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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Elbert County, Ga.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1890-91. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/index.html">1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at Bethlehem United Methodist Church. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and Sarah Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#041.93.35">Luther H. O. Martin Sr.</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-29.html">October 29, 1873</a>, to Jennie Harper; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and Janie Lanier Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a> and Nancy Middleton Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#288.80.80">Phillip Watkins Davis</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05601">Private or family graveyard</a></b></span><br> Elbert County, Georgia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Hillcrest Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bowman, Elbert County, Georgia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Woodrow Wilson Lavender (1916-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Woodrow W. Lavender</b> — of Elberton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga.; Bowman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/05-08.html">May 8, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/GA.html">1968</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Bowman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-died.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/07-07.html">July 7, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#878.23.04">Woodrow Wilson</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Leeroy Lavender and Georgia A. (Guest) Lavender; married to Frances Ruth Seymour.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/95243465">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00554">Elmhurst Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Brown (1880-1961)</b> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-lived.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga.; Elberton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born near Hartwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HT-born.html">Hart County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-31.html">March 31, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-officials.html">Elbert County Attorney</a>, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/GA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 10th District, 1933-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Elberton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-died.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/09-24.html">September 24, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alexander Rucker Brown and Martha (Thornton) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-21.html">October 21, 1914</a>, to Frances Lewis Arnold.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000940">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401894">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Jefferson Heard (1801-1876)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/08-21.html">August 21, 1801</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1832-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1835-36. Died in Elberton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-died.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-04.html">May 4, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a> and Elizabeth (Darden) Heard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and Jane Lanier Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-01.html">April 1, 1828</a>, to Nancy Middleton; married to Elizabeth Groves; father of Sarah Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#041.93.35">Luther H. O. Martin Sr.</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>; uncle of Rebecca Allen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#116.91.83">William H. Mattox</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#203.93.04">William Henry Harrison Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a> and Nancy Middleton Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#288.80.80">Phillip Watkins Davis</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17894788">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William H. Mattox (1836-1900)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention</a>, 1877; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1880-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by his son-in-law J. B. Jones, Jr., during a gunfight, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-died.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-17.html">November 17, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Rebecca Allen (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; aunt by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#759.54.41">Willis B. Adams</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Phillip Watkins Davis</b> — also known as <b>Phillip W. Davis</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Baptist minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1882-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1888-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Nancy Middleton Heard (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Luther H. O. Martin Sr. (1821-1866)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Georgia secession convention</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/12-11.html">December 11, 1846</a>, to Sarah Heard (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Middleton Heard (1836-1910)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1884-85. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/index.html">1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, Sarah Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#041.93.35">Luther H. O. Martin Sr.</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/">1864</a> to Louisa Jones; father of Luther Martin Heard (son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latimer.html#013.68.03">Asbury Churchwell Latimer</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and Jane Lanier Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a> and Nancy Middleton Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#288.80.80">Phillip Watkins Davis</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Willis B. Adams (1861-1913)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/05-13.html">May 13, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1905-08. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-11.html">February 11, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#913.64.98">Richard Easton Adams</a> and Sarah Antoinette (Cleveland) Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to Susan McCalla (niece by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#847.35.27">Young Loftin Gerdine Harris</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#862.73.93">William McPherson McIntosh</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#116.91.83">William H. Mattox</a>; aunt by marriage <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccullogh-mcdade.html#542.98.46">A. A. McCurry</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Easton Adams (1833-1913)</b> — also known as <b>Richard E. Adams</b> — Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/11-19.html">November 19, 1833</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1886-87. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-21.html">August 21, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abner Adams and Betsy (Fortson) Adams; married to Antoinette Cleveland; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#759.54.41">Willis B. Adams</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44202862">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08435">Heard Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia <br> Founded 1800<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Stephen Heard (1741-1815)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HV-born.html">Hanover County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/11-13.html">November 13, 1741</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1780-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1794-95. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-died.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/11-15.html">November 15, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at Heard Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/">1760</a> to Jane Germany; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/08-25.html">August 25, 1785</a>, to Elizabeth Darden; father of Jane Lanier Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; grandfather of Sarah Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#041.93.35">Luther H. O. Martin Sr.</a>), Rebecca Allen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#116.91.83">William H. Mattox</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>; great-grandfather of Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walkinlawton-wall.html#351.75.40">Budd Clay Wall</a>), Nancy Middleton Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#288.80.80">Phillip Watkins Davis</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#203.93.04">William Henry Harrison Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HD.html">Heard County, Ga.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/stephen-heard/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Heard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20053">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Peyton Samuel Hawes (1903-1990)</b> — also known as <b>Peyton Hawes</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-04.html">September 4, 1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Elbert County, 1931-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1970-73. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/09-09.html">September 9, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at Heard Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#118.01.70">Albert Sidney Hawes</a> and Julia May (Cade) Hawes; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/">1933</a> to Virginia Smith; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#862.73.93">William McPherson McIntosh</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11054737">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Singleton Walthall Allen (1793-1853)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/01-14.html">January 14, 1793</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1828-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1838, 1845-46. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-died.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-06.html">June 6, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Heard Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Allen and Nancy (Walthall) Allen; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen1.html#530.68.98">Beverly Allen</a>; married to Jane Lanier Heard (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>); father of Susan Allen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#847.35.27">Young Loftin Gerdine Harris</a>), Rebecca Allen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#116.91.83">William H. Mattox</a>) and Maria Louisa Allen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#862.73.93">William McPherson McIntosh</a>); grandfather of Jessie McIntosh (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#519.81.16">Peyton M. Hawes</a>), Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walkinlawton-wall.html#351.75.40">Budd Clay Wall</a>) and Susan McCalla (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#759.54.41">Willis B. Adams</a>); great-grandfather of Julia May Cade (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#118.01.70">Albert Sidney Hawes</a>) and Florence Speed (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccullogh-mcdade.html#542.98.46">A. A. McCurry</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#373.99.29">Peyton Samuel Hawes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18004006">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862)</b> — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/02-14.html">February 14, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1846-47; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wounds</a> received at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Civil War</a> battle at Garnett's Farm, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HC-died.html">Henrico County</a>, Va., June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Heard Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-27.html">January 27, 1842</a>, to Maria Louisa Allen (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>; aunt by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#759.54.41">Willis B. Adams</a>); father of Jessie McIntosh (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#519.81.16">Peyton M. Hawes</a>) and Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walkinlawton-wall.html#351.75.40">Budd Clay Wall</a>); grandfather of Julia May Cade (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#118.01.70">Albert Sidney Hawes</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#373.99.29">Peyton Samuel Hawes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7191313">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Budd Clay Wall (1847-1930)</b> — of North Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AI-lived.html">Aiken County</a>, S.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/04-24.html">April 24, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/northaugusta.html">Mayor of North Augusta, S.C.</a>, 1890. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at Heard Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-11.html">December 11, 1866</a>, to Anna Cassandra McIntosh (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#862.73.93">William McPherson McIntosh</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>; great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11054803">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Washington Heard (1781-1838)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/06-14.html">June 14, 1781</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1824-27. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-17.html">November 17, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at Heard Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.94.77">Stephen Heard</a> and Elizabeth (Darden) Heard; brother of Jane Lanier Heard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#432.78.47">Barnard Carroll Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#906.02.28">Thomas Jefferson Heard</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/04-20.html">April 20, 1815</a>, to Sarah Carter; uncle of Rebecca Allen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#116.91.83">William H. Mattox</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#320.60.68">Robert Middleton Heard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18003684">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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