Leaving Irwinville Cemetery,

Irwinville, Irwin County, Georgia, 2002.

c. Brian Brown

Gravesite of R.W. & Una Clements,

Irwinville, Irwin County, Georgia, 2001.

c. Brian Brown

Irwinville was the seat of Irwin County throughout the formative years of its history in the nineteenth century. The Irwinville Cemetery, on Big Creek Church Road, dates back about 150 years, and is the final resting place for many Irwin County pioneers. Reuben Walton and Una Whiddon Clements are among the best known of these early settlers. Judge Clements was an officer with the Irwin County Volunteers during the Civil War, and later went on to write The History of Irwin County. His wife was a well-loved local hostess and both were very interested in preserving the early history of their home county.