It was established in 1855. The property includes a contributing mid-19th-century municipal cemetery, an early-20th-century African-American cemetery, a monument to Confederate dead (1881), an enclosure wall, and a caretaker's lodge. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Notable people buried there include
A.P. Hill (1825-1865), Confederate general, United States Congressmen
John S. Barbour (1790–1855) and
John Franklin Rixey (1854–1907). ==References==