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On a hilltop named for a dead channel of the Oconee rest several Revolutionary War soldiers, among them Capt. Wilson Conner, a judge and legislator who, the story goes, preached 35,000 miles on horseback and died in the pulpit as he wished.
Dead River Cemetery is a historical marker in Uvalda, Montgomery County, erected in 1955. It is one of 3 historical markers documented in Montgomery County, among 47 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0090, -82.5106 near Uvalda. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hall Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Conner Cemetery, Gibbs Cemetery, and Moseley Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Dead River Cemetery” names 2 distinct records in Montgomery County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1955 in Uvalda. The others:
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