Grave has been removed.
Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, go west on Hwy 22 for one block. Turn left and go approximately 3 blocks on Rabun / Maiden Lane to 400 Rabun St. The gravesite was originally in this yard.
GPS coordinates: 33 16' 12.3" N 82 58' 43.3" W
or in degrees only form: 33.27008° N X 82.97869° W
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GMD: 113
Cemetery Status: Inactive
Predominant race: White
Original interment at this location in Sparta, Ga., where, at his request, he wanted to be buried in Hancock County soil; reinterment with a cup of Hancock soil in 1914 at Liberty Hall Cemetery, Crawfordville, Ga.
Indexer or Contributor: Wendell and Janice Smith
Linton Stephens
1823 - Jul 14, 1872
d. Sparta. Half b/o Alexander H. Stephens. Grave was removed in 1914 to Crawfordville, Ga, and no grave or cemetery remains here. All info is from other sources.
Government Service.
Military Service: Confederate States of America
Served Ga Legislature (1840s and 50s),
Ga. Supreme Ct Justice (1859-1860), per
Manhattanville College Stephens website.
Grave 1