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Mary Rests Upon the Hill: A Glimpse of 1845 From the Outskirts of Early Atlanta (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Cemeteries and Burial Practices" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Mary Williams passed away in 1845 at age 20 and was buried in a small family cemetery along the Chattahoochee River in what was formerly DeKalb and is now Fulton County, Georgia. There are few historical records chronicling her short life or the community that laid her to rest. Surviving documents were examined to learn about Mary and her world. ...