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Summerville Cemetery, also called the Cumming Family Cemetery, is a historic burial ground in Augusta's Summerville neighborhood whose origins reach back to the early 1700s. Enclosed by a brick wall and bounded by Cumming, Harford, Mount Auburn, and Johns streets, it earned the nickname 'The Political Graveyard' for the many politicians laid to rest within it. Sitting about a mile and a half from Augusta University, it holds numerous graves of local and state note.
Summerville Cemetery is a cemetery in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 60 cemeteries documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4808, -82.0162 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Summerville Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Home of Charles Jones Jenkins, Jr., LL. D., Reid-Jones-Carpenter House, and Montrose.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Summerville Cemetery, also called the Cumming Family Cemetery, is a historic burial ground in Augusta's Summerville neighborhood whose origins reach back to the early 1700s. Enclosed by a brick wall and bounded by Cumming, Harford, Mount Auburn, and Johns streets, it earned the nickname 'The Political Graveyard' for the many politicians laid to rest within it. Sitting about a mile and a half from Augusta University, it holds numerous graves of local and state note.
Sources: findagrave.com
“Summerville Cemetery” names 3 distinct records in Richmond County. This page is the cemetery in Augusta. The others:
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