
Please feel free to add profiles for people associated with the city of Atlanta. Wikipedia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. With an estimated 2019 population of 506,811, it is also the 37th most populous city in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to more than 6 million people ...
The Battle of Peachtree Creek (or Peach Tree Creek), July 20, 1864: The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. It was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood since taking command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The attack was against Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Union army, which was perched...
Wikipedia =Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the largest institution of higher education by enrollment based in Georgia and is in the top 10 in the nation in number of students with a diverse majority-minority student ...
Westview Cemetery,Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia: Find a Grave Westview Cemetery Also known as West View Cemetery LOCATION 1680 Westview Drive SW Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30310 USA PHONE 404-755-6611 WEBSITE www.westviewcemetery.com/ MEMORIALS 59,993 added (75% photographed) Westview is a very large cemetery with over 125,000 graves. For photo requests, please contact the cemeter...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, Georgia. History Fulton County was created in 1853. It was named in honor of Hamilton Fulton, a railroad official who acted as surveyor for the Western and Atlantic Railroad and also as chief engineer of the state. After surveying the area that is now Fulton County, Fulton convinced state officials that a railroad...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, Ohio. Official Website The county was created in 1850 and is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. Adjacent Counties Henry County Hillsdale County, Michigan Lenawee County, Michigan Lucas County Williams County Cities & Villages Archbold Delta Fayette Lyons Metamora Swanton ...
Wikipedia ==Georgia Tech=The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, Tech, or GT) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. It is a part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia; Metz, France; Athlone, Ireland; Shanghai, China; and Singapore.The educational institution was founded in 1885 ...
Wikipedia Clark Atlanta University is a private, historically black university in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was formed in 1988 with the consolidation of Clark College (founded in 1869) and Atlanta University (founded in 1865). Clark Atlanta University is a member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and is the largest institution in the Atlanta University Center Consortium....
Wikipedia Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college (HBCU) located in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The College assumes special responsibility for teaching the history and culture of black people. Morehouse is one of a few remaining traditional men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.Morehouse is the largest men's college in the United ...
Lincoln Cemetery Also known as Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Generally, staff is willing to provide the location of a grave if someone calls (404-255-0750) and asks. It is essential to have the section and plot number in order to locate the grave as this is a massive cemetery. Arlington Memorial Park, located on Mount Vernon Highway, covers 122 acres of rolling hills, mature trees and two lakes. The first burial took place in 1922. The cemetery is loca...
This project is for those that were born, lived, or died in Fulton County, Illinois. Fulton County was organized in 1823 from Pike County. It is named for Robert Fulton, developer of the first commercially successful steamboat. American poet and writer Edgar Lee Masters lived in Fulton County during the 1890s; he later became famous for the Spoon River Anthology, written in 1915. Fulton County...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, New York. Official Website The county is named in honor of Robert Fulton, who developed the first commercially successful steamboat. It is known as the Land of 44 Lakes . The old Tryon County courthouse, later the Montgomery County courthouse, became the Fulton County Courthouse, where it is now New York's oldest ope...
South View Cemetery Also known as Southview Cemetery, 1990 Jonesboro Rd SE Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30315 USA Find a Grave Unable to enter white owned cemeteries for burial, nine men, born enslaved, gathered at Friendship Baptist Church and organized the South-View Cemetery Association. The Charter was secured from the State of Georgia on April 21, 1886. South-View Cemetery is the o...
This cemetery is located on 6800 South State Road 25, Fulton, Fulton County, Indiana. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, Indiana. Official Website The county was formed in 1836. It was named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. Native Americans in the county believed that a terrible monster lived in Lake Manitou and for that reason they never lived around the lake. Early settlers called it the Devil's Lake and there were many r...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The county was created on April 19, 1850, from part of Bedford County and named for inventor Robert Fulton. Adjacent Counties Franklin County Huntingdon County Washington County, Maryland Allegany County, Maryland Bedford County Boroughs, Townships & Communities Ayr Belfast Bethel ...
Greenwood Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA: Greenwood Cemetery was established in 1904 by William H. Brown and James L. Mayson. The first burial occurred in 1907. There is a large Jewish section, a Chinese section and a Greek section. The cemetery was first desegregated in 1987 with the interment of C.R. Jones, Atlanta's first African-American council member. The cemetery conta...
Early settlers' cabins in this vicinity were burned by Provincial forces, 1750, to satisfy Indian protests against white trespassers on their lands. The name is a relic of troubled days on the Pennsylvania frontier. Historical Marker Database this cemetery is located on the south side of PA Turnpike 0.25 mile from U.S. 522, in Burnt Cabins, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, Kentucky. History The rural county was organized in 1845. It was named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. The county was developed for agriculture, which was originally dependent on slave labor. Area farmers had ties to Tennessee planters, and shipped produce down the Mississippi River, which formed the...
This cemetery, established in 1880, is located on N 150 W, Richland Center, Fulton County, Indiana. Find a Grave
This cemetery, established in1854, is located on N 150 W, Richland Center, Fulton County, Indiana. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, Arkansas. Fulton County was formed on December 21, 1842, and named for William Fulton, the last governor of the Arkansas Territory. Adjacent Counties Baxter County Ozark County, Missouri Izard County Howell County, Missouri Oregon County, Missouri Sharp County Cities & Towns Ash Flat Cherokee Vil...
The Pleasant View Cemetery is located west of Maple Street and south of Ontario Street in the southwest section of the village of Fayette, in Fulton County, Ohio. The older section of Pleasant View Cemetery was a family burial ground on land owned by John Gamber. By 1852 the site had been expanded to serve the local area. The first burial is difficult to determine as grave markers were moved to...
Greenlawn Cemetery Also known as Delta Cemetery Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, USA: Greenlawn Cemetery is located in the west part of Delta, north of Main Street and west of Adrian Street. The Greenlawn Cemetery is on land once owned by J.M. and Grace Longnecker. It was used at an early time by the German Baptist Society and a Mrs. Doolittle is recorded by one historian as the first buried in th...