Palmer Family Cemetery

Begun in 1845 with the burial of an infant daughter, this family graveyard holds pioneer John Palmer and his Hobgood, Martin, and Yates kin, among them Confederate soldiers, one killed at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Palmer Family Cemetery is a historical marker in Tyrone, Fayette County, erected in 1961. It is one of 9 historical markers documented in Fayette County, among 51 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4902, -84.5828 near Tyrone. The nearest cataloged historic site is Palmer Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Little Vine Cemetery, Sharon Memorial Garden Cemetery, and The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.