Locust Grove Cemetery

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The first Catholic community in Georgia was established at Locust Grove, near modern-day Sharon, in the early 1790s. All that remains of the settlement today is a cemetery in Taliaferro County.

Courtesy of Catholic Diocese of Savannah Archives

Locust Grove Cemetery

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