An old family graveyard approximately 200 yards southwest contains the burials of many distinguished Georgians. Among them are Capt. James Harrison, one of the earlier settlers of the area, whose home, begun in 1837, was the first frame house in the area and stood near the cemetery; Lt. Col. Theodore LeGrande Guerry, CSA, President of the Ga. Senate from 1858 to 1860 and author of the bill creating Quitman Co., who organized and served as first Capt. of the Quitman Grays, later Co. I, 11th Ga. Vol. Inf. Regt., then rose to Lt. Col. and served as executive officer of the 11th; 2nd Lt. John Benjamin Guerry, CSA, of Co. I, 11th Ga. Inf., killed at the Battle of Second Manassas, Va., in August 1862; Lt. James B. Harrison, CSA, of Co. F, 61st Ga. Inf., killed fighting valiantly at the Battle of the Wilderness, Va., in 1864; and Col. William “Red” Harrison, CSA, who organized and led the 6th La. Cav. Regt., as well as Major William Lewis Crawford, first pastor of the Georgetown Baptist Church. Capt. Edward B. Brannon, CSA, who commanded Co. I after the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., in 1863 when its commander Capt. F. M. Bledsoe was captured, was originally buried here but was later moved to the cemetery at Georgetown Baptist Church.