Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, go northwest on Hwy 16 for 0.7 mile to the Hwy 15/16 split. Turn left on Highway 16 west and go for 6.1 miles. Turn left on Hunts Chapel Road and go for 0.7 mile to stop sign. Turn right on Dickens Pond Road and go for approximately 250 yards (slightly more than 0.1 mile). Currently there is a cable across a woods road on the right side of Dickens Pond Road. Walk past the cable and follow the faint woods road as it curves to the right slightly. Go past the Harris Cemetery at Jeter Place on your right. Continue back into woods from the Harris Cemetery, walking with your back to Dickens Pond Road, for about another 400 feet (for a total of 500 feet or 0.1 mile from Dickens Pond Road). Cemetery covers a wide area with some hardwoods among the graves.
GPS coordinates: 33 19' 30.0" N 83 04' 14.5" W
or in degrees only form: 33.325° N X 83.07069° W
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GMD: 102
Cemetery Status: Inactive
Predominant race: Black
Indexer or Contributor: Jimmy Kennedy, Russell Poss, and Bill Jackson