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Fortner/Spence Family Cemetery found

I am proud to report that today I found the location of the Fortner Family Cemetery that has several Confederate graves as listed below -- I AM related to these people:

Benjiman G. Fortner (with next to him)
B. 31 July 1844
D. 23 Apr 1918
Private 14th Georgia Infantry, Company
22 Feb 1862 - 21 June 1865

Leaston D. Spence
B. 1842
D. 1925
48 Georgia Infantry, Company
Jan 1864 - Apr 1865

Swain Montgomery Fortner
B. 29 Dec 1820
D. 13 Mar 1881
1st Lt. 14th Georgia Infantry, Company
July 1861-Apr 1865

Swain Fortner
B. 15 May 1846
D. 10 Jan 1926
14th Georgia Infantry, Company F

James Toliver "Tol" Fortner
B. 12 Dec 1822
D. 5 Jan 1891
Private 14th Georgia Infantry, Company F

To get the the Fortner Family Cemetery, take HWY 319 East to Gumlog Rd.

Bear right and continue on to Fortner Pond Rd.

Turn right and continue on till you reach the intersection of Fortner
Pond Rd. and JR Brantley Rd.

Turn right on to JR Brantley Rd and follow it about a half a mile till
you see a White Center Block House on the left with a Fortner Family
Cemetery Sign,

Turn left on to the trail through the woods and follow it about a
mile, till you see a fenced in clearing on the left, and you're there.

The GPS data for these graves is:

N 32 degrees 42.438'
W 82 degrees 32.727'