Brushy Creek Cemetery
Cook County, Georgia
This cemetery is located on Brushy Creek Church Road between Sparks and Chaserville in Cook County, Georgia.
You can reach the cemetery from Exit 41 on Interstate Highway 75 at Sparks, Georgia. Follow Colquett Street east into Sparks from I-75. After Colquett Street crosses US Highway 41 in Sparks it becomes Brushy Creek Road. Follow Brushy Creek Road northerly until you come to the intersection (4 way stop) with County Road 253 (Barneyville Road). Turn right onto CR-253 and follow it until the junction of Brushy Creek Church Road which is on the left. There is a sign for the Brushy Creek Baptist Church at this junction. Turn left and follow Brushy Creek Church Road until you get to the church. The cemetery is at the church.
Sion Hall Pike, Jr. is buried in this cemetery together with Jane, Malinda and Nancy Ivey. He is thought to be the illegitimate son of Sion Hall Pike, Sr. and Nancy Ivey. Their graves are located in the north-east quadrant of the cemetery and the information is show below. I have included the grave of Sims W. Griffin which is adjacent to Jane Ivey's grave. Some sources identify Sims Griffin as the son of Jane Ivey and John Griffin.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Sims W. GRIFFIN |
Jane IVEY |
Sion H. PIKE |
No Marker |
Malinda IVEY |
Mrs. Nancy IVEY |
Click here for a larger (49K) and more detailed version of the above photo. Transcriptions of the headstones and photographs of the five individual graves and headstones are below.
| No. | Click on Link for Photo | Name & Dates | Other Inscrption |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grave headstone |
Sims W. Griffin 25 Apr 1862 7 Nov 1881 |
Sweetly resting in peaceful sleep |
| 2 | grave headstone |
Jane Ivey 7 May 1823 2 Dec 1904 |
Thou God of love beneath Thy sheltering hand we leave our dead to silently rest |
| 3 | grave headstone CSA Marker |
Sion H. Pike 8 Aug 1844 18 Feb 1863 |
Gone but not forgotten - - Pvt Co H 1 Georgia Inf Confederate States Army |
| 4 | No Marker | ||
| 5 | grave headstone |
Malinda Ivey 10 May 1834 25 May 1918 |
We will meet again |
| 6 | grave headstone |
Mrs. Nancy Ivey Died 6 Feb 1881 Age 82 years |
Farewell dear mother Sweet thy rest Worn with pain Farewell till in some Happy place, We shall behold thy face again |
