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MOUNT BEAZER(HALL) CEMETERY
Located at the intersection of Allen and Truluck Rd
Dooly County Georgia
The first record of this church at this location is found in Dooly County Deed
Book L, page 215 .
It is as follows:
“This indenture made this the 1st day of February Eighteen Hundred and Eighty
one Between Guilford Gunter, of the one part, and Willis Hall, Melgy Ward, and
John Hall Trustees for the Baptist Church Mt. Beezer(sic) of the other part, all
of the county and state aforesaid. Witnesseth(sic), that the said Guilford
Gunter for and in consideration of the love he has for the people of God, and
the desire he has for the prosperity of Zion and benefit of his neighbors, and
the sum of one hundred cents, hath this day given, granted bargained and sold
unto the said Willis Hall, Melgy Ward , John Hall Trustees as aforesaid all that
lot or parcel of land situate lying and being in the North East Corner of lot
number 157 one hundred and fifty seven in the Seventh District of Dooly County
Containing two acres more or less, for the purpose of building thereon a Baptist
Church, for which purpose alone it is given - provided they build a Baptist
Church thereon. To have and hold the said lot and premises with all the rights,
members and appurtenances forever, or as long as they keep up a church thereon,
in fee simple. I Guilford Gunter bind myself, my heirs, and assigns to the said
said Willis Hall, John Hall, Melgy Ward, trustees for the Baptist Church and
their sucessors(sic) in office to warrant and defend the right and title to the
Church, against of all and every other person whatsoever, as long as the Church
is kept up. Then the privilege of removing the house off the land. In Testimony
whereof the said Guilford Gunter, hath herewith set his hand, and affixed his
seal the day and year first above written, Signed by Guilford Gunter. Signed
sealed and delivered in presence of R. J. Bowin, Nathan Bowin, and Thos F.
Collier J.P. Recorded 7 August 1886.”
It is not known if this was the startup of a new congregation or an existing
congregation moving to a new location. It is also not known if there was or what
the relationship to the Mt Beazor Church located on the present Ga Route 90
above the Dooly Campgrounds. It is not known when the church on Route 90 ceased
to exist. We do know that a church existed on the site of the present Mount
Beazer (Hall) Cemetery.
From “Pulaski County Georgia Newspaper Clippings Vol V 1898-1907 ” by Tad Evans
Wednesday November 20 1901
Marriages in Dooly
On last Sunday just after the morning service at Mt. Beazer Church, Miss Etta
Penny , daughter, of Mr Robert Penny, and Mr. W. B. Wright were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony by Rev. John Hall.”
From the Vienna Progress, July 17 1902
Column titled “Mt. Pleasant Items”
“ Rev. John Hall preached at Mt Beazer Friday, Saturday, and Sunday”
Note: This was a frequent report for a number of years.
From The Vienna Progress , Thursday, January 15 1903
“The conference of Mt. Bezar(sic) church last Saturday, four miles below town.
J. M. Hall and J.W. Hall Sr. were ordained as deacons. Mrs Joe Cribb was
baptized Sunday.”
Note: There was another “Mt Beazer” church that was active during this period.
The Vienna News reported in the October 8, 1902 edition “The Pulaski Primitive
Baptist Association convened at Mt Beazer about five miles above the city last
Friday”.
The Dooly County Map of 1907 indicates that “MT. Beezor (sic) Ch & Sch” was
located at the northeast corner of LL 157 Dist 7.
A school was in session at this site for a number of years. “The List of Schools
and Teachers” listed in The Vienna News, Thursday, Dec 2 1915 indicates the
teacher at Mt Beazor was Miss Ida Reynolds.. The Vienna News of Oct 4 1912,
indicates that Miss Lillian Yates was the teacher.
A record of when the church ceased to exist or a picture of the building has not
been found.
KNOWN BURIALS AT MT BEAZER (HALL) CEMETARY
Note: The cemetery was encroached upon by a neighboring farmer several decades
ago. He was stopped and Hall Family descendents placed the present fence around
what remained. Headstones that were lost is not known. Viewing rocks that were
placed as markers indicate that many are in their original positions(mostly
children on the north side). This indicates that many were unmarked. Several of
our now departed ancestors had indicated that they remembered the cemetery being
much larger.
