The Old Franklinton Cemetery is a cemetery in the
Franklinton neighborhood of
Columbus, Ohio
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. The cemetery is the oldest in Central Ohio, established in 1799. Other names for it include the Franklinton Cemetery or Pioneer Burying Ground. Franklinton founder
Lucas Sullivant was buried there initially, later reinterred in
Green Lawn Cemetery.
Franklinton's first church was constructed beside the cemetery in 1811, a year before Columbus was established.
Gallery
File:Culbertson Funeral Reenactment 10.jpg, Entrance gate inscription
File:Culbertson Funeral Reenactment 13.jpg, Obelisk memorial
File:Columbus, Ohio JJ 36.jpg, Aerial view
References
External links
* {{ccat-inline, Franklinton Cemetery
Cemeteries in Columbus, Ohio
1799 establishments in the Northwest Territory