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Set along Antioch Church Road in rural Bacon County near Mershon, this Baptist churchyard has 97 memorials recorded on Find a Grave, roughly 86% of them documented with headstone photographs. As a congregation burial ground, it reflects the small farming community that grew up around the church in southeast Georgia's pine belt.
Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Mershon, Bacon County. It is one of 36 cemeteries documented in Bacon County, among 43 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.5284, -82.2903 near Mershon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Damascus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery, Ten Mile Church Cemetery, and Rockingham Cemetery.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Set along Antioch Church Road in rural Bacon County near Mershon, this Baptist churchyard has 97 memorials recorded on Find a Grave, roughly 86% of them documented with headstone photographs. As a congregation burial ground, it reflects the small farming community that grew up around the church in southeast Georgia's pine belt.
Sources: findagrave.com
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