose world-renowned song concludes with this stanza-almost a prayer :
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