Old Simkins Cemetery

1/2 mile west, on "Ceder Fields" plantation, is buried the family of Captain Arthur Simkins, soldier in the American Revolution and a founder of Edgefield. Born in Virginia on Dec. 10, 1742, he died Sept. 29, 1826. He was a ...

Union Cemetery

Union Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti- slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secessionist sentiment ...

Memory Hill Cemetery

As part of the Historic District of Milledgeville

has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on W. Franklin Street (U.S. 441) near S. Liberty Street, ...

Fort McArthur Cemetery

Approximately 1000 feet east of this marker lies the graves of sixteen American soldiers from Fort McArthur who gave their lives during the War of 1812. The fort, a one-half acre timber stockade containing huts, was built in the summer ...

The Jackson Family Cemetery

Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.

Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones ...

Bacon Race Church and Cemetery

The first of three churches, variously known as Occoquan Meeting House, Bacon Race Church, and Oak Grove Church, was built on this site c. 1774. Led by Elder David Thomas, it was Prince William County’s first Baptist Church. These churches ...

Coloma’s Pioneer Cemetery

Thousands of people emigrated to California with the dream of riches for themselves and have found their final rest in these hallowed grounds.

The exact date that the cemetery was founded is unknown. The earliest known graves date from 1849. In ...

Saint John’s Cemetery

This is Coloma’s Catholic Cemetery. There were probably some internments here early in the 1850’s. Many of the early burials were marked by wooden markers that have long since disappeared. The oldest existing headstone is dated 1861. This cemetery contains ...

Pioneer Cemetery

This cemetery, also called “Coloma Protestant” Cemetery, “Sutter’s Mill” Cemetery, and “Vineyard House” Cemetery, is the final resting place for many ‘49ers. Among these graves are the remains of miners, farmers, merchants, tradesmen and their families, as well as murderers ...

Sutter Mill Cemetery – 1848

Originated at time of gold discovery also known as “Coloma Protestant” or “Vineyard House” Cemetery. Still used by local pioneer families.

Marker is on Cold Springs Road, on the right when traveling north.

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