Jefferson in Jackson County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Paradise Cemetery
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 11, 2022
1. Paradise Cemetery Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1854
Nominated 2002 by JHPC
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.
Location. 34° 7.183′ N, 83° 34.912′ W. Marker is in Jefferson, Georgia, in Jackson County. Marker is at the intersection of Lawrenceville Street and Morton Street, on the right when traveling east on Lawrenceville Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jefferson GA 30549, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Builder of the Nation (approx. 0.4 miles away); James Jackson (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jackson County (approx. 0.4 miles away); Floyd G. Hoard (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jackson County War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Dr. Crawford W. Long and Anesthesia for Surgery (approx. half a mile away); Crawford Long Monument (approx. half a mile away); Lest We Forget (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jefferson.
Regarding Paradise Cemetery. Excerpt from the cemetery's National Register nomination:
Paradise Cemetery is eligible for listingin the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A in the area of ethnic heritage/black as the only remaining extant resource associated with a larger historic African-American complex that included a church, a school, a parsonage, and two duplexes and for its use as a burial place for both common and wealthy African-Americans living within the city of Jefferson as well as Jackson County. Those buried in the cemetery include teachers, farmers, landowners, church leaders, and ministers. Harrison Hawkins, whose burial is marked by a tall draped obelisk, was a wealthy land-owning African-American resident of Jefferson. The cemetery is also eligible for listing under Criterion C in the area of landscape architecture for its design. In Georgia, African-American cemeteries feature a collection of modest headstones, unmarked burials, and large distinctive markers of prominent members of the African-American community. The burials in Paradise Cemetery include small stone tablets with minimal decoration, unmarked burials, and elaborate markers representing important African-Americans from Jackson County. Typical of other African-American cemeteries in Georgia’s small towns, the cemetery is removed from the historic core of the town.
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1. Paradise Cemetery (PDF). National Register nomination
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 11, 2022
2. Paradise Cemetery Marker
2. Paradise Cemetery. More than 200 memorials dating from 1880 have been documented. (Find a Grave) (Submitted on June 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
