Maplewood Cemetery (Pulaski, Tennessee)
Coordinates: 35°11′32.2649″N 87°1′38.0100″W / 35.192295806°N 87.027225000°W
Maplewood Cemetery | |
The cemetery in 2015 | |
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Location | South Sam Davis Avenue, Pulaski, Tennessee |
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Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
Built | 1855 |
NRHP reference # | 05000854[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 15, 2005 |
The Maplewood Cemetery, formerly known as the New Pulaski Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S..
History
The cemetery was established as the New Pulaski Cemetery in 1855.[2] The oldest section, known as Old Maplewood, contains the burials of whites and blacks.[2] In 1878, another section was added for African-American burials.[2] The name was changed to Maplewood Cemetery in 1880.[2] It was further expanded in 1907 and the 1940s.[2]
The first person to be buried in Old Maplewood was Robert H. Watkins, a planter.[2] The black burials are unmarked, while the white burials are often adorned with sculptures of angels and obelisks.[2] There is a sub-section for the 85 veterans of the Confederate States Army buried there, including a monument dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1913.[2] Other burials include Masons, and 40 veterans of the United States Colored Troops.[2]
Notable burials include Confederate General John C. Brown, Confederate Brigadier-General John Adams, Confederate Colonel John Goff Ballentine, Confederate Congressmen Thomas McKissick Jones and James McCallum, and Thomas Martin, the founder of Martin Methodist College.[2]
The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 15, 2005.[3]
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.