Entrance and groundskeeper house in 2011
Oconee Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in
Athens, Georgia , United States. The extant cemetery opened in 1856 and is located near the
University of Georgia .
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Oconee Hill Cemetery was purchased in 1855 by the city of Athens when further burials were prohibited in the
old town cemetery on land owned by the University of Georgia. In 1856, the city formed a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees to hold and manage in trust the original purchase of 17 acres (69,000 m2 ) on the west side of the
North Oconee River as a public cemetery for the benefit of the town.
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On May 22, 2013, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places .
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Notable interments
Omer Clyde Aderhold , president of the University of Georgia.
David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. , chancellor (president) of the
University of Georgia .
William M. Browne , general in the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War .
Frank Hardeman Brumby , United States Navy four-star admiral.
Wally Butts ,
Georgia Bulldogs football head coach.
Henry Hull Carlton ,
United States Representative for
Georgia's 8th congressional district .
Eve Carson , Student Leader from University of North Carolina, and homicide victim.
Augustin Smith Clayton , United States Representative from Georgia.
Howell Cobb , 23rd
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ,
Governor of Georgia ,
United States Secretary of the Treasury .
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb ,
Confederate general.
Frederick Corbet Davison , president of the University of Georgia.
Vince Dooley , former head coach of the
Georgia Bulldogs and former
athletic director of the
University of Georgia .
Ben T. Epps , known as "Georgia's First Aviator" and an American aviation pioneer.
Luther Glenn ,
Mayor of Atlanta from 1858 to 1860.
Sampson Willis Harris , United States Representative for Alabama's 3rd congressional district and Alabama's 7th congressional district.
Young L.G. Harris , Athens Judge, state representative and namesake of
Young Harris College and
Young Harris, Georgia
Bill Hartman , former
Georgia Bulldogs football player and coach and
Washington Redskins player.
Walter Barnard Hill , chancellor (president) of the University of Georgia.
William Bailey Lamar ,
United States Representative for
Florida's 3rd congressional district .
Andrew A. Lipscomb , chancellor (president) of the University of Georgia.
Crawford Long , physician noted for early use of diethyl ether as an anesthetic.
Ann Orr Morris , Athens-born silversmith and jeweller.
Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. ,
United States Representative for
Georgia's 8th congressional district .
Dean Rusk ,
United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents
John F. Kennedy and
Lyndon B. Johnson .
Mildred Lewis Rutherford ,
[4] historian general of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy .
Lucy May Stanton , artist known for her
portrait miniatures
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Robert Grier Stephens Jr. ,
United States Representative for
Georgia's 10th congressional district .
Samuel Joelah Tribble , United States Representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district.
Ricky Wilson , guitarist in the
rock band
The B-52's .
Further reading
Marshall, Charlotte Thomas (2009). Oconee Hill Cemetery of Athens, Georgia . Vol. I. Athens, Georgia: Athens Historical Society. p. 620.
ISBN
978-0972530217 .
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