# Memory Hill Cemetery

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{{Short description|Cemetery in Baldwin County, Georgia, US}}
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'''Memory Hill Cemetery''' is an American cemetery in [Milledgeville](/source/Milledgeville%2C_Georgia), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)). The cemetery opened in 1804.

==Notable interments==

*[Thomas Petters Carnes](/source/Thomas_P._Carnes) (1762–1822), [United States Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for Georgia and state court judge.
*[George Pierce Doles](/source/George_P._Doles) (1830–1864), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)) businessman and [Confederate](/source/Confederate_States_Army) general during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). 
*[Tomlinson Fort](/source/Tomlinson_Fort_(congressman)) (1787–1859), United States Representative for Georgia
*[Tomlinson Fort](/source/Tomlinson_Fort_(mayor)) (1839–1910), mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
*[Seaton Grantland](/source/Seaton_Grantland) (1782–1864), United States Representative for Georgia
*[Dixie Haygood](/source/Dixie_Haygood) (1861–1915), [illusionist](/source/illusionist) and [vaudeville](/source/vaudeville) star
*[Charles Holmes Herty](/source/Charles_Herty) (1867–1938), American academic, scientist, and businessman
*[Edwin Francis Jemison](/source/Edwin_Francis_Jemison) (1844–1862), Confederate Civil War soldier whose haunting photograph is one of the most reproduced images from this conflict
*[Augustus Holmes Kenan](/source/Augustus_Holmes_Kenan) (1805–1870), member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives), [Georgia Senate](/source/Georgia_Senate), [Provisional Confederate Congress](/source/Provisional_Confederate_Congress), and [First Confederate Congress](/source/First_Confederate_Congress)
*[John Marlor](/source/John_Marlor), master builder and originator of the "Milledgeville Federal" style in [Milledgeville, Georgia](/source/Milledgeville%2C_Georgia)
*[Ezra Allen "Bill" Miner](/source/Bill_Miner) (1847–1913), noted [American](/source/United_States) criminal
*[David Brydie Mitchell](/source/David_Brydie_Mitchell) (1766–1837), [Governor of Georgia](/source/Governor_of_Georgia)
*[Susan Myrick](/source/Susan_Myrick) (1893–1978), American author and newspaper columnist, known as "The [Emily Post](/source/Emily_Post) of the South"  
*[Flannery O'Connor](/source/Flannery_O'Connor) (1925–1964), American author
* [James Milton Richardson](/source/James_Milton_Richardson) (1913–1980), fifth bishop of the [Episcopal Diocese of Texas](/source/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Texas)
*[John W. A. Sanford](/source/John_W._A._Sanford) (1798–1870),  United States Representative for Georgia
*[Carl Vinson](/source/Carl_Vinson) (1883–1981), United States Representative for Georgia
*[John W. Wilcox, Jr.](/source/John_W._Wilcox%2C_Jr.) (1882–1942), [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [rear admiral](/source/Rear_Admiral_(United_States)) (memorial marker only; Wilcox was lost at sea and his body was not recovered)

==External links==
*[http://www.friendsofcems.org/memoryhill/ Memory Hill Cemetery website]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/35328/famous-memorials Find A Grave listing for Memory Hill Cemetery]
*Hill, Sean. [http://southernspaces.org/2009/morning-many-tongues "The Morning with Many Tongues."] ''Southern Spaces'', February 27, 2009

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Category:Protected areas of Baldwin County, Georgia
Category:Baldwin County, Georgia
Category:Cemeteries in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:1804 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

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