Hancock County (Georgia) Cemeteries

Cemetery details

Devereux Family Cemetery

Devereux Family Cemetery photo
Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, take Hwy 22 southwest for 7.2 miles to Devereux. Turn right (at the backward fork) onto Main Street. Go 0.2 mile to the dead end with Jones Chapel (to the left) and Glen Ford / Hall Chapel Rd. (to the right). Turn right and go 0.1 mile, crossing over the RR bridge on Glen Ford Road. The cemetery is past the first house on the left and in a fenced area.

GPS coordinates: 33 13' 23.9" N 83 04' 25.1" W
or in degrees only form: 33.22331° N X 83.07364° W
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GMD: 116
Cemetery Status: Inactive
Predominant race: White

At the time of this survey (2002), this cemetery is full of brush and the gravestones are difficult to see from the outside of the fence.
Indexer or Contributor: Jewel Thompson, Katherine Bray

Number of persons found: 19
Unmarked Slab - Samuel McDowell Devereux
Dec 7, 1773 - Oct 23, 1840
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 1
Unmarked Slab - Anne Loyd Devereux
Dec 1, 1795 - Oct 3, 1866
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 2
Unmarked Slab - Samuel McDowell Devereux, Jr.
Apr 30, 1821 - Sep 19, 1848
All info from Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 3
Unmarked Slab - William Woods Devereux
May 27, 1827 - Jan 29, 1865
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 4
Unmarked Slab - Mary Ann Roberta Dixon Devereux
1830 - 1898
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 5
Unmarked Slab - Anna Crawford Devereux West
Feb 2, 1850 - Oct 1, 1920
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 6
Unmarked Slab - Walter Crawford West
1872 - 1898
Death date may be Sep 18, 1899, per Bible record of M. A. West. All other info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 7
Unmarked Slab - Carrie Lee West
1882 - 1900
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 8
Unmarked Slab - Samuel McDowell Devereux
Aug 20, 1851 - Jun 29, 1934
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 9
Unmarked Slab - Caroline Adolphine Stacer Devereux
Dec 7, 1855 - Nov 27, 1925
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 10
Unmarked Slab - Imogene Roberta Devereux Pearson
Oct 13, 1877 - Aug 18, 1958
All info per Devereux descendant. Not listed in Kimbrough list.
Grave 11
Unmarked Slab - Turner M. Pearson
1871 - 1904
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 12
Unmarked Slab - Frances E. Pearson
1899 - 1900
Info per Kimbrough list.
Grave 13
Unmarked Slab - Samatha Ann Devereux
Nov 26, 1889 - 1899
All info per Devereux descendant. Not listed in Kimbrough list.
Grave 14
Unmarked Slab - Carrie Mertice Devereux
Jul 8, 1887 - Feb 13, 1888
All info per Devereux descendant. Not listed in Kimbrough list.
Grave 15
Unmarked Slab - Ruth Devereux
Nov 25, 1893 - Dec 4, 1893
All info per Devereux descendant and Kimbrough list.
Grave 16
Unmarked Slab - Adolph McDowell Devereux
Apr 8, 1876 - Apr 28, 1876
All info per Devereux descendant. Not listed in Kimbrough list.
Grave 17
Myrtle West
Mar 28, 1878 - Mar 27, 1961
"Aunt Dink"
Grave 18
Thomas W. West
Sep 25, 1874 - Apr 4, 1962
"Uncle Tom"
Grave 19