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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. DECCEM_150813_035.JPG: Historic Decatur Cemetery The oldest known publicly owned burial ground in metro Atlanta, the Decatur Cemetery is believed to predate the city's 1823 incorporation. The first written record is an 1832 act of legislature providing "Commissioners for the Decatur Burial Ground." Expanded many times, the cemetery comprises 58 acres with over 20,000 grave sites. Its appearance dates from an 1881 formal landscaping plan which included well house, wrought iron fencing, and architectural details of Stone Mountain granite. The 7.5 acre "Old Cemetery" contains most 19th century interments and the historic African-American section. Monuments commemorate residents of all social strata, ethnic origins, and veterans of every American war. Here rest Col Milton A. Chandler (1837-1909), legislator & congressman; Dr. Tomas Holley Chivers (1806-1858), physician & poet; Mary A. H. Gay (1828-1918), author of Life in Dixie During the War; the Hon. Charles Murphey (1799-1861), legislator, Congressman, & delegate to the Secession Convention; Col. George Washington Scott (1829-1903), founder of Agnes Scott College; Benjamin F. Swanton (1807-1890), entrepreneur & builder of the Swanton House; and many others who shaped the history of the community.
2. DECCEM_150813_047.JPG: Honoring the memory of those who fell and served in the service of the Confederate States of America 1861-1865. Erected by the Agnes Lee Chapter UDC Decatur, GA 1984.
3. DECCEM_150813_058.JPG: Bukumba Our little black pal of the white soul born Kasai District of the Belgian Congo, Africa. Died Feb. 17, 1920 She hate done what she could
Wikipedia Description: Decatur Cemetery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Decatur Cemetery is a historic graveyard within the City of Decatur, Georgia.

History

The Decatur Cemetery is the oldest burial ground in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and it is believed to have been used even before Decatur's 1823 incorporation.

In 1852, an act by the local legislature created “Commissioners for the Decatur Burial Ground.” Numerous Civil War veterans were buried in the Decatur Cemetery, mostly in the 8-acre (3.2 ha) region now referred to as, "The Old Cemetery". The Cemetery's "Well House" was built in 1881.

Today

The Decatur Cemetery has expanded to 58 acres (23 ha) and contains well over 20,000 graves. A special section exists for cremated burials; the cemetery also contains a pond stocked with fish. This pond is also home to swans, ducks and turtles, and is a stopping place for Canada geese on migration. The cemetery is bordered by a several acre forest, which borders the Glennwood Estates neighborhood.

Features

The forested ravine east of the cemetery includes a newly completed pedestrian path that winds over a branch of Peachtree Creek. A small, but lovely waterfall is just south of the southern bridge.

At the southeast corner of the cemetery is found a rather surprising grove of giant bamboo, some with trunks over 20cm in diameter. A short path leads through this grove to the end of the Ponce de Leon Court Historic District.

Glenlake Park

On the north, the cemetery is bordered by Glenlake Park, which can be accessed by a footpath.

Notable graves

* Lt. Col. Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879); state legislator and journalist, owner of Meadow Nook
* Col. Milton A Candler (1837–1909); state senator and U.S. Congressman
* Dr Thomas Holly Chivers (1806–1858); physician and poet
* Mary Ann Harris Gay (1828–1918); author of Life in Dixie During the War
* Charles Murphey (1799–1861); Congressman and a delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention
* Col. George Washington Scott (1829–1903); founder of Agnes Scott College
* Benjamin F. Swanton (1807–1890); builder of the historic Swanton House
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