The only documented burials are Willis and Susan Hall and their descendents with
exception of Guilford and Sophronie Gunter. However other Hall Family branches
believe their ancestors are buried there also.
WILLIS HALL (marked)
Apr 9 1814
Oct 12 1885
Willis Hall is believed to have been born in Putnum County Georgia. It is
believed that his parents were Zachariah Hall and Mary(Polly) Glass. It is
believed that his siblings included William Hall(d 1881 in Dooly), Zachariah
Washington Hall(d. 1883 in Dooly), Mary Ann Hall Shirah, and Bailey Hall.
However Willis’s place of birth, parentage, and siblings have not been proven.
Zachariah Hall(died 1876 in Dooly) is reported to have had sixteen children of
which thirteen were still living in 1875, The only one linked to him is his
oldest son William. Documentation linking those believed to be his children to
each other have not been found.
Willis Hall lived in Putnum, Houston, Macon and Dooly County. He married Susan
Elizabeth Smith in Houston County Georgia Jan 28 1836. His death was reported in
the Hawkinsville Dispatch October 22 1885.
SUSAN HALL (marked)
Apr 25 1816
Jan 15 1893
Wife of Willis P Hall . Susan Elizabeth Smith Hall was born in South Carolina
the daughter of William Smith(died 1848 in Houston)and his first wife Mary(?) .
She had brothers John W. & James, Half - Sisters Lovie Smith Shirah, Edy Smith
O’Sullivan, Sarah Smith Hancock, Elanor Smith Summerford, Mary Smith King, and
Eleanor Smith Sawyers. Half-Brothers Issac D. & Henry Neighbor.
No obituary found.
WILEY HALL (unmarked)
Jan 27 1843
Feb 13 1899
He served the Confederacy during The War Between the States.
Wiley Hall was born in Houston County to parents Willis P Hall and Susan
Elizabeth Smith Hall. He married 1st Susan C Smith, 2nd Cynthia Ann E. Johnson
Hall, 3rd Mary Malisha King Ward. His obituary appeared in the Vienna Progress
edition of Feb 16, 1899. It states that he was buried at Mt Beazer Church.
Family legend is that he was buried at the feet of his parents. A touching
article entitled “ In Memory Of My Dear Husband” written by his third wife Mary
Malisha King Ward appears in The Vienna News edition of March 16, 1899.
CYNTHIA ANN E HALL (unmarked)
Wife of Wiley Hall
Dates of birth and death are unknown. There is a broken marker with only her
name lying near where Wiley is thought to be buried.
Her parents were James Johnson and Sarah Ogborn. James Johnson was a deacon at
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church in Taylor County. They moved from Macon County
to Taylor County.
Cynthia Ann E Johnson was the 2nd wife of James M Hall(believed to be a 1st
cousin of Wiley Hall). They married Nov 28 1858 in Macon County. He died at
Hatcher’s Run Va in Feb 1865 serving the Confederacy. Cynthia married Wiley Hall
March 6 1881 in Taylor County.
Her son by James M Hall, Bartow Hall, married Ella Childs.
Her daughter by James M Hall, Sarah(Sallie) Elizabeth married James Windham
She and Wiley Hall had one child, Ephraim Hall, born July 1882.
No obituary found.
ZACHARIAH WASHINGTON HALL (marked with CSA stone)
Oct 26 1845
May 18 1913
Zachariah Washington Hall was born in Houston County to parents Willis P Hall
and Susan Elizabeth Smith Hall.
He married Margaret Ann Elizabeth Gurr May 20 1868 in Dooly County. He served
the Confederacy during the War Between The States.
No obituary found
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Hall (unmarked)
Jan 11 1850
Nov 14 1912
Buried next to her husband Zachariah Washington Hall on his right.
Margaret was born in Dooly County to parents Robert Gurr and Lucy A. M. (?).
Robert died in 1864 while serving the Confederacy.
