Mount Nebo Cemetery by Harold Withrow
Mt. Nebo Cemetery
Gilmer County, Georgia - Mountaintown District
Survey Taken: January 16,1999
Historical Information about cemetery:
Mt. Nebo Methodist Church was an active church during the Civil
War and during this time a split occurred into North and South.
Some of the parishioners formed Gates Chapel Methodist Church.
Nothing remains of the site now except the cemetery where a number
of the community's earliest settlers are buried.
This information taken from the historical information provided
by Anita Summers for Gates Chapel United Methodist Church.
Directions to cemetery:
From Ellijay, Gilmer Co. Georgia, take Ga. 52 (Chatsworth Hwy)
west approximately Four miles to Gates Chapel Road on the right.
Travel approximately 2 1/2 miles to a small narrow drive that
angles off to the right. At present there is a small sigh on a
tree marking the cemetery.
The survey was recorded by starting at the road and working back
in rows, but is Listed in alphabetical order by surname only.
Anything other than inscriptions will be designated as notes.
Individual stones are separated by a space.
Row 1 CARROLL, Margarett L. wife of W. E.
Mother
Footstone: MLC b. Jan 3,1854; d. Apr 20,1933
CARROLL, William E
b. Nov 22,1852;d. Jan 23,1935
Gone but not forgotten
Footstone: WEC
Row 1 CARROLL, Luta D.
b. Sep 23,1908;d. Jan 19,1940
She died as she lived 'a
christian' Footstone: LDC
Row 1 CARROLL, Oscar F. b.
Aug 23,1884;d. Mar 3,1957
CARROLL, Avoline D.
b. Sep 25,1888;d. Sep 12,1970
Footstone: Mother
Row 1 DOVER, Jane M. wife of Baley DOVER
b. Jun 14,1834;d. Feby 1,1910
Earth has no sorrow that heaven
cannot heal
Footstone: JMD
Row 14 FROST, Benjamin W.
b. 1888; d. 1962
Row 14 FROST, Adeline Dyer
b. Jul 12,1871;d. Aug 20,1946
Mother
Row 14 FROST, Dennis
b. 1894; d. 1954
Note:
This is a B.C. Logan, Inc. Funeral Home Marker
Row 14 FROST, Ms. Davis
d. Aug 5,1965
Note:
This is a Funeral Home Marker with a paper insert
that is
almost illegible. The name above is a good guess.
Row 6 GATES, Sarah
b. Apr 20,1822;d. Aug 17,1899
Row 6 GATES, Sarah C. daughter of T.J. & A.E. GATES
b. Jun 7,1875; d. Oct 29,1875
Budded
on earth to bloom in heaven.
Row 6 GATES, Lester
b. Jan 5,1897; d. Oct 9,1898
Row 6 GATES, Samuel W.
b. Jul 2,1856; d. Apr 2,1907
Masonic
Emblem
His
original marker in beside this double marker.
GATES,
Athaline L. b. Jan 17,1862;d.
Feb 14,1932
Row 6 GATES, C. A.
b. Dec 13,1882;d. Oct 12, 1915
Masonic
Emblem
Upright
and just he was in all his ways,
A
bright example in degenerate days.
Row 7 GATES, Peter A.
b. Jul 31,1866;d. Dec 14,1914
Footstone: Daddy
GATES, Julia C.
b. Dec 30,1861;d. Apr 17,1947
Married: May 17,1891
Footstone: Mother
Row 8 GATES, Joseph Henry
b. Apr 11,1854;d. Oct 4,1936
Row 8 GATES Twins Carl F. & Marl
E. d. Aug 30,1924
Row 15 HIPP, Sary T.
Note:
This is a Fieldstone Marker with SARY T HIPP carved
into
it. An aluminum foil rubbing had to be used to read
the
name because of its poor condition.
Row 17 HIPP, Rev. B.M.
b. May 11,1826;d. Nov 6,1891
HIPP,
R.K.
b. Jul 19,1828;d. Jan 28,1869
Note:
This is a 7 foot high stone with a metal marker
beside
it that reads,
Faithful Minister of the Methodist Church.
Row 16 JAMES, Martha J.
b. May 5,1858; d. Jun 9,1861
Row 16 JAMES, Trecy D.
b. Jul 10,1810;d. Jan 1882
Note:
She is on the one side of the stone.
JAMES,
Ahighai
b. Dec 24,1811;d. Dec 1884
At Rest
Note: He is on the opposite side of the stone.
Row 4 NICOLL, Nancy
b. Feb 9,1797; d. Jun 7,1865
Row 5 NICOLL, Jhiel H.
b. Aug 4,1799; d. Sep 1880
Row 3 PARKS, Altha
b. Apr 1,1859; d. Jul 29,1926
Lost to
sight, to memory dear,
prepare to
meet me in heaven
Footstone: AP
Row 3 PARKS, William M.
b. Sep 15,1858;d. Jun 8,1938
Masonic
Emblem
Resting
Row 5 SMITH, Woodrow Erskine b. Oct
15,1918;d. Jun 6, 1950
Row 1 1 Fieldstone Marker, no name.
Row 2 4 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 3 4 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 4 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 5 4 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 6 6 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 7 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 8 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 9 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 10 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 11 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 12 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 12 2 Fieldstone Markers, no names,
but has stones surrounding the graves.
Row 13 No indication of any burials in row 13
although enough space was provided
Row 15 2 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 16 4 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 17 3 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
Row 18 4 Fieldstone Markers, no names.
At the very end of the cemetery, there is either a collection
of stones and bricks or possibly a couple more graves.
I am unable to determine which.
Thanks Harold for donating this information!