Called Hiram Hemphill, Esquire. Newspaper reports he died of apoplexy in the 36th year of his age. A 35-year-old would have been born about 1821. The Augusta newspaper reports he was 36 years old (so in the 37th year of his age and maybe born about 1820). Columbus paper also states his remains were carried to Columbus and buried there with Masonic honors. The only place for a White person to be buried in Columbus at that time was the city cemetery (now called Linwood).
Location of this grave is not known, as it has no inscribed monument, apparently. Regular reports of burials at Linwood didn't start until 1849, and even then, they didn't include location of the grave (until Oct. 1866). The grave should be in the Old Cemetery section or Section 1, which were the only areas for burial at that time. There is a Hemphill lot in the Old Cemetery section. Only marked grave there now is Thomas Cyrus Hemphill (1818 - 1842). It has been designated G-79A according to the Autry numbering system.
He is apparently the Hiram Hemphill named as a grandson in the Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Ragan, dated Jul. 12, 1831, as follows: "Item 5th. I give and bequeath to the children of my daughter Jane Gideon by her former husband Thoma[s] Hemphill (viz.) Nancy Cleaveland, Elizabeth Thornton, Hiram Hemphill, Emily Hemphill and Cyrus Hemphill an fifth part of my estate."
Location of this grave is not known, as it has no inscribed monument, apparently. Regular reports of burials at Linwood didn't start until 1849, and even then, they didn't include location of the grave (until Oct. 1866). The grave should be in the Old Cemetery section or Section 1, which were the only areas for burial at that time. There is a Hemphill lot in the Old Cemetery section. Only marked grave there now is Thomas Cyrus Hemphill (1818 - 1842). It has been designated G-79A according to the Autry numbering system.
He is apparently the Hiram Hemphill named as a grandson in the Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Ragan, dated Jul. 12, 1831, as follows: "Item 5th. I give and bequeath to the children of my daughter Jane Gideon by her former husband Thoma[s] Hemphill (viz.) Nancy Cleaveland, Elizabeth Thornton, Hiram Hemphill, Emily Hemphill and Cyrus Hemphill an fifth part of my estate."
Called Hiram Hemphill, Esquire. Newspaper reports he died of apoplexy in the 36th year of his age. A 35-year-old would have been born about 1821. The Augusta newspaper reports he was 36 years old (so in the 37th year of his age and maybe born about 1820). Columbus paper also states his remains were carried to Columbus and buried there with Masonic honors. The only place for a White person to be buried in Columbus at that time was the city cemetery (now called Linwood).
Location of this grave is not known, as it has no inscribed monument, apparently. Regular reports of burials at Linwood didn't start until 1849, and even then, they didn't include location of the grave (until Oct. 1866). The grave should be in the Old Cemetery section or Section 1, which were the only areas for burial at that time. There is a Hemphill lot in the Old Cemetery section. Only marked grave there now is Thomas Cyrus Hemphill (1818 - 1842). It has been designated G-79A according to the Autry numbering system.
He is apparently the Hiram Hemphill named as a grandson in the Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Ragan, dated Jul. 12, 1831, as follows: "Item 5th. I give and bequeath to the children of my daughter Jane Gideon by her former husband Thoma[s] Hemphill (viz.) Nancy Cleaveland, Elizabeth Thornton, Hiram Hemphill, Emily Hemphill and Cyrus Hemphill an fifth part of my estate."
Location of this grave is not known, as it has no inscribed monument, apparently. Regular reports of burials at Linwood didn't start until 1849, and even then, they didn't include location of the grave (until Oct. 1866). The grave should be in the Old Cemetery section or Section 1, which were the only areas for burial at that time. There is a Hemphill lot in the Old Cemetery section. Only marked grave there now is Thomas Cyrus Hemphill (1818 - 1842). It has been designated G-79A according to the Autry numbering system.
He is apparently the Hiram Hemphill named as a grandson in the Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Ragan, dated Jul. 12, 1831, as follows: "Item 5th. I give and bequeath to the children of my daughter Jane Gideon by her former husband Thoma[s] Hemphill (viz.) Nancy Cleaveland, Elizabeth Thornton, Hiram Hemphill, Emily Hemphill and Cyrus Hemphill an fifth part of my estate."
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