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Attached to Union United Methodist Church in rural Taylor County near Butler, this cemetery is also known as the Hays Campground Cemetery, a name that reflects its ties to an old Methodist camp-meeting ground. The site preserves a traditional grave shelter, the roofed wooden canopy once raised over family plots in this part of Georgia. With roughly 480 recorded burials, it remains one of the larger rural church cemeteries in the county.
Union Methodist Church Cemetery / Hays Campground Cemetery is a cemetery in Butler, Taylor County. It is one of 34 cemeteries documented in Taylor County, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.6373, -84.2631 near Butler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Methodist Church Cemetery--Hays Campground Cemetery (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tuscaloosa Formation, Midway Baptist Church Cemetery, and Wesley 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.
Attached to Union United Methodist Church in rural Taylor County near Butler, this cemetery is also known as the Hays Campground Cemetery, a name that reflects its ties to an old Methodist camp-meeting ground. The site preserves a traditional grave shelter, the roofed wooden canopy once raised over family plots in this part of Georgia. With roughly 480 recorded burials, it remains one of the larger rural church cemeteries in the county.
Sources: findagrave.com
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