Felton Cemetery – Montezuma – Macon County – United States

Felton Cemetery is located in Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia, south of Oglethorpe Road near Cemetery Street. The cemetery dates to about 1867, and the land was granted by Augustus C. Felton, whose father, Shadrack R. Felton, came to Montezuma from North Carolina in 1825. Most of the oldest surviving graves date from the 1880s, although two markers identify burials dated 1829; those stones were reportedly installed in the 1920s. The grounds feature a brick gateway, winding dirt lanes, and informal plantings of oak, cedar, crape myrtle, camellia, and dogwood. It became Montezuma’s city cemetery and historically served the town’s white residents. Notable features include adjacent carved monuments for Robert L. Lewis and Elijah John Lewis, who died in 1895 and 1896, respectively. ([exploregeorgia.org](https://exploregeorgia.org/sites/default/files/listing_documents/98.pdf?utm_source=openai))