Cobb County Georgia Cemetery Preservation

10/20/2020

The River Line Historic Area nonprofit has adopted 4 cemeteries in Cobb County. For more information and a schedule of work days visit their web site at riverline.org

10/11/2016

10/05/2016

Concord Cemetery: John Gann monument-missing piece

John Gann's monument is missing one of the 5 pieces that make up the obelisk marking his grave in Concord Cemetery. The piece that is missing is the center stone with "Gann" carved on it. He was one of Cobb county's pioneer settlers and served the county as both a state representative and state senator. To see the piece that is missing, see the pictures below. A special thanks to the Smyrna Museum for the black and white picture of his marker. If you know of the location of the missing piece, please e-mail [email protected]

10/05/2016

Concord Cemetery: Help Us find the missing headstones and bases.

Due to vandalism over the years the following headstones have gone missing from the Concord Baptist Church Cemetery near the Silver Comet Trail in Smyrna, Ga. This cemetery was established in 1837 and is one of the oldest in the county. Some stones have been recovered, but the ones that are still missing are listed below. If you find any of these stones or even pieces of these stones please e-mail [email protected]

Mattie Broughton b. 6-5-1858, d. 12-19-1907
S. L. B. (Samuel Broughton) b. 1852 d. 3-28-1922
Judye Brown
Amanda M. Burdine b. 11-13-1830 d. 7-13-1879
Mary Elizabeth Burdine b. 11-22-1832 d. 9-1864
James P. Burdine b. 12-27-1846 d. 4-24-1863
Infant of A.T. and S.E. Floyd
Alexander T. Floyd b. 10-29-1837 d. 12-13-1876
Alice Gann
Mary Elizabeth Gann b. 12-15-1855 age 8 months (Recovered)
Nancy O. Reed Gann b. 1835 d. 1908
T, J, D, Hill b. 5-7-1864 d. 9-1-1864
Charlie Moss
James C. Moss b. 6-12-1837 d. 4-13-1880
Katie Moss
Charles Pendley b. 11-2-1873 d. 10-4-1875
Grandmother Pendley Aged 80 years
John Riley b. 9-15-1875 d. 10-26-1899
Mattie Ruff d. 9-29-1904
George Scroggins b. 5-2-1836 d. 5-24-1876
Henry A. Thomas b. 7-4-1880 d. 2-9-1885
Robert A. Thomas b. 3-18-1891 d. 9-4-1893
Arrena May Wells b. 7-21 d. 9-7-1878

01/24/2016

Adopt-A Cemetery: Turner-Sewell Cemetery, adopted by the River Line Historic Area non-profit. Before and after pictures.

01/24/2016

Adopt-A-Cemetery: First St. John's Baptist Church Cemetery.
This cemetery is adopted by the River Line Historic Area non-profit. See the album for pictures from one of the work days.

10/11/2015

Pictures of headstones that have been toppled over. You can only see the bases and the stones lying on the ground.

10/10/2015

Cemetery Maintenance Tip: To keep from damaging headstones while mowing a cemetery use only a push mower. Zip-tie pool noodles or pipe insulation to the mower deck on the sides, front, and rear to act as bumpers. Keep at least 12 inches from the headstones. Finish by trimming the grass next to the headstone using hand trimmers. If a string trimmer is used it must have line that is no heavier than 0.09 in.

10/10/2015

Neglected Cemetery: Concord Cemetery, established in 1837. The cemetery is located at the end of Fowler Rd. next to the Silver Comet Trail. This was the location of the 2nd and 3rd church buildings of the Concord Baptist Church. These buildings were erected in 1833 and 1842 respectively. The 3rd building was left useless during the Civil War. This property is currently part of Cobb County's Heritage Park. The cemetery has been fenced in, but many of the headstones are missing and all but 2 have been toppled over earlier by vandals. This cemetery is in need of mapping all graves and resetting of the remaining headstones.

09/13/2015

Here is a video on how to properly clean headstones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEVzUo26ANY

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