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This plantation's Bethlehem Cemetery is a rare marked record of the enslaved: most of its small fieldstones mark the graves of people who labored here and of their descendants, on a Dade County hillside.
Historical Marker
Cole Plantation and Bethlehem Cemetery
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About this site
Cole Plantation and Bethlehem Cemetery is a historical marker in Trenton, Dade County. It is one of 11 historical markers documented in Dade County, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.9391, -85.4842 near Trenton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bethlehem Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Murphy Cemetery, Ray Cemetery, and Kennedy Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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