Closeup of inscription on Joshua James Evans' tomb in the family cemetery in Spalding County. The entire inscription reads: "J.J. Evans / BORN / October 2, 1783 / DIED / July 8, 1864 / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord / Mark the perfect man and behold the upright / for the end of that man is peace."
View of J.J. Evans' tomb and other unmarked graves in the Evans family cemetery. Joshua's first wife Rebecca Smith is probably buried in this plot.
View of other graves in the Evans cemetery. Most graves are marked by neatly-stacked piles of flat stones forming a central peak down the long axis. Whether or not this grave treatment is common or not for mid-19th-century Georgia is unknown.
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