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This cemetery adjoins the historic Botsford Baptist Church in the Shell Bluff district of northeastern Burke County. A Georgia Historical Commission marker at the site records that the church was constituted in 1773 by Rev. Edmond Botsford and ranks as the second Baptist church established in Georgia. First organized below Augusta as New Savannah Church, the congregation relocated roughly ten miles to this location after the Revolutionary War.
Botsford Cemetery is a cemetery in Waynesboro, Burke County. It is one of 70 cemeteries documented in Burke County, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0999, -81.8742 near Waynesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Botsford Church - 1773 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Walter Jones Cemetery, Alexander Cemetery, and Old Church 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.
This cemetery adjoins the historic Botsford Baptist Church in the Shell Bluff district of northeastern Burke County. A Georgia Historical Commission marker at the site records that the church was constituted in 1773 by Rev. Edmond Botsford and ranks as the second Baptist church established in Georgia. First organized below Augusta as New Savannah Church, the congregation relocated roughly ten miles to this location after the Revolutionary War.
Sources: findagrave.com
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