It contains a nice variety of vernacular and commercial memorials, and formerly enslaved men and women, along with freedmen and their descendants, are buried here. Situated on a ridge across from Jones Chapel, this historic cemetery is as important a resource as the church itself. Beulah bore Joe seven more children, all but one of whom survived to adulthood. Not long after Marintha’s death, Joe married his third wife, Beulah Haddock Brantley ( 17 October 1869-11 September 1901), on 17 February 1889. Joe and Marintha had another daughter and two sons who lived to adulthood. Of the three Brantley infants to die, Victory was the first, and the only one given a name. Infant Daughter Brantley (5 October 1888-5 October 1888) Infant deaths were common at this time in history. At any rate, Joe and Marintha’s three children who died at, or near, birth are buried here. She died trying to give birth again.” I’m not sure about the “seven” stepchildren, as Joe and Nancy only had four children, but I may be missing an aspect of that. Brock wrote that “Marintha gave birth to five children while caring for seven stepchildren. They had three daughters and a son.Īlmarintha “Marintha” Cowart Brantley (3 March 1859-5 October 1888) Nancy Melissa Massey, a Washington County native, was his first wife. Joe Brantley served as a private in Company A, 28th Georgia Infantry during the Civil War. He was the grandson of James Brantley, who migrated to Washington County from Tar River, Chatham County, North Carolina. ( 13 November 1845-17 November 1900), the namesake, isn’t buried here, but at Mount Gilead Primtive Baptist Cemetery, also in Washington County. According to Findagrave, Joseph Daniel “Joe” Brantley, Sr. Brantley Family Cemetery and the Massey-Brantley Cemetery. The cemetery is identified in different sources as the Joseph D. Brock, with whom I coincidentally corresponded many years ago. There are always stories in these places, and a bit of this one unfolded from the pen of the late Georgia-born writer, Van K. I don’t often photograph family cemeteries, as many aren’t publicly accessible, but this one was open and very inviting, with great landscaping, spring blooming bulbs, and obvious good maintenance. Nancy Melissa Massey Brantley (7 September 1845-3 December 1879)
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