Oak Hill Cemetery (Cartersville, Georgia)
Cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia, USA
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Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia, United States. The cemetery was established in 1838 and bought by the city of Cartersville in 1850 from the Ebenezer Methodist Church (now the Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church). The cemetery is still open and available for new interments.[1] The cemetery was also known simply as the Town Cemetery.[2]
| Oak Hill Cemetery | |
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 Interactive map of Oak Hill Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1838 |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34°10′40″N 84°48′30″W |
| Type | Public |
| Find a Grave | Oak Hill Cemetery |
Notable interments
- Amos T. Akerman,[3] U.S. Attorney General
- Rebecca Latimer Felton,[4] first woman U.S. Senator
- William Harrell Felton,[5] U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Walter Holcomb,[6] Methodist preacher
- Samuel Porter Jones,[7] Methodist preacher
- Charles Henry Smith,[8] humorist better known as Bill Arp
- Pierce M. B. Young,[9] U.S. Representative from Georgia, major general in the Confederate States Army