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Mountain Creek A.M.E. Church Cemetery is the burial ground of Mt. Creek A.M.E. Church, a Black congregation organized in Sumter County in 1893. It was among a wave of African Methodist Episcopal churches founded across the county in the decades after emancipation, following the establishment of Americus's Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church in 1869 and alongside congregations such as Allen Chapel, St. Paul (1890), and Mt. Carmel. The cemetery reflects the growth of independent Black religious life in rural Sumter County during the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era.
About this site
Mountain Creek African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Americus, Sumter County. It is one of 42 cemeteries documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.1381, -84.0728 near Americus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pleasant Grove Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Saint James - Pennington Cemetery, Kelley Cemetery, and Daniel 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
Mountain Creek A.M.E. Church Cemetery is the burial ground of Mt. Creek A.M.E. Church, a Black congregation organized in Sumter County in 1893. It was among a wave of African Methodist Episcopal churches founded across the county in the decades after emancipation, following the establishment of Americus's Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church in 1869 and alongside congregations such as Allen Chapel, St. Paul (1890), and Mt. Carmel. The cemetery reflects the growth of independent Black religious life in rural Sumter County during the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era.
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