Johnsonville Cemetery

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Site Brief:

Founded: N/A

Location: Dobbins ARB, GA

Additional name(s): N/A

Affiliate group(s): N/A

 

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History:

Where Dobbins Air reserve base and Lockheed Martin currently reside, a community called Johnsonville was established, founded, and built by freed enslaved peoples. In 1942 during WWII, the government acquired the Sibley Family Plantation land, where Mount Sinai Church and the Johnsonville community resided, in order to build an aircraft factory and Air Base. The Johnsonville community were forced to move to another location and the Mt. Sinai Church moved to Marietta. While the church was moved off the base, the Johnsonville Cemetery, which is the resting place of the freed enslaved and their families, still remains on what is now called the Dobbins Air Reserve Base.

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Resource links:

• Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup II > Dobbins Air Reserve Base > Article Display (af.mil)

• Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup | Lakeside Lounge at Dobbins ARB, Marietta, GA | January 28, 2023 (happeningnext.com)

• Jonesville Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia - Find a Grave Cemetery

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BCN Contact Information:

22nd Air Force public affairs

yesenia.castro_vazquez@is.af.mil