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Mount Olive Mud Creek Primtive Baptist Church, Lanier County

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Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church Henderson Still GA Lanier County Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia 2014 USA 200

Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church is one of the oldest and most historic congregations in Lanier County. The church has the traditional appearance of other Hardshell Primitive Baptist meeting houses in Southeast Georgia, except for the white painted walls.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church Lanier County GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

And like most of the Hardshell Primitives in this section of Georgia, there is no indoor plumbing, hence the fancy “outhouse”.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church Lanier County GA Outhouse Privy Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South georgia USA 2010

Mud Creek Cemetery

Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Lanier County GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Many area pioneers and Confederate Veterans are buried in its cemetery.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Lanier County GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia SA 2014

Perhaps the most interesting headstone in the cemetery is this one. I’ve seen some unusual headstones in the hundreds of cemeteries I’ve explored over the past decade, but this has to be among the most unique.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Cemetery Lanier County GA Wrench Shaped Headstone Lester Mack Fender Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

In sharp contrast is this unadorned wooden grave marker, one of several that have survived in this sandy burial ground.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Cemetery Lanier County GA Wooden Grave Marker Footprints in the Sand Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Quite a few have common 19th-century themes, such as this dove.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Cemetery Lanier County GA Dove Headstone 19th Century Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

And of course, there are numerous Confederate veterans buried here. This one marks the final resting place of Iron Cross recipient Sergeant William B. Corbett (1835-1863), Company G, 50th Georgia Infantry.

Mount Olive Mud Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Confederate Iron Cross Sergeant William B Corbett Co G 50 Ga Inf Photogaph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014