Magnolia Cemetery (Augusta, Georgia)
Magnolia Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Augusta, Georgia. It was officially founded in August 1818. Spanning over 60 acres, it is home to the final resting place of seven Confederate Generals, five Jewish cemeteries, a Greek Cemetery, and the oldest tree in the state of Georgia,.
History
The land where Magnolia Cemetery is located was at one time part of a plantation with the first official burial in August 1818. Academy of Richmond County owned the first two blocks and they sold it to the City Council of Augusta for $800 in 1817.
Notable interments
- Edward Porter Alexander, Confederate Brigadier General
- Goode Bryan, Confederate General
- Victor Girardey, Confederate Brigadier General
- John King Jackson, Confederate Brigadier General
- John Martin, American Revolutionary War Soldier, lived to the age of 105
- James Ryder Randall, poet and educator
- William Duncan Smith, Confederate General
- Marcellus A. Stovall, Confederate General
- Thomas Wightman, painter
- Ambrose Wright, Confederate Major General
Supposed paranormal activity
Many visitors have reported seeing a ghostly figure of an elderly women in a gray suit, colloquially referred to as the Gray Lady.
