Cemetery Information

Location:

7289 Capps Ferry Road.  It is located in the 3^rd District, 5^th Section, Land Lot 72.  It is on land belonging to the Basket Creek Baptist Church, but is completely separate from the church cemetery and is on the west side of the church parking lot, while the church cemetery is on the other (east) side of the parking lot.

Directions:

From US Highway 78 travel south approximately 11 miles on GA Highway 5, to Cantrell Road. Turn left (east) onto Cantrell Road, Travel approximately 2/10 miles to GA Highway 166. Turn left onto Hiighway 166. Travel approximately 1/10 mile to Capps Ferry Road. Turn right onto Capps Fery Road. Travel approximately 6/10 miles. The church will be on your left.

Sources:

Chapman Family Roots Web Page, retrieved by Donna Bowlick in July of 2014.

Comments:

There are more than 20 graves but only 5 have inscribed markers and 2 of those are hand inscribed and nearly illegible.  There are 15 unmarked graves.  The Web Master finds it odd that it is known as the Chapman Family Cemetery, as it appears there is only a single Chapman known to be buried there.
Initially, both Basket Creek Baptist and Chapman Family were in the same file.  After some thought, it was decided to split them.  The split was accomplished by Chuck Jackson on December 5^th 2022.

Surveyed by:

B. Roger Smith in 2005

Inactive Cemetery:

Oldest burial July 20^th 1882.

Additional Resources:

None listed.

Notes:

If or when the Directions paragraph (above) says "From downtown Douglasville...," it is referring to the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway (U.S. 78) and Campbellton Street.  There is nothing particularly significant about this intersection, it is merely an arbitrarily chosen point of departure, located near the center of the historic section of Douglasville.

You may see zeroes for some parts of dates.  This is an indication that either the information was incomplete or illegible.  If the entire date is missing, it indicates there was no date inscribed.

You may also encounter the abbreviations DCGS, standing for Douglas County Genealogical Society and DCCPC, standing for Douglas County Cemetery Preservation Commission.