Oak Hill Cemetery (Cartersville, Georgia) Explained

Oak Hill Cemetery
Established:	1838
Type:	Public
Findagraveid:	35942
Location:	Cartersville, Georgia, United States
Coordinates:	34.1778°N -84.8083°W
Map Type:	Georgia (U.S. state)#United States

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.

Notable interments

• Amos T. Akerman, U.S. Attorney General
• Rebecca Latimer Felton, first woman U.S. Senator
• William Harrell Felton, U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Walter Holcomb,^[2] Methodist preacher
• Samuel Porter Jones, Methodist preacher
• Charles Henry Smith, humorist better known as Bill Arp
• Pierce M. B. Young, U.S. Representative from Georgia, major general in the Confederate States Army

Bibliography

• Book: Knight, Lucian Lamar. Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends. The Byrd Printing Company. 1914. II. Atlanta. en. Google Books.
• Book: Spencer, Thomas E.. Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated. Clearfield Company. 1998. 978-0-8063-4823-0. en. Google Books.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oak Hill Cemetery. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130104523/http://www.cityofcartersville.org/80/Oak-Hill-Cemetery. November 30, 2020. June 1, 2021. City of Cartersville.
2. News: February 18, 1965 . Dr. Walt Holcomb, Famed Pastor, Dies . February 29, 2024 . . 14.