OLD EBENEZER CEMETERY

FOUNDED: 1830

ADDITONAL NAMES: N/A

AFFILIATION(S):

• Cobb County Cemetery Preservation Commission

HISTORY:

Old Ebenezer Cemetery is believed to be a historical cemetery for the enslaved. This cemetery located adjacent to Gritters Library at Shaw Park, in Cobb County, Georgia. Ebenezer resides on 1.5 acers in an urban area. Old Ebenezer Cemetery is believed to have been in use since the 1830’s. Also, this cemetery is believed to be a part of Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church. Since records were lost and destroyed during the Civil War, it is not certain that this information is correct. But sometime about the turn of the 20th century, Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church became the custodians of the cemetery. To date, there are 84 documented individuals buried there. There are many graves that cannot be verified and will probably remain unknown.

BCN Contact Information:

Francine McAfee Wilkins

oldebenezercemetery@libertyhill-mbc.com

https://www.cobbcounty.org/community-development/planning/historic-preservation/cemetery-preservation-commission

JOHNSONVILLE CEMETERY

FOUNDED: N/A

ADDITONAL NAMES: N/A

AFFILIATION(S): N/A

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.

BCN Contact Information:

22nd Air Force public affairs

yesenia.castro_vazquez@is.af.mil