Greenwood Cemetery (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Greenwood Cemetery
Details
Established	c. 1820
Location	29th Avenue and 11th Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, U.S.
Coordinates	33.20360°N 87.57170°W / 33.20360; -87.57170
Type	City
No. of graves	approx. 1500
Find a Grave	Greenwood Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Designated	July 26, 1983[1]

Greenwood Cemetery is a city cemetery established in c. 1820 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S..[2][3] It is the oldest cemetery in the city and is located near the First African Baptist Church. It has a historical marker erected in 1996 by City of Tuscaloosa, the Heritage Commission of Tuscaloosa County, and Cahaba Trace Commission.[4] Greenwood Cemetery is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage since July 26, 1983.[5]

History

The exact founding date of Greenwood Cemetery is not known with many sources stating 1820, however others have stated 1819 and 1821.[6] The cemetery has some 1,500 graves.[7] Many of the early marble headstones were carved in New Orleans, Louisiana.[2] It contains a main entrance with an ornate iron gate.[7]

Greenwood Cemetery is the resting place for five veterans of the American Revolution.[7] Several key figures in the city's history can also be found at the cemetery including former mayors, and Tuscaloosa's first probate judge.[7]

A team of volunteers maintain and clean the cemetery grounds.[7]

Burials

• John Drish of the Drish Mansion.[2]
• Phillip Dale Roddey, Confederate General[6]
• Rev. Charles Allen Stillman, the founder of Stillman College[7]

See also

• List of cemeteries in Alabama
• Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by county (Pickens–Winston)

References

1. "Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage Listings as of April 7, 2023" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
2. Summers, Meg (2020-10-15). "Take A Look Inside Tuscaloosa's Oldest Cemetery". Alt 101.7. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
3. Edwards, Deneesha (July 17, 2006). "Those who ignore history ..." The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
4. "Greenwood Cemetery Historical Marker". Historical Marker Database (HMDB). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
5. "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage" (PDF). preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. August 20, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2018.
6. "SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Greenwood Cemetery is full of history, raises questions about Confederate general". The Tuscaloosa News. May 23, 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
7. Lueker, Noah (2021-04-15). "Volunteers Clean Up Greenwood Cemetery, the Oldest in Tuscaloosa". Tuscaloosa Thread. Retrieved 2023-10-02.

External links

• Historical Marker Database