Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery - GHS 29-8 - Clarke Co., GA
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N 33° 58.193 W 083° 21.736
17S E 281749 N 3761331
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery historic marker located at the cemetery on Fourth and Bray Sts, by Springfield Baptist Church, Athens, GA.
Waymark Code: WM6MCG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
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Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery


The Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery was founded in 1882 by the Gospel Pilgrim Society, a fraternal organization, to furnish respectable funerals and burial places for Athens-area African Americans. Popular in the nineteenth century, such societies offset funeral costs and ensured a funeral procession and proper burial for members. The cemetery illustrates a Reconstruction-era departure in the black community from burial sites associated with specific churches. Gospel Pilgrim also contains fine examples of African-American funerary art. Approximately 3500 persons are buried here, including state legislator Madison Davis and nationally recognized folk artist Harriet Powers.

2008.8 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and East Athens Development Corporation, Inc. 29-8

Type of Marker: Other

Marker #: GHS 29-8

Date: 2008

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Society and East Athens Development Corporation

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