This cemetery is located across the highway (Georgia 59) from the former location of the Salem Church (African American) in the Davis Academy Community of Banks County, Georgia. The church building was dismantled several years ago. The marked graves are hidden behind the woodline where there are approximately thirty additional unmarked depressions in the earth. These depressions of graves are easily visible, because all burials were in wooden caskets with no vaults. After a period of time these wooden caskets and the earth above sank an average of two feet. One burial site is outlined with an aging rectangle of cinder blocks denoting an adult grave site. There are several rusty funeral home markers here that are in the old style of glass over paper in a metal frame.

The Salem Church (African American) was dissolved after the last members died and/or moved away from the community. The church structure itself was razed and the property was deeded to a Mr. Knox who may have been the last member of the congregation. Mr. Knox had a small modular residence on the lot for several years. He too is now gone and the structure where he lived has been razed. His rural United States Postal Service Mailbox is still standing beside the roadway, Ga. Hwy. 59.

The "Salem Cemetery" is located directly across the highway (Georgia 59) from the location of the former Salem Church (African American). The cemetery has now been allowed to "vanish" into the woods and undergrowth due to neglect. Most persons, now living, are not aware of the cemetery's existence. I would like to clear away the undergrowth to bring this sacred ground back to life.

I would like to thank Find A Grave contributors, "Patricia" and Theron Rogers for their interest and photographs of these graves.

Anyone with additional information about the "Salem Cemetery" is encouraged to contact Find A Grave member, William Carson #47628920.