Date: June 25, 2001
Cemetery: Was called the Jamestown Cemetery
Established: I am not sure
Street: Off Blalock Road, which is to the right off Jamestown Rd., in Waycross,
Georgia (Ware Co.)
Type: Road-private
City: Waycross, Georgia--approximately 3 miles north of city limits
Township:
County: Ware Co.
State: Georgia
Nation: USA
Zip: 31503
Nearby: Jamestown Baptist Church is about one-quarter mile west of the cemetery at
the intersection of Jamestown Rd. and Blalock Rd.
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Flat
Watersource: Yes
Features: Lots of trees. The cemetery is in an overgrown, unkept area.
Sign: No
Land_Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Gravestones: Approximately 30
Oldest: Unidentifiable
Newest: Most recent one that can be identfied is 1985.
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Yes
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: The current status of this cemetery is:
Owner: Private
Use: Residential
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: Fluker Funeral Home, 985 State St., Waycross, GA., 31501, 912-283-6161
Other_Information
My mother lived very close to this cemetery when she was a child.
She remembers that the cemetery was used then by African-Americans. When we went to find
it some months ago, we were just disgusted that no one has tried to take care of it. My
mother even went to one of the funeral homes in town to try to see if anyone could check
into the condition of this cemetery. We don't know if anyone has done anything or not
(probably not). There is a grave right on the edge of a pond that was made by the owners
of the land. This grave is the grave of a United States Veteran (I believe World War II).
The headstone is one of the newer ones in the cemetery, and it is one of the readable
ones.
Support
Ware County Commission Office, Ware County Courthouse, 800 Church
St., Waycross, GA., 31501
Submitted by:
name: Lori Canty
Email: lcanty@hotmail.com
