The American Mission Cemetery (1854 - 1904) is associated with the site of the first American Mission Church in Kodaikanal (erected 1854-1857, removed 1902).

The cemetery has been referred to in the past as the "Old Cemetery for the Church-under-the-Hill" (Wyckoff, Charlotte Chandler. 1964. "Kodaikanal: Gift of the Forest," page 6) and is referred to as the "Old American Cemetery" by BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia).

"The Monument.
"If the Mission could not maintain the old church for services for Europeans, no more could it maintain it in emptiness; and no member of the Mission would consent to leave it to tumble down from neglect. It was a place of precious memories, standing amid the graves of many loved ones, beautified by flowers and guarded by rugged rhododendrons. It was therefore agreed that the old building should be removed and replaced by a monument to those who had worshipped in it, and lay buried near it. Tracy was authorised to dispose of the materials and receive subscriptions for this purpose. This was done in 1904, the new church having been finished and occupied in 1890. The inscriptions are:
EASTERN SIDE
This Monument
Marks the Site of the
First
American Mission Church
in Kodaikanal.
Erected 1854-7
----Removed 1902.----

WESTERN SIDE
In
Loving Remembrance
of those
who once worshipped God
----in this place----

To the Memory
of those who lie buried
In this Cemetery"
[quoted from pages 397-398, Chandler, John S. [1912?] Seventy-five Years in the Madura Mission. A history of the Mission in South India, under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 471 p. American Madura Mission. Madras; printed by W. Mumford]