Middleburg United Methodist Church - Middleburg, Florida - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

The cemetary is located on the church property and has many replacement crosses where stones have been lost but are still remembered.

Middleburg United Methodist Church, aka, Black Creek Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the early 1800's. The exact year is not known, for the original church register was destroyed by a fire in the 1890's. A list of the early members found in the 1947 register, puts the church founding at 1823.

May 13, 1847 John Scheufler deeded two acres of land on which to build a church. The Chapel was completed by 1852, and has remained in constant use since the first Sunday worship. Although, a cemetery was not mentioned in the original deed; The cemetery has many unknown graves that are outlined with brick. Some have thin headstones with no name, and others have white crosses
simply marked, unknown. To date, new gravesites of the unknown are being discovered. The earliest grave with a marker, being 1860. It wasn't until the late 1960's that the cemetery name was changed to Middleburg Methodist Cemetery.


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Name of church or churchyard: Middleburg United Methodist Church Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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