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The Methodist congregation here was already active by 1867, when a building stood on a site near Tired Creek, the stream that gave the church its name. In 1875 the original structure was dismantled, hauled by wagon to its present location, and reassembled. A 2005 survey counted roughly 163 graves.
Tired Creek Methodist 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 30.9241, -84.2344 near Cairo. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lester Poulk Braswell Pearce Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Forestlawn Cemetery, Long Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, and Griffin Memorial Gardens.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Methodist congregation here was already active by 1867, when a building stood on a site near Tired Creek, the stream that gave the church its name. In 1875 the original structure was dismantled, hauled by wagon to its present location, and reassembled. A 2005 survey counted roughly 163 graves.
Sources: findagrave.com
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