Rose Hill Cemetery is in Macon, Georgia, U.S. The cemetery opened in 1840. The cemetery is part of a self-guided walking tour of Macon and is the site of the bi-annual Rose Hill Ramble sponsored by the Middle Georgia Historical Society. It was designed by Simri Rose for the express purpose of being a place to visit and as a gathering place for the people of Macon and for visitors to the city. Rose was instrumental in the planning of The City of Macon and planned Rose Hill Cemetery, in return for being able to choose his own burial plot. The cemetery was a hangout and artistic inspiration for the Allman Brothers Band during their early years. The Allman Brothers' slide guitarist Duane Allman, keyboardist and vocalist Gregg Allman and bassist Berry Oakley are interred here, side by side.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Video Rose Hill Cemetery (Macon, Georgia)
Notable interments
- Duane Allman
- Gregg Allman
- Berry Oakley
- Elizabeth Reed Napier
- Clifford Anderson
- Augustus Octavius Bacon
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett
- James Henderson Blount
- Peter Bracken, engineer of the Texas locomotive
- Alfred Holt Colquitt
- Harry Stillwell Edwards
- Samuel Francis Gove
- Nathaniel Edwin Harris
- James Jackson - United States Representative from Georgia, a judge advocate in the American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
- Henry Graybill Lamar
- John Basil Lamar
- Buck Melton - former Mayor of Macon, Georgia (1975-1979)
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet
- J. Neel Reid
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns
- Blanton Winship - Major general of the United States Army, Judge Advocate General (1931-1933)
Maps Rose Hill Cemetery (Macon, Georgia)
References
External links
- Find A Grave listing for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Official History of Rose Hill Cemetery
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