GeorgiaSparta Cemetery began on land deeded to the town in 1806 and was originally tied to the community's first congregation, the local Methodist church. Its graves reflect the westward migration of settlers who moved from New England and Virginia down through the Carolinas into central Georgia, and they include veterans of American conflicts reaching back to the Revolution. Among those interred here are Methodist Bishop George Foster Pierce, who served as president of both Wesleyan College in Macon and Emory College at Oxford, along with nineteenth-century figures such as Dr. William Terrell and General Henry Mitchell. Now covering nearly ten acres and still active, the grounds are noted for funerary art spanning styles from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, and the Georgia Historical Society placed a marker at the site in 2007.
Sparta Cemetery (Cemetery)
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Sparta 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 33.2788, -82.9735 near Sparta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sparta Cemetery (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sparta Cemetery, Pierce Memorial Methodist Church, and "Old Dominion".
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Sparta Cemetery began on land deeded to the town in 1806 and was originally tied to the community's first congregation, the local Methodist church. Its graves reflect the westward migration of settlers who moved from New England and Virginia down through the Carolinas into central Georgia, and they include veterans of American conflicts reaching back to the Revolution. Among those interred here are Methodist Bishop George Foster Pierce, who served as president of both Wesleyan College in Macon and Emory College at Oxford, along with nineteenth-century figures such as Dr. William Terrell and General Henry Mitchell. Now covering nearly ten acres and still active, the grounds are noted for funerary art spanning styles from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, and the Georgia Historical Society placed a marker at the site in 2007.
“Sparta Cemetery” names 3 distinct records in Hancock County. This page is the cemetery in Sparta. The others:
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