Her obituary appeared in the Vienna News edition of Nov 19 1912. Her obituary
states that she was buried at Mt Beazer cemetery.
Jackie Hall (unmarked)
July 1892
Jan 5 1911
Son of Zachariah Washington Hall and Margaret Gurr Hall. He is believed to be
buried in the plot on the right of his mother and the left of his sister Talula
Elizabeth.
His obituary appeared in the Vienna News edition of Feb 7 1911. It does not
state where he is buried.
Talula Elizabeth Hall (marked)
May 20 1869
Sept 29 1891
Daughter of Zachariah Washington Hall and Margaret Gurr Hall.
No obituary found.
INFANT (marked)
Oct 30 1877
Marker reads infant daughter of Z. W. and Margaret E. Hall
No obituary found.
SARAH(SALLIE) NEVADA HALL (marked)
Oct 23 1876
Nov 18 1895
The inscription on the concrete slab reads “ Sallie, Wife of Matt Hall”
She was the wife of James Madison(Matt) Hall. The daughter of General Marion
Hall and Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert Hall. Sarah’s father General Marion Hall and
Matt’s father James Henry Hall were 1st cousins.
Her obituary appears in the Vienna Progress edition of Nov 19, 1895. It does not
state where she is buried.
Matt Hall is buried in the Sumner Cemetery, Worth County Georgia.
Albert Lee Hall (unmarked)
Dec 16 1891
Apr 23 1901
He was the son of General Marion Hall and Sarah Gilbert Hall. Nora Hall Easom,
daughter of General Marion Hall, dictated an on site sketch to her daughter
Elsie prior to her death . She indicated Albert’s is buried in the plot to the
right of Sarah Nevada Hall.
His death was reported in the Vienna progress April 25, 1901. It did not
indicate where he was buried.
Sarah Elizabeth Hall (unmarked)
Nov 26 1859
Jan 10 1911
Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert Hall was the first wife of General Marion Hall. She was
the daughter of W. R. Gilbert and (?). Nora Hall’s sketch indicates that her
mother was buried in the plot next to Sarah Nevada Hall’s on her left. There is
an unmarked slab.
Her obituary was in the Vienna News edition of Jan 13, 1911. It indicated that
she was buried at Mt Beazer church.
General Marion Hall (unmarked)
Feb 25 1858
Jan 16 1924
General Marion Hall was born in Macon County to parents Willis P Hall and Susan
Elizabeth Smith Hall. Nora Hall’s sketch indicates that her father is buried
next to his wife Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert Hall on her left. His Berrien County
death certificate states that he was buried at Antioch Church (?)
No obituary found.
CARRIE SUSAN HALL (unmarked)
Jan 11 1888
1914(?)
Carrie Susan Hall was the daughter of General Marion Hall and Sarah Elizabeth
Gilbert Hall. Family legend is she died of tuberculosis of the bone(?). Nora
Hall Easom’s map indicates she is buried in the plot on the left of her father.
No obituary found.
DANIEL HENRY HALL (Marked)
Feb 25 1878
May 16 1921
Daniel Henry Hall was born in Dooly County to parents General Marion Hall and
Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert Hall.
He married Minnie O’Bessie Lane in Dooly County July 30 1898 .
His obituary appeared in the May 17 1921 edition of the Cordele Dispatch. It
states that he was buried at Mt Beazer
Cemetery.
BESSIE I’DORA HALL (Marked)
Nov 20 1899
Oct 17 1901
Bessie I’dora Hall was the daughter of Daniel Henry Hall and Minnie O’Bessie
Lane Hall. Family legend is that she died from complications from swallowing a
nickel.
No obituary found.
ANNIE LEAH HALL (unmarked)
Mar 5 1885
Sept 7 1886
Annie Leah Hall was the daughter of General Marion Hall and Sarah Elizabeth
Gilbert Hall. There was a marker near Bessie I’dora’s grave marked “Annie” when
Ernest Hall first visited this cemetery in the 70‘s.. It is no longer there.
No obituary found.
