Graves, Upper Mill Cemetery, Circa 1806 – 10/365, Archive 365, McIntosh County, Darien, Georgia, July 2008, photo © 2008-2012 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
It was blistering hot and steamy the afternoon we visited the Upper Mill Cemetery in Darien, Georgia. On a search for ancestral archives, Liz, Mom and I took a road trip from Augusta, Georgia to St. Simons Island where we spent a few days and visited with relatives. We then drove north stopping in Fort Frederica and Upper Mill Cemetery in Darien. Our last stop was Savannah, a city I hope to visit again someday. Looking through these photographs, I realize how important it is to document your travels. It’s been four years since I have returned to the South. Each photo conjures the heat, humidity, live oaks, Gold Coast breezes, white packed sand, and the pilgrimage to Flannery O’Connor’s childhood home.
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ARCHIVE 365 is a photo collaboration between skywire7 and QuoinMonkey featuring images from our archives. We will alternate posting once a day in our Flickr sets from July 1st 2012 through June 30th 2013. You can view our photographs at skywire7 Archive 365 set on Flickr and QuoinMonkey Archive 365 set on Flickr.
-posted on red Ravine, Tuesday, July 10, 2012
As I looked at the photo, I wondered if the custom is to bury above groud because of the high water table. I love the overgrown look of the brick builiding with the fence around it to protect the dead from the living.
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Wonderful image, QM. It takes me back to my days in South Carolina and Georgia. I have never visited Savannah, though, and it’s on my list of places to see someday.
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Robin, thank you. Do you remember graves like this on your trips to S.C. and Georgia? I had not seen them like this around Augusta where I am from. But in this ancient graveyard in Darien, there were quite a few built out of local brick, above ground. Maybe Bob’s right — high water table. Thanks for stopping by Bob & Robin!
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I did not see above ground graves like this in either S.C. or Georgia. It seems unusual for the area (although I could be wrong).
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Robin, I think it is unusual there, too. Rarely see them here at all. It was a kind of swampy area at one time, there in Darien. There are a lot of brick buildings in the South. So different than here in the Midwest. What is it about the stucco here. I am not fond of it. Love the stone though.
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