Billups Cemetery
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Billups Cemetery historically was a cemetery for African American community members. Located in the Clark County Militia District 218, the cemetery may be the old Billups Grove Church cemetery or it also may be on the old John Billups (1759 – 1814) homestead.
According to Eva B. Weeks, editor of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Cemeteries (1999), in addition to surviving headstones, Billups Cemetery includes numerous unreadable funeral home markers. Many unmarked graves are under wildly grown vinca or periwinkle flowers "in the woods to the right of this cemetery."
According to Weeks' book (1999), there were 51 headstones visible outside the cemetery's fence and 28 noted inside the fenced area. Burials continued through at least the 2000s.
Source: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Cemeteries (1999), The Athens Historical Society, Editor: Eva B. Weeks
Billups Cemetery historically was a cemetery for African American community members. Located in the Clark County Militia District 218, the cemetery may be the old Billups Grove Church cemetery or it also may be on the old John Billups (1759 – 1814) homestead.
According to Eva B. Weeks, editor of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Cemeteries (1999), in addition to surviving headstones, Billups Cemetery includes numerous unreadable funeral home markers. Many unmarked graves are under wildly grown vinca or periwinkle flowers "in the woods to the right of this cemetery."
According to Weeks' book (1999), there were 51 headstones visible outside the cemetery's fence and 28 noted inside the fenced area. Burials continued through at least the 2000s.
Source: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Cemeteries (1999), The Athens Historical Society, Editor: Eva B. Weeks
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