City Cemetery (Sandersville, Georgia) Explained

Old City Cemetery
Location:	100 Virginia Ave., Sandersville, GA
Coordinates:	32.9822°N -82.815°W
Added:	August 3, 1987
Refnum:	87001296

City Cemetery, also known as the Sandersville Old City Cemetery, is located in Sandersville, Georgia.

History

Old City Cemetery began as the cemetery of the local Methodist Episcopal Church. Eventually the cemetery expanded to its current which is surrounded by West Church Street to the South, West Haynes Street to the North, Virginia Avenue to the East, and private property to the West.^[1]

City Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notable interments

• Thomas W. Hardwick (1872–1944), a former U.S. senator and governor of Georgia^[2]
• Ben J. Tarbutton (1885–1962), state politician and mayor of Sandersville^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Old City Cemetery: History . Sandersville Old City Cemetery Committee . 2009-09-14.
2. Web site: Old City Cemetery History . City of Sandersville . 2021-08-14.
3. Web site: Ben J. Tarbutton Fund . Georgia Historical Society . 2021-08-14.