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The Colored Cemetery on 10th Avenue in
Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it o ...
, is a cemetery used by African-American citizens of Columbus that has burials dating back to at least the 1840s. In 1936, the name Porterdale Cemetery began to be used also. It is believed to have been included in the 1828 plan for the city by surveyor
Edward Lloyd Thomas Edward Lloyd Thomas (March 23, 1825 – March 8, 1898) was a Confederate brigadier general of infantry during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia. He was colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to Joseph R ...
. The cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1980. The name "Porterdale" for the cemetery is apparently in honor of Richard P. Porter, the cemetery's sexton from about 1878 to about 1920.


See also

* Old City Cemetery, cemetery of whites in Columbus, also founded in 1828 and NRHP-listed


References

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) 1845 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas of Muscogee County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Muscogee County, Georgia {{US-cemetery-stub