About Summerville Cemetery
Summerville Cemetery is a cemetery near Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. It lies about 2.5 mi east of Augusta. The grounds sit at about 358 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including George W. Crawford, John Milledge and Charles J. Jenkins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 358061. The nearest funeral home we know of is Platt's Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Augusta, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 122 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Augusta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Summerville Cemetery
Among them: 3 governors, 3 US representatives, 2 US senators, 2 writers, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Supreme Court justice.
- George W. Crawford1798-1872American politician
- John Milledge1757-1818American politician
- Charles J. Jenkins1805-1883American politician
- Joseph Rucker Lamar1857-1916American Supreme Court Justice
- Alfred Cumming1802-1873Governor of the Utah territory
- John Pendleton King1799-1888American politician
- William Henry Fleming1856-1944American politician
- Alfred Cumming1829-1910Confederate Army general
- Sarah Lowe Twiggs1839-1920Poet
- Berry Fleming1899-1989American writer
- Henry Harford Cumming1799-1866American lawyer
- Pleasant A. Stovall1857-1935American diplomat
Show all 18 notable burials
- Tillie Lamar1865-1891American football player
- William Cumming1788-1863American planter and soldier
- Ann Clay1767-1849
- Boykin Wright1852-1932American lawyer and legislator
- Constance Cabell1862-1942
- Thomas Cumming1765-1834First mayor of Augusta, Georgia
People whose Wikidata entry gives Summerville Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Summerville Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Rock of Ages CME Church CemeteryAugusta, GAChurch cemetery0.1 mi
- Summerville Cemetery - Fitten StreetAugusta, GACemetery0.3 mi
- Sand Hills CemeteryAugusta, GACemetery0.4 mi
- Arsenal CemeteryAugusta, GACemetery0.6 mi
- Walker CemeteryAugusta, GACemetery0.6 mi
- Old Watkins CemeteryAugusta, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Heckle Family CemeteryAugusta, GAFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Westover Memorial ParkAugusta, GAMemorial park0.8 mi
- Pugh Family CemeteryAugusta, GAFamily cemetery0.9 mi
- Holy Innocents Memorial GardenAugusta, GAMemorial park1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Summerville Cemetery
- Everlasting Granite & Marble0.6 miMonument dealer · Augusta · (706) 733-6140
- Platt's Funeral Home and Cremation Services1.1 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 733-3636
- Williams Funeral Home Inc2.5 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 722-5551
- Elliott Sons Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 722-5566
- W H Mays Mortuary2.7 miMortuary · Augusta · (706) 722-6401
- G L Brightharp & Sons Mortuary2.8 miMortuary · North Augusta · (803) 279-0026
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