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This burial ground belongs to a congregation organized on November 16, 1844, originally under the name New Hope Baptist Church. For roughly a century it was known as New Hope Church No. 1 before the name was changed to Tails Creek in the 1940s. The cemetery is thought to hold more than 200 unmarked graves, a sign of how far its use reaches back into Gilmer County's settlement era.
Tails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Ellijay, Gilmer County. It is one of 54 cemeteries documented in Gilmer County, among 63 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.7056, -84.6133 near Ellijay. The nearest cataloged historic site is Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Seventh Day Adventist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Gap Baptist Church Cemetery, and Pleasant Hill Baptist 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 burial ground belongs to a congregation organized on November 16, 1844, originally under the name New Hope Baptist Church. For roughly a century it was known as New Hope Church No. 1 before the name was changed to Tails Creek in the 1940s. The cemetery is thought to hold more than 200 unmarked graves, a sign of how far its use reaches back into Gilmer County's settlement era.
Sources: findagrave.com
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