- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Summerville Cemetery historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Richmond County
Cemeteries--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Cumming Road at John's Road, Augusta
Text of marker: "SUMMERVILLE CEMETERY. In this cemetery are buried the following eminent Georgians: JOHN MILLEDGE (1757-1818), Revolutionary officer, Congressman, Governor (1802-1806), Senator. He gave the land on which the University of Georgia is built. GEORGE WALKER CRAWFORD (1798-1872), lawyer, legislator, Congressman, Governor (1843-1847), Secretary of War under President Zachary Taylor, President of the State Secession Convention (1861). CHARLES JONES JENKINS (1805-1883), lawyer, jurist, legislator, State Senator, Governor (1865-1868). Removed from office by Gen. Meade, he hid the State Seal, records and funds until Governor James Milton Smith was inaugurated in 1872. ALFRED CUMMING (1802-1873), Superintendent of Indian Affairs on upper Missouri, appointed by President Buchanan first Governor of Territory of Utah (1857-1861) during the "Mormon War." He retired from office when Georgia seceded from the Union. JOSEPH RUCKER LAMAR (1857-1916), lawyer, legislator, jurist, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1911-1916). He compiled "The Code of the State of Georgia." THOMAS CUMMING (1765-1834), the first "intendant" (Mayor) of Augusta (1798). He gave the land for this cemetery. 121-36 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_summerville-cemetery
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_summerville-cemetery
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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