City Cemetery (Sandersville, Georgia)

Old City Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	100 Virginia Ave., Sandersville, GA
Coordinates:	32°58′57″N 82°48′54″W / 32.9825°N 82.815°W / 32.9825; -82.815Coordinates: 32°58′57″N 82°48′54″W / 32.9825°N 82.815°W / 32.9825; -82.815
Area:	5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	80001188[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 29, 1980

City Cemetery, also known as the Sandersville Old City Cemetery, is located in Sandersville, Georgia. It is believed the site was first used as a cemetery in the early 19th Century.

The grave of Reuben B. Barney, dated 1831, is the earliest to be found today. However there are many unknown and unmarked burials in the North-West section of the cemetery that may date earlier than 1831. Old City Cemetery began as the cemetery of the Methodist-Episcopal Church. Eventually the cemetery expanded to its current 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) which is surrounded by West Church Street to the South, West Haynes Street to the North, Virginia Avenue to the East, and private property to the West.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Old City Cemetery : History". Sandersville Old City Cemetery Committee. http://www.sandersvilleoldcitycemetery.com/History.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-14.