The Story
Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery serves the congregation of Rehoboth Baptist Church in rural Sumter County, a church organized in October 1845 in what was then the 16th District of the county. The burial ground reflects more than a century and a half of the community's history, with several hundred graves of area farm families interred beside the church, which sits along Georgia Highway 49 south of Americus. As one of Sumter County's older church cemeteries, it remains an active link to the region's antebellum religious and agricultural settlement.
About this site
Rehoboth 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 32.0420, -84.2833 near Americus. The nearest cataloged historic site is New Point Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include McBain, Newman, House, Mount Salem Cemetery, and Benevolence United Methodist Church 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
Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery serves the congregation of Rehoboth Baptist Church in rural Sumter County, a church organized in October 1845 in what was then the 16th District of the county. The burial ground reflects more than a century and a half of the community's history, with several hundred graves of area farm families interred beside the church, which sits along Georgia Highway 49 south of Americus. As one of Sumter County's older church cemeteries, it remains an active link to the region's antebellum religious and agricultural settlement.
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