Linwood Cemetery (Columbus, Georgia)
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The Old City Cemetery, also known as Linwood Cemetery, is a cemetery on what is now Linwood Boulevard, in
Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee ...
. It dates from 1828, when the town of Columbus was founded, or before. It appears in surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas's original plan for the city. The cemetery consists mostly of rectangular family plots bordered by iron fences or walls made of brick or granite, accessed by a main east-west corridor and perpendicular lanes. It includes both simple and elaborate tombstones, some displaying
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or
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styles. The cemetery was given the name "Linwood" in 1894 by city council resolution, probably to honor Columbus author
Caroline Lee Hentz Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz (June 1, 1800 – February 11, 1856) was an American novelist. She is most noted for her defenses of slavery and opposition to the abolitionist movement. Her widely read '' The Planter's Northern Bride'' (1854) was one ...
whose works include ''Ernest Linwood'', an 1856 book. It was listed on the
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in 1980. According to its 1978 nomination, the majority of prominent Columbus persons are buried there. Its burials include more than 200
Confederate Army The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fi ...
soldiers representing every state in the Confederacy. Thomas's own son was an early burial, as he died and was buried in the cemetery in 1828 while Thomas was amidst his work surveying, but apparently the grounds include earlier marked and unmarked graves of "'early traders, river people, and Indians.'"


Notable burials

* James Abercrombie (1792–1861), US Representative * Henry L. Benning (1814–1875), American Civil War CSA general for whom nearby
Fort Benning Fort Benning (named Fort Moore from 2023–2025) is a United States Army post in the Columbus, Georgia area. Located on Georgia's border with Alabama, Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve compone ...
was once named (currently named after CPL Fred G. Benning) *
Mark Harden Blandford Mark Harden Blandford (July 13, 1826 – January 31, 1902) was an American soldier, attorney, politician, and judge. He was a Member of the Congress of the Confederate States, Confederate House of Representatives during the American Civil War. ...
(1826–1902), CSA Congressman * Absalom Harris Chappell (1801–1878), US Representative * Peyton H. Colquitt (1831–1863), Civil War Confederate officer * Walter T. Colquitt (1799–1855), US Senator *
Martin Jenkins Crawford Martin Jenkins Crawford (March 17, 1820 – July 23, 1883) was an Antebellum era, antebellum United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative and a representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress during the American Civil War fro ...
(1820–1883), US Representative and CSA Congressman *
Noble Leslie DeVotie Noble Leslie DeVotie (January 24, 1838 – February 12, 1861) was a Baptist minister, Confederate chaplain, and the lead founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a national fraternity. Early life Noble Leslie DeVotie was born on January 24, 1838, in Tusc ...
(1838–1861), founder of
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fraternity * Thomas Flournoy Foster (1796–1848), US Representative * Hines Holt (1805–1865), US Representative *
Porter Ingram Porter Ingram (April 2, 1810 – December 3, 1893) was a Confederate politician. He was born in Windham County, Vermont and later moved to Georgia. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress The 1st Confederate States Congress, ...
(1810–1893), CSA Congressman * Alfred Iverson Sr. (1798–1873), US Representative and Senator * James Johnson (1811–1891), Georgia Governor *
Seaborn Jones Seaborn Jones (February 1, 1788 – March 18, 1864) was a United States representative from Georgia. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he attended Princeton College and studied law. By a special act of the legislature, he was admitted to the bar in 180 ...
(1788–1864), US Representative *
Thomas M. Nelson Thomas Maduit Nelson (September 27, 1782 – November 10, 1853) was a 19th-century politician from Virginia, United States. Biography Born in Oak Hill, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Nelson attended the common schools as a child. During the ...
(1782–1853), US Representative * Dr.
John Stith Pemberton John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later ...
(1831–1888), formulator of
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*
Pleasant J. Philips Pleasant Jackson Philips (July 3, 1819 – October 12, 1876) was an American planter, banker, and soldier. He served as a Confederate States Army, Confederate Colonel (United States), colonel and Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general in t ...
(1819–1876), Civil War Confederate general *
Paul Jones Semmes Paul Jones Semmes (June 4, 1815 – July 10, 1863) was a banker, businessman, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Early life Semmes was born at Montford's Plan ...
(1815–1863), Civil War Confederate general *
Francis Orray Ticknor Francis Orray Ticknor (November 13, 1822 – December 18, 1874) was an American medical doctor and poet. From the state of Georgia, he became known as a war poet ("Georgia's Confederate Poet"), mostly through the fame he acquired with the ballad ...
(1822–1874), doctor and poet


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Historic Linwood Cemetery est. 1828
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Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, the capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio * Columbus, Georgia, a city i ...
Consolidated Government (CCG) Department of Public Works' Cemetery Division
Cemetery Records Database
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Dolores Autry Linwood Cemetery Collection
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