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Nelson Cemetery is a rural burial ground in Twiggs County, near the Dry Branch community. Find a Grave lists roughly 50 memorials for the site, though only a small fraction of the markers had been photographed at the time of indexing.
Cemetery
Nelson Cemetery
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About this site
Nelson Cemetery is a cemetery in Dry Branch, Twiggs County. It is one of 45 cemeteries documented in Twiggs County, among 61 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.7824, -83.4753 near Dry Branch. The nearest cataloged historic site is Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Rev. Vincent A. Tharp Home (1809), Burkett Cemetery, and Stone Creek Baptist Church - 1808.
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
Nelson Cemetery is a rural burial ground in Twiggs County, near the Dry Branch community. Find a Grave lists roughly 50 memorials for the site, though only a small fraction of the markers had been photographed at the time of indexing.
Sources: findagrave.com
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