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Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1869, and in 1899 Jacob C. Carter deeded two acres for a church, a school, and this cemetery. A 2005 survey recorded around 320 graves, a number of them marked only by ground depressions. It stands among the historic African American burial grounds around Cairo.
Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Cairo, Grady County. It is one of 63 cemeteries documented in Grady County, among 73 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.8887, -84.1130 near Cairo. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pierce Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Pine Park Cemetery, Singletary Cemetery, and Singletary 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.
Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1869, and in 1899 Jacob C. Carter deeded two acres for a church, a school, and this cemetery. A 2005 survey recorded around 320 graves, a number of them marked only by ground depressions. It stands among the historic African American burial grounds around Cairo.
Sources: findagrave.com
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