New Mine Cemetery

George O. and Julia F. Hart deeded land to the New Mine Baptist Church on July 20, 1892, and ten years later sold additional land to the congregation. For many years, area residents used nearby cemeteries when loved ones passed away, including Reeves Chapel Cemetery about one mile west and cemeteries in Pittsburg. In May 1930, the New Mine Baptist congregation began plans to establish its own burial ground beside the church site. That year, James M. Quillion became the first person buried in New Mine Cemetery. In 1937, George Hart, who had died in 1929, was reinterred there at the request of his widow and children. The congregation installed the first fence in 1939, later replaced it, and added brick pillars at the arched entryway. The congregation has continued to use and maintain the historic burial ground, and an annual memorial church service and business meeting followed by dinner and fellowship under the pavilion serves as a reunion for descendants of those buried there.

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