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Hickory Grove Baptist Church was organized in 1865 by former members of nearby Bethel Baptist Church, and the congregation dedicated its new sanctuary on September 15, 1868. The burial ground that grew up around this historic African American church holds an estimated 500 or more graves, a great many of them marked only by plain slabs, fieldstones, or shallow depressions rather than inscribed headstones.
Hickory Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in Sparta, Hancock County. It is one of 140 cemeteries documented in Hancock County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.2592, -82.8379 near Sparta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dunn Family Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bethel Church Cemetery, Ezell - Carr Family Cemetery, and Thankful Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Hickory Grove Baptist Church was organized in 1865 by former members of nearby Bethel Baptist Church, and the congregation dedicated its new sanctuary on September 15, 1868. The burial ground that grew up around this historic African American church holds an estimated 500 or more graves, a great many of them marked only by plain slabs, fieldstones, or shallow depressions rather than inscribed headstones.
Sources: findagrave.com
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