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Colonial Park Cemetery (locally and informally known as Colonial Cemetery; historically known as the Old Cemetery [1]) is an 18th- and early 19th-century burial ground located in downtown Savannah, Georgia. It became a city park in 1896, [2] 43 years after burials in the cemetery ceased, [3] and is open to visitors.
The Graham Vault, Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. After returning to his native Newport, Rhode Island, after the Revolutionary War, Greene moved to Savannah in 1785 after being awarded ownership of Graham's Mulberry Grove Plantation. Greene fell ill on June 12, 1786, and he died at Mulberry Grove seven days later, at the age of 43.
While the exact location of Greene's grave in Colonial Park Cemetery was debated for several year, in 1901, his body was identified in a vault in the cemetery. [5] The following year, on November 14, 1902, his body was reinterred under the monument. The remains of his son, George Washington Greene, were also interred at the monument.
Savannah’s Colonial Park Cemetery is sometimes called "Paranormal Central." The oldest cemetery in the area, it was opened in 1750, and some of its dead are people who fell ill with yellow fever ...
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Savannah, Georgia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Colonial Park Cemetery; G. Greenwich Cemetery ...
Although Crawford is the smallest of the squares, it anchors the largest ward, as Crawford Ward includes the territory of Colonial Park Cemetery. [5] During the era of Jim Crow this was the only square in which African-Americans were permitted. [5] While all squares were once fenced it is the only one that remains so.
The gravesite of Archibald Bulloch within Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Archibald's great-great-grandson was President Theodore Roosevelt. [3] His great-great-great granddaughter was First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt's son Archibald was named after his ancestor. [13]
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