City Cemeteries
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Additional Cemetery Information
1. Marietta City Cemetery
The City Cemetery located at 395 Powder Springs St. is in Land Lot 1290, District 16. It was established in the 1830s and provides the final resting place for a broad cross section of the community's early residents, notably without the barriers between different races, religions and backgrounds common to Georgia at that time. Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 252-352, refers to this as "Citizens Cemetery" and lists those buried there.
This text isavailable for reference at the Cobb County Central Library, 266 Roswell St., in the Georgia Room. To find the gravesite of specific individuals use the
City Cemetery and Confederate Cemetery Brochure
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2. Marietta National Cemetery
Located in Land Lot 1233, District 16
With the death toll rising rapidly during the Civil War, the idea to bury war dead in national cemeteries was conceived in 1862. Many people mistakenly believe that the cemetery at Gettysburg, dedicated so eloquently by President Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, was the first such cemetery. However, by the time it was built others existed from Annapolis, Md., to Fort Smith, Ark.
During the Atlanta Campaign and later "The March to the Sea," Union and Confederate dead were buried across the fields of Georgia. Henry Greene Cole, a prominent Marietta citizen and owner of Cole's, an inn near the railroad depot, proposed the idea for the Marietta National Cemetery Also supporting the idea was Dix Fletcher, owner of the Fletcher House.Both men were ardent Unionists.
Cole offered a few acres of land near downtown for the cemetery, and the offer was eventually accepted by the federal government. The cemetery was to contain the graves of both Union and Confederate dead. However, Marietta officials did not want Confederate dead to be buried near Yankee dead, so they formed a separate Confederate Cemetery.
Over the next three years Union soldiers from Dalton to Augusta were disinterred and reinterred at the Marietta National Cemetery. These men had been buried with wooden gravemarkers, and by 1869, when the last group was transferred, many of the markers and the names were gone. More than 17,000 men are buried here, more than 3,000 of them unknown. Many of the men died during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and a total of 10,172 died during the Civil War.
In addition to running the Marietta National Cemetery, Cole and Fletcher worked for the Western and Atlantic Railroad after the war. Although many Southerners had doubts about both Cole and Fletcher's loyalties during the war, none of the suspicions were ever proven, although Mr. Cole did spend a few nights in a Confederate jail in South Carolina, suspected of being a Union spy. He was released after Joseph E. Johnston surrendered in April, 1865.
Entrance to the grounds is through an arch on Washington Avenue. The grounds has a number of ways to locate markers. A number of states have erected monuments to the slain men buried on the beautifully landscaped grounds.
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3. Marietta Confederate Cemetery
Established in 1863, this was originally the resting place for 20 Confederate soldiers killed in a train wreck north of Marietta. Located in Land Lot 1290, District 16, the address is 381 Powder Springs St. After the Civil War more than 3,000 Confederate soldiers who died elsewhere were recovered and reburied there. By 1902 their wooden markers had deteriorated, and many names were lost by that time. They were replaced with plain marble markers. Those names that are known are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 352-361
The Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Ga., began in 1863. Adjacent to the older Marietta City Cemetery, Marietta Confederate Cemetery is on a hill overlooking the downtown square from the south. This is the final resting place for Confederate soldiers from nearby hospitals and the battles of the Atlanta Campaign that took place around Marietta, including Kolb's Farm and Kennesaw Mountain.
In 1833 the first church in Marietta was built on the site that today holds the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. In 1839 the baptist church moved closer to downtown, on the aptly named Church Street just north of Marietta Square. John Glover, who was Marietta's first mayor, bought the land as part of a larger parcel shortly after he arrived in 1848. Jane Glover, his wife, officially gave the land to the "Memorial Association" in 1867, but the city began using land to bury Confederate war dead four years earlier, with Glover's permission.
That year a train wreck near Emerson, Ga., not far from Allatoona Pass brought the war home for the people of this small Georgia town. The dead were buried on a hill beneath an oak tree.
As the Marietta operations began, the city prepared for inevitable dead. By then Marietta had witnessed the carnage of battle a number of times. Confederate wounded from Chickamauga were transported through the railway station at Dalton to Marietta. A number of buildings, including the Kennesaw House, served as hospitals, and the cemetery accepted its first men killed in battle.
With the launch of the Atlanta Campaign on May 4, 1864, Marietta became a major hospital town for the Confederacy, and the number of dead in the Confederate Cemetery began to rise. Burials of Confederate soldiers on the site continued until July 2, 1864, when William T. Sherman took the city.
Prior to1867 Henry Cole, aprominent businessman and ardent Unionist, proposed the Marietta National Cemetery, intended to include the bodies of men who died on both sides during the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea. Southerners in many towns, including Marietta, were outraged at the idea of burying Confederate dead in the same graveyard as Yankees. When the national cemetery was approved, Mrs. Glover donated the land containing the Confederate war dead.
