John Carver Cemetery
In the Bethel Community is the John Carver Cemetery honoring the memory of this pioneer settler.

Bethel Community is about 2.5 miles NNW of Carver Church.   Click here to see a map of the location of John Carver Cemetery per USGS, Bethel Community per MapQuest, & Carver Church per highway department's county map.  Click here to see the USGS map that shows the location of the John Carver Cemetery.

The following is from a newspaper article "Carver Family of Green Acres, Bethel, Carver Communities" By Frances Vickers Wilkes on page 7-B of the August 3l, 1994 issue of The Douglas Enterprise. It was initially sent in email to the list by Raymond B. Carver (RCarver@alltel.Net) 3 Aug 1999, then he snailed me a spliced photocopy of it which I received 9 August 1999. Another Carver article is "CARVERS COME TO AMERICA ON MAYFLOWER, WELCOME, SAMSON" by Frances Vickers Wilkes in the August 17, 1994 issue of the Douglas Enterprise. Ray found these clippings in the Carver file folder in the Genealogy room of the Satilla Regional Library, Douglas GA

... The graves are marked as follows:

1.Charley B. Carver b.Nov.18,1880-June 8,1909 below: same
2.Olive Carver b.Nov.29,1869 below: no dates
3.Tom Roberts b.June 28 1868-Feb.6,1934 below: same
4.Sarah Roberts, no dates below: same
5.George Roberts, no dates below: same
6.Tyler Roberts, no dates below: same
7.Hazels (Infant twin) b/d:June 15,1914 below: d/o Lanta
8.Hazels (Infant twin) b/d:June 15,1914 below: d/o Lanta
9.Edneral Tarrant b.Sep. 5, 1935-Dec.5,1935 d.o. Archie Tarrant below: d/o Mr & Mrs Archie
10.Gordon Tarrant b.May 6,1841-May 5,1926 below: same
11.Maryan Tarrant b.Oct.10,1860-Jan.8,1928 below:Oct 10, 1948 /Jan 8, 1928
12.Thomas Williams b.Dec.8,1800-Oct.4,1901 below: s/o Thomas & Minnie Bell Williams

  There are also 13 unmarked graves in the cemetery. ...

From: carothers@oro.net (Jennie Carothers)
To: Carver@onelist.com
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:54:12 -0700
Subject: [Carver] John Carver Cemetery

James, This is from the Coffee County, Georgia Cemeteries, 1837-1978, compiled by Genealogy Department, Satilla Regional Library, 701 E. Ward Street, Douglas, GA 31533, Reprint 1989.

JOHN CARVER CEMETERY, pg 77 (typed as listed)
CARVER, Charley B.      Nov 18, 1880/Jun 8, 1909
CARVER, Olive           (no dates)
HAZELS, Infant     b/d: Jun 15, 1914
   (d/o Lanta (one of twins)
HAZELS, Infant     b/d: Jun 15, 1914
   (d/o Lanta (one of twins)
ROBERTS, George         (no dates)
ROBERTS, Sarah          (no dates)
ROBERTS, Tom            Jun 28, 1868/Feb 6, 1934
ROBERTS, Tyler          (no dates)
TARRANT, Edneral        Sep  5, 1935/Dec 5, 1935
   d/o Mr & Mrs Archie
TARRANT, Gordon         May  6, 1841/May 5, 1926
TARRANT, Maryan         Oct 10, 1948/Jan 8, 1928
WILLIAMS, Thomas        Dec  8, 1800/Oct 4, 1901
   s/o Thomas & Minnie Bell Williams


(13 unmarked graves)
I did the easiest one first! Jennie

- Jennie Ricketson Carothers, Thimble Collector and Genealogist

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