African American Cemetery at Pierce Chapel in Georgia

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Get directions Harris County, Georgia, USA

Coordinates: 32.58347, -84.90240
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The site of Pierce Chapel African American Cemetery is located at Lot 49, 18 [Land] district of Harris County, Midland, Ga., It was established ca.1834 as a designated burial ground for enslaved Africans in Harris County, Midland, Ga. Following the Civil War, their descendants, and surrounding African American settlements continued the tradition of West African burial practices at this site. Pierce Chapel African American Cemetery also holds the remains of veterans from WWI, WWII, Black Farmers, skilled artisans, and educators along with working-class people who helped to shape the community into what it is today.