Red Hill Prison Cemetery

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“For the survey, education of the public, identification, and categorization of grave sites”

NEWS for MARCH 2022

SURVEY of the graves has continued using the 2016 Tom Gresham Southeastern Archeological survey map as our standard.

We have explored the east side graves with metal detection devices to discover the metal posts which held the license plates. The evidence of new graves or the resolution of a possible graves is added to the Gresham survey. In the future, we will revisit these posts to look for the possible buried license plates.

Mary Esther Lord Smith and Kevin Haywood searching for grave marker posts.

Once the post is found a white flag is place next to the post and a rock is placed to signify it is a grave to be added to the Gresham survey. As of April 2nd 2022, we have certified 144 graves by discovery of the metal posts.

verified grave location

Grounds Maintenance

Georgia Transmission Corporation has surveyed the power line easements in preparation for clearing the undergrowth. The legal requirements for the work has been completed.

Education of the Public

Media coverage has been published in local and State publications.
UNION RECORDER, March 25, 2022 “Red Hill Prison Cemetery cleanup uncovers more graves"
RAMBLER - Quarterly Winter Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation “10 Places In Peril”

Journalists have interviewed us for future stories in Milledgeville Life, and Georgia Backroads magazines.

Graveside Services

Honorary Memorial Service for James Barbee grave number 127.
Three family members attended along with Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan

Public Access

Representatives from BikeWalk Baldwin have visited the cemetery and expressed interest in support of a bike trail and preservation of the Old Stagecoach Road. We are exploring a path that could connect the cemetery to nearby Walter Williams Park.

IDENTIFICATION OF GRAVE SITES

In addition to finding the metal marker posts, work continues on search for the license plates. If we find the plate numbers it will help in identifying the name of the grave but they are too rare to be reattached. We are considering reproducing a metal plate which will display an index number that corresponds to the information on our death registry.

Death Registry

Contributors Diana Boland and Carley Reeves are adding more information.

Males 339, Females 32, 
Black 303, White 68, 
Indigenous 1, 
Black Male 282, White Male 57,
Black Female 21, White Female 11, 
Infant 7, 
Legal Electrocutions 102, 
Total entries 394

Items To Address In April

  1. STATE VISITATION
  2. SECURITY
  3. PUBLIC ACCESS
  4. BEAUTIFICATION
  5. GRANTS - DONATIONS
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updated April 2022