The Story
Mount Olive Cemetery, also recorded as the Cusseta Lower Cemetery, sits at the meeting of Wynn, Henry, and Mount Olive Streets in Cusseta and holds several hundred burials. Reflecting the segregation of its era, the grounds are split by a small road, with the white community's graves on one side and a separate section for Cusseta's African-American community on the other. The smaller Black section lies on the lower side of the property, a physical record of how the town buried its dead along racial lines.
About this site
Mount Olive Cemetery is a cemetery in Cusseta, Chattahoochee County. It is one of 6 cemeteries documented in Chattahoochee County, among 20 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.3080, -84.7784 near Cusseta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chattahoochee County (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Chattahoochee County Superior Courthouse, Kasihta (Cusseta), and Chatahoochee County Jail.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Mount Olive Cemetery, also recorded as the Cusseta Lower Cemetery, sits at the meeting of Wynn, Henry, and Mount Olive Streets in Cusseta and holds several hundred burials. Reflecting the segregation of its era, the grounds are split by a small road, with the white community's graves on one side and a separate section for Cusseta's African-American community on the other. The smaller Black section lies on the lower side of the property, a physical record of how the town buried its dead along racial lines.
Sources: findagrave.com
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