Over the years the Confederate Cemetery suffered. Unlike the nearby National Cemetery, the Confederate Cemetery had to rely on donations, mainly from Marietta citizens. The area fell into disrepair over the years. However, thanks to the efforts of many local groups, including the Marietta Confederate Cemetery Foundation, over the past 20-25 years many repairs and improvements have been made, returning the cemetery to its former glory.
List of soldiers buried by state:
City Cemetery and Confederate Cemetery Brochure
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4. Saint James Episcopal Cemetery
This private cemetery founded in 1843 is located at the corner of Polk and Winn streets in Land Lot 1219, District 16. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 188-206.
Saint James Episcopal Church
161 Church St.
Marietta, GA 30060
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5. Hangman's Hill
Located on private property at the intersection of North Saint Marys Lane and Kennesaw Avenue, in Land Lot 1077, District 16, this cemetery contains about 15 unmarked graves of convicted criminals. Only four are marked with fieldstones.
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6. Crest Hill Cemetery
On the corner of Polk Street and Ridge Avenue, in Land Lot 1156, District 16, this cemetery contains both black and white burials dating back to the 1930s. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 160-185.
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7. Mountain View Park Cemetery
Located at 410 Whitlock Ave., in Land lot 1221, District 16, this large private cemetery is the burial site of more than 2,000 people. It was established about 1927. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 206-252.
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8. Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery
This large cemetery is located north of Whitlock Avenue and covers approximately 40 acres of rolling hills with view of Kennesaw Mountain. It is in Land Lot 326, District 20.
Kennesaw Memorial Park Offices
1306 Whitlock Avenue
Marietta, GA 30064
770-428-0502
Kennesaw Memorial Park
Also, see Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, page 80-163 for a listing of people interred before the 1991 publication date.
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9. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
This cemetery is near the old location of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and behind the retirement home at 1170 Whitlock Ave. in Land Lot 325, District 20. There are approximately 85 internments, which are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, pages 338-339.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
566 Whitlock Ave.
Marietta, GA 30064
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10. New Hope Methodist
At 700 Wylie Road in Land Lot 574, District 17, this cemetery is adjacent to New Hope Methodist Church. It is the resting place of approximately 200 people. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 396-400.
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11. Haney Grove Baptist
Located at 1345 Franklin Road in Land Lot 727, District 17, the Haney Grove Baptist Church cemetery is the final resting place for approximately 90 people. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 417-418.
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12. Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery
Established in 1952, this is a 63-acre cemetery and funeral home.
Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery
2000 Cobb Pkwy. South
Marietta, GA 30060
770-952-4478
Land Lot 732, District 17
Georgia Memorial Park
Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, page 419-464 also lists names of people buried before the date of publication.
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13. Hargrove
Located on Windy Hill Road, in Land Lot 804, District 17, this small family cemetery contains 20 people. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 464-465.
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14. Taylor
Located in Land Lot 1210, District 16, this cemetery is located on a strip of right-of-way between I-75 and Woolco Road parallel to the fence line. Only one name is listed: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, page 187
There are approximately 18 additional graves marked with fieldstones (page 9).
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15. Gresham Cemetery (Old)
This cemetery is off Bankston Road in Land Lot 1068, District 16 in Marietta and reported to be in very poor conditionInternments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, pages 50-51, lists 28 names of people interred here.
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16. Custer Street
Located in Land Lot 1090, District 16, this is between the parking lot at 611 North Cobb Pkwy. and 590 Fairground St. Two gravesites. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, page 160.
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17. Barmore Cemetery
This cemetery location was near the area of Canton Highway and Cobb Parkway North. Two graves were reportedly moved to the Marietta City Cemetery when the roads were widened. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, page 6.
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18. Shady Grove Baptist
Located at 1654 Bells Ferry Road, in Land Lot 200, District 18, east of I-75. Call Shady Grove Baptist Church at 770-428-0216for information. More than 60 people are interred. Internments are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, pages 138-139.
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19. Paupers Cemetery #1
Located at the corner of Fairground and Haley streets, in Land Lot 361, District 17. This cemetery site was at the location of the Federal-Marietta Housing Project and before that, the old County Farm, which included an almshouse, or poorhouse. The cemetery has no markers, and the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center was built around it. No names are listed: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II, page 330
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20. Wildwood Cemetery
The cemetery located at the corner of South Cobb Drive and Barclay Circle is known as Wildwood Cemetery. There is no documentation on this cemetery.
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Additional information
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City Cemetery and Confederate Cemetery Brochure
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Map of City Cemeteries
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Parker, Elizabeth Ann, Ted O. Brooke, ed. Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. II. Marietta: The Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. 1991.
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Seymour, Ann Bishop, ed. Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I. Marietta: G.W. Publications, Inc., 1984.
For general city cemetery information:
Joan Ellars
770-794-5606