About Laurel Grove South Cemetery
Laurel Grove South Cemetery is a cemetery in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 7 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 53 notable people buried here, including Juliette Gordon Low, James Pierpont and John M. Berrien. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 316670. The nearest other listed cemetery is Laurel Grove North Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sylvania Funeral Home of Savannah, Inc. “Owned & Operated by The Flowers Family” in Savannah, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Chatham County, and 73 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 92 listings in Chatham County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Laurel Grove South Cemetery
Among them: 9 Civil War veterans, 8 US representatives, 5 writers, 4 US senators, 3 Mexican-American War veterans, 3 physicians, 2 architects, 2 artists.
- Juliette Gordon Low1860-1927Founder of the Girl Scouts
- James Pierpont1822-1893Songwriter, arranger, and composer, best known for writing and composing "Jingle Bells"
- John M. Berrien1781-1856American politician from Georgia, United States
- Lafayette McLaws1821-1897Confederate Army general
- Robert M. Charlton1807-1854American politician
- James Moore Wayne1790-1867American politician
- William Bellinger Bulloch1777-1852American politician
- Thomas M. Norwood1830-1913American politician
- Jeremy Francis Gilmer1818-1883Confederate Army general
- Henry C. Wayne1810-1883Confederate Army general
- Joseph Webber Jackson1796-1854American politician from Georgia state
- George Welshman Owens1786-1856American politician
Show all 53 notable burials
- William Henry Stiles1808-1865Confederate Army officer
- John Millen1804-1843American politician
- William Bennett Fleming1803-1886American politician
- William Tappan Thompson1812-1882American humorist
- Charles H. Olmstead1837-1926Confederate Army officer
- Edward Clifford Anderson, Sr.1815-1883United States and Confederate naval officer
- Julian Hartridge1829-1879American politician
- Moxley Sorrel1838-1901Confederate States Army officer and memoirist
- Stephen Elliott1806-1866American Protestant Episcopal bishop
- William Washington Gordon1796-1842American politician
- Augustus Schwaab1821-1899German-born American architect
- Delia Green1886-1900American murder victim
- Frank O'Driscoll Hunter1894-1982Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross
- Richard Wayne1804-1858American politician
- Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton1779-1835American writer and politician
- Abraham Minis1820-1889American merchant
- Francisco Javier Vingut1823-1857
- Henry McAlpin1777-1869Scottish master builder and architect
- Isaac Minis1780-1856
- James Johnston Waring1829-1888American physician
- John M. Cuyler1810-1884American Civil War general
- John Screven1827-1900American military officer, politician, and historian
- Peter A.S. McGlashan1831-1908
- Philip Minis1805-1855American physician, 1805-1855
- Phoebe Pember1823-1913American nurse
- Walter Charlton Hartridge Jr.1914-1974American scholar
- Willard Preston1785-1856(1785-1856) President of the University of Vermont
- William G. Austin1868-1929United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- William Washington Gordon II1834-1912American military officer and politician
- David Read Evans Winn1831-1863Civil War physician and soldier
- Eleanor Lytle Kinzie Gordon1835-1917Born 1835; died 1917
- Elizabeth Johnston Morrison1793-1872
- Emma Rosella Payne Postell1812-1840
- Isabella McAlpin1829-1867
- Jane Margaret Anderson1840-19147 May 1840 - certain 27 Jun 1914
- Lila Marguerite Cabaniss1874-1969American artist and educator
- Mary Marshall Charlton1835-1904
- Nina Anderson Pape1869-1944American educator
- Richard Randolph Cuyler1796-1865American lawyer and railroad executive
- Walter Charlton Hartridge1870-1932American lawyer
- Walter Glasco Charlton1851-1917American judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives Laurel Grove South 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
32.05872, -81.11713
What Laurel Grove South 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
- Laurel Grove North CemeterySavannah, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial GardensSavannah, GAMemorial park1.2 mi
- Old Jewish Burial GroundSavannah, GAJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Levi Sheftall CemeterySavannah, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Savannah Battlefield Memorial Park655 Louisville Road, Savannah, GAMemorial park1.5 mi
- Evergreen CemeterySavannah, GACemetery1.7 mi
- First Presbyterian Church GardenSavannah, GAPresbyterian cemetery1.7 mi
- Bull Street CemeterySavannah, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Colonial Park Cemetery200 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GACemetery2.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial CemeterySavannah, GACemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Laurel Grove South Cemetery
- Sylvania Funeral Home of Savannah, Inc. “Owned & Operated by The Flowers Family”0.6 miFuneral home · Savannah · (912) 236-6300
- Campbell & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.1.2 miFuneral home · Savannah · (912) 234-7226
- Bynes-Royall Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Savannah · (912) 233-2175
- Williams & Williams Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Savannah · (912) 234-1634
- Families First Funeral Care & Cremation Center2.7 miCremation provider · Savannah · (912) 236-6648
- Gamble Funeral Service3.3 miFuneral home · Savannah · (912) 354-1616
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Laurel Grove South Cemetery located?
Laurel Grove South Cemetery is at 2101 Kollock Street, Savannah, GA 31415 in Chatham County. GPS coordinates: 32.05872, -81.11713.
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