(All photos and information courtesy Kevin Dean - k4kev4@yahoo.com )
Close-up of Grave Marker - Jincey Ambrose
Gate of the Dean/Ambrose Cemetery
Dean/Ambrose Cemetery fence and headstone for Jincey Ambrose
More Information on the Dean/Ambrose Cemetery - Courtesy Kevin Dean
GPS coordinates are: approx lat 33°10'37.34"N / approx long 83°44'9.52"W This is the nearest I can estimate using the Google Earth program.
The directions from Monticello would be: Take Hwy
83 south from Monticello, Ga for approx 7.5 miles. Turn left on Star Road. Follow Star road approx. 3 miles to the intersection of Felton McMichael Road which intersects from the left and Appling Road which intersects from the right. This is Lunsford Crossroads. The cemetery bearing the grave of Littleton Johnson is in the southwest corner of this intersection. Do not turn on Appling or Felton McMichael roads. Continue through the crossroads on Star road another approx 1/2 mile. Lunsford crossroads campground is on the left. This is a good place to park. The Ambrose-Dean cemetery is 100 or more yards directly across the road from the campgrounds and cannot be seen from the road. There is no sign of
an old home site but it must have been nearby. All of this land is now part of the Oconee National Forest.
It appears that the inscription of Warren Ambrose on the gate with the date 1859 is not the date of death of Jincy's husband Warren. He shows up still living on this land in the 1860 census
along with possibly his daughter, Martha E. Ambrose. Apparently the date 1859 is the date Jincy's monument and the fence around it were erected, not the date of Warren's death. The
Civil War erupted in 1861 and all track of Warren and Martha disappear thereafter. So Warren may not be buried here. It may be only Thomas Dean, his wife Lucy and Jincy. Jincy is the daughter
of Thomas Dean. There is a very visible depression in the ground next to Jincy's grave, the size being right for this to be another grave. If anyone has other information on Warren and/or
Martha and what may have happened to this land after the war, it would be appreciated.
The following info added by Suzannne Forte, 7 March 2011:
Info from the Lancaster Cemetery book indicates
"known" to be buried here are Thomas Dean, Rev. Soldier. born about 1760, died
1830, and his wife Lucy Ezell. It appears that the markers for them,
if there ever were any, are no longer here. The book does NOT indicate that Warren Ambrose is
buried here.
