Cemetery

Thornton Family Cemetery

Sparta · Hancock County

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The Story

Reached only by a private field-and-woods road off Pine Valley Road near Devereux, this remote cemetery lists 15 memorials on Find A Grave. Its isolation has left most of the graves unphotographed.

About this site

Thornton Family 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 33.2040, -83.0918 near Sparta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Reynolds Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Arnold Cemetery, Bass Cemetery, and Bass - Coleman Family 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.

History

Reached only by a private field-and-woods road off Pine Valley Road near Devereux, this remote cemetery lists 15 memorials on Find A Grave. Its isolation has left most of the graves unphotographed.

Sources: findagrave.com

📍 33.2040, -83.0918 · Sparta, Hancock County

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