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Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery

 
 
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
1. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Formerly Sandy Springs Methodist Episcopal Church South

Founded 1848
 
Erected 1986 by Alfred Holt Colquitt Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.
 
Location. 33° 55.39′ N, 84° 23.084′ W. Marker is in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is on Mount Vernon Highway 0 miles west of Sandy Springs Circle, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 86 Mount Vernon Highway, Atlanta GA 30328, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont and in Metro Atlanta. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Sandy Springs (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The History of the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia (about 700 feet away); Gen. J. D. Cox's Div. To Old Cross Keys (approx. half a mile away); 23d A.C. to Decatur (approx. 0.6 miles away); To Sandy Springs and Old Cross Keys (approx. 0.8 miles away); Garrard & Newton Move on Roswell (approx.
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1.9 miles away); Hascall's Div. Joins Cox's Line of March (approx. 1.9 miles away); Isom's Ferry (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandy Springs.
 
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, March 13, 2011
2. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
3. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker
Looking west on Mount Vernon Highway
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
4. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery Marker
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
5. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
6. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
7. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 7, 2012
8. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, March 13, 2011
9. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, March 13, 2011
10. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery
The church is in the background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,256 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on January 8, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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