The City seeks to notify and allow comment from any direct descendants of those interred in the abandoned cemetery on this supervised removal and re-interment project. There are no grave markers in the Wadsworth Family Cemetery, but according to local historians, Archibald and Clarissa Wadsworth along with some of their children and grandchildren are buried there. The cemetery may also include African-American slaves. There is a local tale of unverified burials of Civil War soldiers, who died in a nearby train wreck on September 2, 1864.
All inquiries may be addressed to:
Timothy T. Turner
Assistant City Manager
City of Barnesville
City Hall
109 Forsyth Street
Barnesville, Georgia 30204
office 770-358-0181
fax 770-358-0185
tim.tuner@cityofbarnesville.com
For more information see:
Final Report Wadsworth Cemetery Delineation
Appendix II Burial Form
Application to Relocate the Wadsworth-Clayton Cemetery