Find A Grave - Chatham County

Aiken, Conrad b. August 5, 1889 d. August 17, 1973
Author. Born in Savannah, Georgia, when he was a small boy his father killed his mother and then himself, a tragedy that had an influence on his development. From age 11 he was raised by a distant relative in Massachusetts and he studied at Harvard University from 1908 to 1912, where his classmates included poet T.S. Eliot. After World War I he divided his time between the United States and England and played a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Anderson, Robert Houston b. October 1, 1835 d. February 8, 1888
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. An 1857 graduate of West Point, he graduated 35th in his class, then served at a New York state garrison and at Fort Walla Walla in Washington Territory as a lieutenant of infantry. At the time of the secession crisis, he accepted a commission as a Confederate lieutenant of artillery and was listed as "absent without leave" from the United States Army until May 17, 1861, when his resignation was received. Promoted to Major September 1861, he assumed the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Bartow, Francis S. b. 1816 d. July 21, 1861
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as a Colonel, and was killed along with Gen. Bernard Bee while defending Henry House Hill during the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Two markers are on the hill marking where he fell. The new one has a bronze plague, but if you look at the base of a large cedar tree you will find the origional stone marker almost covered over by the growth of the tree. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Berrien, John Macpherson b. August 23, 1781 d. January 1, 1856
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1825 to 1829. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1810, Member of the Georgia State Senate from 1822 to 1823, United States Attorney General from 1829 to 1831, and Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court in 1845. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Booth Jr., Eugene b. September 28, 1912 d. March 6, 2004
Noted Physicist. He was a distinguished physicist who made pioneering scientific and engineering contributions to U.S. nuclear programs. He was involved with the Manhattan Project, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. He died in Briarcliff Manor, New York, at the age of 92.
His parents were Eugene Theodore and Lucy Gibson Booth and his brothers and sister were William, Harold and Christine Booth Johnston. In the family, Eugene's nickname was "Dudes". (Bio by: Always with Love)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Bryan, Rev. Andrew b. 1737 d. October 12, 1812
Religious Leader. Slave and minister who organized one of the oldest African-American congregations in North America. In 1782, after being baptised, he began preaching in Chatham County in Georgia. In 1788 he purhased his freedom and formed a congregation in Savannah, Georgia, which was chartered under the name of Bryan Street African Baptist Church. On September 4, 1793 he obtained the lot where the church now stands. By 1800, when the congregation had grown to about 700, they reorganized...[Read More]
Laurel Grove Cemetery South, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Bryan, Joseph b. August 18, 1773 d. September 12, 1812
US Congressman. He was educated at England's Cambridge University and studied law under US Attorney General Edmund Randolph in Philadelphia. Bryan studied under Randolph at the same time as future US Senator John Randolph...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Bryan Family Cemetery (Nonchalance Estate), Wilmington, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Above ground vault
Bulloch, Archibald b. 1730 d. February 22, 1777
US Continental Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1757 and commenced the practice of law in Savannah, Georgia. He was elected speaker of the Georgia Royal Assembly in 1772 and was president of the Georgia Provincial Congress in 1775. In 1775, he was elected as a Delegate to the First Continental Congress and in 1776, was elected the first Provincial President Chief of Georgia, serving until his death. He was also the father of US Congressman William Bellinger Bulloch and great-great-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Section A-106
Bulloch, William Bellinger b. 1777 d. May 6, 1852
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1813 to 1815. Also served as Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, in 1812, Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, and Member of the Georgia State Senate. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Camoflauge (Johnson) (Jason) b. December 9, 1981 d. May 19, 2003
Rap Musician. Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, he first played in the local area and released songs on Savannah record labels before branching out. He released 3 albums, "Strictly 4 Da Streets" "Sex, Drugs And Violence, Vol. 1" and "Keeping It Real" on different labels including Pure Pain Records, Uptown/Universal and R&D. His songs include, "Weeded Out Lyrics," "Bring Da Pain," "I Represent," among many others. He was shot to death as he walked with his son to a recording studio on May 19...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Cause of death: Fatally shot
Laurel Grove Cemetery South, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Chapman, Edythe b. October 8, 1863 d. October 15, 1948
Actress in 115 films, only a few of them were sound films: "A Mormon Maid," (silent), "Tom Sawyer (silent), "Huckleberry Finn" (silent), "The Ten Commandments" (silent), "The King of Kings" (silent) and "The Student Prince of Old Heidelberg" (silent). (Bio by: TLS)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Neill Family Plott - Section E, Lot 171
Charlton, Robert Milledge b. January 19, 1807 d. January 18, 1854
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1852 to 1853. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, State Court Judge in 1832, United States District Attorney for Georgia from 1839 to 1840, and Mayor of Savannah, Georgia. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Clay, Joseph b. October 16, 1741 d. November 15, 1804
Continental Congressman. He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War fist as a Major in the Georgia Line, then as Colonel and deputy paymaster for the State of Georgia. He was elected as a Delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress in 1778, but never attended, due to his service in the field.
Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Clinch, Duncan Lamont b. April 6, 1787 d. November 27, 1849
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1844 to 1845. (Bio by: K)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Confederate Memorial, Laurel Grove [memorial]
The sculpture known as "Silence", was originally part of a Confederate memorial erected in Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia in 1875. In 1878, the sculpture was relocated to the Laurel Grove Cemetery to mark the graves of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. The figure stands in the middle of Soldier's Circle, a grassy knoll with the remains of twelve Confederate soldiers. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Cuyler, John Meck b. March 9, 1810 d. April 26, 1884
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A native of Savannah Georgia, he lived his entire adult life serving as a soldier in United States Army. After attending Athens College, his army career began on April 1, 1834 as an Assistant Surgeon. It was on February 16, 1847 and 13 years later that a promotion to Major came while he was a member of the United States Medical Corps. During the Civil War, his responsibilities increased on June 11, 1862 when he became the Medical Inspector with the rank...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Lot 124
Cuyler, Richard R. b. 1798 d. 1869
Attorney. City Alderman, Savannah, Georgia, 1848-1849 and 1851-1852. President of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company in Savannah.
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Edwards, Charles Gordon b. July 2, 1878 d. July 13, 1931
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1917, and 1925 until his death in 1931. (Bio by: K)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Elbert, Samuel b. 1740 d. November 1, 1788
US Revolutionary War Brigadier General, Georgia Governor. In 1775, he was a member of the Georgia council on safety and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Grenadier Guard. At the start of the Revolutionary War, he entered the Continental Army and was promoted to Colonel in September 1776. He commanded a battalion of Continental troops against the British in East Florida in 1777 and captured Fort Frederica at St. Simons Island, Georgia, in May 1778. At the Battle of Briar Creek, South Carolina in 1779...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot: section A-65. Source:WPA Project 1937
Elliott Sr., Stephen b. August 31, 1806 d. December 21, 1866
Episcopal bishop of Georgia and a founder of the Universty of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Father of Confederate General Stephen Elliott, Jr.
Laurel Grove Cemetery (North), Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA

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