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Submitted: 11/28/19 • Approved: 9/6/20 • Last Updated: 9/9/20 • R235879-G0-S3
TRANQUIL CEMETERY
This cemetery lies on five acres of land in the Joseph J. Guest Headright reportedly set aside in the 1850's for a church and burial ground (dated records were lost in a fire). The Tranquil Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was established here until it was relocated two miles to the east in 1886. As the New Hope Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in a replacement deed drawn up in 1899 Guest officially conveyed the burial ground to the trustees at New Hope The deed was passed on to the Tranquil Cemetery Association in 1966. The community continues to preserve and care for this site that chronicles it's settlement and heritage.
Contributed on 11/28/19 by shanespencer
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