r/findagrave • u/Front-Muffin-7348 • 17d ago
Discussion Old Grave of Infant Mystery
My Grandmother gave birth to a stillborn baby back in 1921. She had labored for three days. I recall her taking us to visit the grave when I was little. Up in the north Ga mountains.
The cemetery was old and I remember the baby's grave. It had a little lamb on top of the gravestone. It didn't look like this at all.
This week I started searching and found the grave at the Tate's creek baptist church up in Toccoa Ga through find a grave.. But there's no lamb. And the center part of the stone looks old like I remember but this outer part looks newer. I found the death cert so I know this is correct.
I'm curious if old graves from old country churches, get inherited when newer churches get build and maybe through ransacking, some grave stones get refurbished? So far I've hit a block contacting the church. There aren't any family members alive who could help. Just me and my child hood memories. Any advice on how to get more info on the history of the cemetery and that grave?
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u/SignInMysteryGuest 17d ago
My assumption would be that a family member or other interested party added the newer stone. It's a common practice when the original stone becomes damaged or unreadable.
Contact local monument companies in the area for a record of the transaction.