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Land for the Bowdon City Cemetery was donated around 1870 by William Thomas "Tom" Johnson Sr., a local merchant and farmer whose own family plot remains among the graves. The hillside burial ground sits near Bowdon First Baptist Church and has grown to more than 1,300 recorded interments.
Bowdon City Cemetery is a cemetery in Bowdon, Carroll County. It is one of 145 cemeteries documented in Carroll County, among 178 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.5423, -85.2559 near Bowdon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bowdon Baptist Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lovvorn, Dr. James L., House, Last Land in Georgia Ceded by the Creeks, and Site of Bowdon College.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Land for the Bowdon City Cemetery was donated around 1870 by William Thomas "Tom" Johnson Sr., a local merchant and farmer whose own family plot remains among the graves. The hillside burial ground sits near Bowdon First Baptist Church and has grown to more than 1,300 recorded interments.
Sources: findagrave.com
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