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Pleasant Grove Baptist Church was organized in October 1859 at the southwest corner of Georgia Highway 30 and Huntington Road, about eight miles southeast of Americus, with George Harris, James Holman, and Julius Hogue serving as its first deacons on a two-and-a-half-acre lot acquired from Drewry Hardin. The church's cemetery holds the graves of these nineteenth-century founders and the Sumter County farm families who followed them.
Pleasant Grove Baptist 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 32.0168, -84.1395 near Americus. The nearest cataloged historic site is New Mount Mariah Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include New Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley Cemetery, and Counsel 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.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church was organized in October 1859 at the southwest corner of Georgia Highway 30 and Huntington Road, about eight miles southeast of Americus, with George Harris, James Holman, and Julius Hogue serving as its first deacons on a two-and-a-half-acre lot acquired from Drewry Hardin. The church's cemetery holds the graves of these nineteenth-century founders and the Sumter County farm families who followed them.
Sources: thegagenweb.com
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