About Memory Hill Cemetery
Memory Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 305 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 23 notable people buried here, including Flannery O'Connor, Carl Vinson and William Usery. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 318031. The nearest other listed cemetery is Howard - Williamson Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Moores Funeral Home and Crematory in Milledgeville, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 161 cemeteries we list in Baldwin County, and 168 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Milledgeville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memory Hill Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 2 World War II veterans, 2 writers, 1 architect, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran.
- Flannery O'Connor1925-1964American writer
- Carl Vinson1883-1981Democratic United States Congressman
- William Usery1923-2016American politician
- David Brydie Mitchell1766-1837American politician
- George P. Doles1830-1864Confederate Army general
- Tomlinson Fort1787-1859American politician
- Bill Miner1846-1913American outlaw
- Charles Herty1867-1938American chemist, academic, football coach
- John W. Wilcox, Jr.1882-1942American admiral, college athletics administrator
- Seaton Grantland1782-1864American politician
- Thomas P. Carnes1762-1822American politician
- Augustus Holmes Kenan1805-1870American politician
Show all 23 notable burials
- John W. A. Sanford1798-1870American politician and farmer
- John Marlor1789-1835American architect
- Joseph Harris Chappell1849-1906American educator, university president
- Iverson L. Harris1805-1876American judge
- Tomlinson Fort1839-1910Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Henry Walter Thomas1842-1909American author
- John A. Sibley1888-1986American attorney, banker and civic leader
- Julia Forceborn 1860Accused murderer
- Richard H. Hutchings1869-1947American psychiatrist
- Samuel K. Talmage1798-1865Born 1798; died 1865
- Thomas Fitzgerald Green1804-1879American psychiatrist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memory Hill 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 Memory Hill 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
- Howard - Williamson CemeteryHardwick, GACemetery0.6 mi
- West View CemeteryMilledgeville, GACemetery1.1 mi
- Old Midway CemeteryHardwick, GACemetery1.2 mi
- Bone CemeteryMilledgeville, GACemetery1.2 mi
- Riverside CemeteryMilledgeville, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Gunnar F. Sjolin MemorialHardwick, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Killings CemeteryHardwick, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Rutherford Family CemeteryHardwick, GAFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Johnson Family CemeteryHardwick, GAFamily cemetery2.1 mi
- Randolph CemeteryHardwick, GACemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Memory Hill Cemetery
- Moores Funeral Home and Crematory0.3 miCremation provider · Milledgeville · (478) 452-3024
- Slater's Funeral Home Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-2412
- People's Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-0505
- Hurt's Funeral Home Of Milledgeville1.3 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-2780
- Williams Funeral Home and Crematory2.1 miCremation provider · Milledgeville
- Williams Funeral Home and Cemetery2.1 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-2148
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