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Old City Cemetery (Columbus, Georgia)

The Old City Cemetery, also known as Linwood Cemetery, is a 28.7-acre (11.6 ha) cemetery on what is now Linwood Boulevard, in Columbus, Georgia. It dates from 1828, when the town of Columbus was founded, or before. It appears in surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas's original plan for the city. The cemetery consists mostly of rectangular family plots bordered by iron fences or walls made of brick or granite, accessed by a main east–west corridor and perpendicular lanes. It includes both simple and elaborate tombstones, some displaying Egyptian Revival or Gothic styles.

Notable burials
James Abercrombie (1792–1861), US Representative • Henry L. Benning (1814–1875), American Civil War CSA general for whom nearby Fort Benning was once named (currently named after CPL Fred G. Benning) • Mark Harden Blandford (1826–1902), CSA Congressman • Absalom Harris Chappell (1801–1878), US Representative • Peyton H. Colquitt (1831–1863), Civil War Confederate officer • Walter T. Colquitt (1799–1855), US Senator • Martin Jenkins Crawford (1820–1883), US Representative and CSA Congressman • Noble Leslie DeVotie (1838–1861), founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity == References ==
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