Lincolnton Presbyterian Church / Lincolnton Cemetery

Lincoln County Georgia

Approved and Accepted on

National Historic Register

by Act 1966

Land Donated by

Peter Lamar, March 3, 1823

for Religious and Educational Purposes

Lincolnton Garden Club

Organized by

Mrs. Ruth Hogan Armstrong

1950

Restored for Perpetual Care

1974

Present Members

Mrs. Iris N. Sales President

Mrs. Edith M. Aycock

Mrs. Wenona S. Cox

Mrs. ...

Where do we bury our dead? Lincoln Cemetery

The first half-acre of this cemetery was purchased in 1867 by a society of Black men calling themselves the “Sons of Goodwill,” and for many years this place was called the “Goodwill Cemetery.” The minutes of the Sons of Goodwill ...

Lincoln Cemetery

A landmark of central Pennsylvania's African American history. Established in 1827 by Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church. Among those buried here are T. Morris Chester, William Howard Day, Catherine McClintock, and at least 20 veterans of the Civil War.

Marker is ...

Lincoln Cemetery

Walking Tour Stop 21

Lincoln Cemetery is the final resting place for at least forty African American Civil War veterans, representing the famous 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, 7th, 31st, 39th and the 44th Regiment. Included in ...

Historic Fort Lincoln Cemetery

Fort Lincoln Cemetery was chartered in 1912 by an act of the Maryland General Assembly and presently contains 178 acres.

Here, at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, masterworks of marble, granite and bronze stand in solemn dignity and provides a tranquil setting ...

Lincoln Cemetery

Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. His Gettysburg Address, perhaps the single most famous speech in American history, described a "new birth of freedom" that the war ...

Lincoln Cemetery

Walking Tour Stop 21

Lincoln Cemetery is the final resting place for at least forty African American Civil War veterans, representing the famous 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, 7th, 31st, 39th and the 44th Regiment. Included in ...