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From: "Clarence Atkins" <>
Subject: Re: [CAMP-L] Bethlehem Cem. Polk Co. GA
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:54:42 -0600


Carol,

I would like to comment on your e-mail.

1) According to the copy of the deed that I have Joel Brewer donated the
entire two acres that the Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery sits on in either 1862
or 1863. At that time they called it the Missionary Baptist Church. The
original deed was lost during the burning of C'town during the Civil War.
The copy I have is dated August 15, 1890.

2) According to the deed for the land that the church sits on John A. Brooks
donated that land.

3) I have photographs of Joel's monument and I would be happy to scan it and
e-mail it to you, should you so want.

Clarence Atkins


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Johnson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 11:24 PM
Subject: [CAMP-L] Bethlehem Cem. Polk Co. GA


> Hi Mike,
> I am very interested in this cemetary. My ancestor on my mother's
> line, Joel Brewer, donated at least part of the land for this
> cemetary and the little church. Joel named one of his children,
> Benjamin CAMP BREWER, after the first minister there. Joel had
> been the Ordinary of Polk County from 1870 to his death in 1898.
> Benjamin Camp Brewer became a judge in Hall County. It is odd
> after all of these years to find a connection between my father's
> CAMP line and my mother's BREWER, line. If you have any information
> regarding the cemetary/church/Brewer's I'd love to know.
>
> It is a shame regarding the damage that storm did. A tree planted
> near Joel's grave uprooted, toppled his monument and generally
> messed things up.
>
> Thanks for your interest!
> Carole

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