EUNICE HALL (unmarked
Mar 29 1904
June 6 1906
Eunice was the child of Willis Patrick Hall and Mattie Laura Batson Hall. Her
obituary appeared in the Vienna News edition of June 8 1906. It does not state
where she is buried. Her grave is indicated on Nora Hall Easom’s map as “baby of
Willis Hall”.
SYLVANIA HALL DOLES (unmarked)
Mar (?) 1850
Sept 16 1906
Sylvania Hall was the daughter of Willis P. Hall and Susan Elizabeth Smith Hall.
She married Jesse T Doles in Dooly County Feb 5 1887. Her obituary appears in
the Vienna News edition of Sept 18 1906. It states that she was buried at Mt
Beazer church.
MARY JANE HALL
Oct 18 1836
Feb 5 1903
Mary Jane Hall was born in Houston County to parents Willis P Hall and Susan
Elizabeth Smith Hall. Her obituary appears in The Vienna Progress edition of
March 13 1902. It states that she was buried at Mt Beazer church.
SARAH LOUISE WARD (unmarked)
Apr 14 1872
Jan 30 1907
Sarah Louise Hall was the daughter of Rev John Hall and Sarah Jane Shell Hall.
Sarah Louise Hall married Benjamin Franklin Ward Jan 24 1889 in Dooly county.
Her obit appears in The Vienna News edition of Feb 8 1907.
It states that she was buried at Mt Beazer church.
WILLIS JULIUS HALL (unmarked)
Dec 11 1888
Aug 25 1890
Willis Julius Hall was the son of Rev John Hall and Sarah Jane Shell Hall. A
bible owned by Lillian Lavedia Hall Childers ,grand-daughter of Rev John Hall,
states that Willis Julius Hall was buried at Mt Beazer Church. No obituary
found.
MARY REBECCA HALL (unmarked)
Nov 24 1892
Apr 18 1893
Mary Rebecca Hall was the daughter of Rev John Hall and Sarah Jane Shell Hall. A
bible owned by Lillian Lavedia Childers, grand-daughter of Rev John Hall, states
that Mary Rebecca Hall was buried at Mt Beazer Church.
No obituary found.
JOE TERRELL HALL (unmarked)
Dec 1902
Dec 17 1902
Joe Terrell Hall was the son of William Andrew Jackson Hall and Mary (Mollie)
Elizabeth English Newman Hall.
His birth was announced in The Vienna News edition of Dec 10 1902 and his death
in the edition of Dec 20 1902.
The Dec 20 edition stated that he was buried at Mt Bezer(sic) cemetery.
INFANT CHILDREN OF HENRY HUBBARD HALL AND KIZZAH JANE SHURLEY HALL (unmarked)
Nora Hall Easom’s map indicate that 4 or 5 of Kizzie Hall’s babies are buried
above the Zachariah Washington Hall family row and the Gunter graves. Family
notes indicate that Mary Lucida Hall was born Mar 4 1892 and died Mar 12 1892. A
son was born and died Mar 22 1893. A daughter was born and died April 22 1894.
Another daughter was born and died on December 5 1895.
GUIFORD GUNTER (unmarked)
Died November 1902.
Guiford Gunter was the grantor on the original deed (Feb 1 1881)of Mt Beazer.
His death was reported in The Vienna News edition of Nov 22 1902. His obit was
in the Nov 26 edition. It stated that he was buried at Mt Beazer.
SOPHRONIE GUNTER (unmarked)
Died April 1 1903
Sophronie Gunter was the wife of Guiford Gunter. Her obit appeared in The Vienna
Progress edition of April 2 1903. Her obit states that she was buried beside her
husband at Mt Beazer.
Note: The two unmarked slabs at the northwest corner of the fenced in area cover
the graves of Guiford and Sophronie Gunter. On a cemetery cleaning trip by
Ernest Hall to Mt Beazor a fifty year neighbor of the cemetery stopped and
revealed the location of these graves. They were completely sodded over. He
stated that family members had visited the graves frequently over the years but
not in recent years. Nora Hall Easom’s map also indicate the Gunter graves at
that location.
Contributed by: Ernest Murray Hall, Jr. of Watkinsville, Ga.
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