Oak Hill Cemetery (Newnan, Georgia) Explained

Oak Hill Cemetery
Nearest City:	Newnan, Georgia
Coordinates:	33.3858°N -84.7978°W
Added:	January 27, 2012
Refnum:	11001054

Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2012. It is located at 96 Jefferson Street in Newnan.

History

The Oak Hill Cemetery was founded in 1833.^{[1] [2]} 268 Confederate Army soldiers are buried at Oak Hill and two are labeled as "Unknown".^[1] The cemetery covers and has over 12,000 gravesites.^[2]

Notable interments

• Ellis Arnall (1907–1992), Governor of Georgia^[3]
• William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899), Governor of Georgia^[4]
• Hugh Buchanan (1823–1890), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Albert Sidney Camp (1892–1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• James C. Davis (1895–1981), U.S. Representative from Georgia^[5]
• William Barton Wade Dent (1806–1855), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Charles L. Moses (1856–1910), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Jesse Calaway Wootten (1836–1874), newspaperman and founder of Newnan Times-Herald
• William C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Coweta County, Georgia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oak Hill Cemetery – Confederate Grave Section . 2021-08-16 . usgwarchives.net.
2. Web site: Oak Hill Cemetery . explorecoweta.com . 2021-08-17.
3. Web site: Ellis Gibbs Arnall . nga.org . 2021-08-17.
4. Web site: Marker Monday: Governor William Yates Atkinson . georgiahistory.com . 2021-08-17.
5. Web site: DAVIS, James Curran (1895–1981) . bioguide.congress.gov . 2021-08-17.