Maplewood Cemetery (Pulaski, Tennessee)

The Maplewood Cemetery, formerly known as the New Pulaski Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S..

Maplewood Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The cemetery in 2015
Location	South Sam Davis Avenue, Pulaski, Tennessee
Area	16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built	1855
NRHP reference No.	05000854[1]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 2005

History

The cemetery was established as the New Pulaski Cemetery in 1855.[2] The oldest section, known as Old Maplewood, contains the burials of whites and blacks.[2] In 1878, another section was added for African-American burials.[2] The name was changed to Maplewood Cemetery in 1880.[2] It was further expanded in 1907 and the 1940s.[2]

The first person to be buried in Old Maplewood was Robert H. Watkins, a planter.[2] The black burials are unmarked, while the white burials are often adorned with sculptures of angels and obelisks.[2] There is a sub-section for the 85 veterans of the Confederate States Army buried there, including a monument dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1913.[2] Other burials include Masons, and 40 veterans of the United States Colored Troops.[2]

Notable burials include Confederate General John C. Brown, Confederate Brigadier-General John Adams, Confederate Colonel John Goff Ballentine, Confederate Congressmen Thomas McKissick Jones and James McCallum, and Thomas Martin, the founder of Martin Methodist College.[2]

The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 15, 2005.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
3. "Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.