Cedar Hill Cemetery, also known as Green Hill Cemetery, is a historic

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

and national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at

Suffolk, Virginia Suffolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and as such has no county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,324. It is the 9th most populous city in Virginia and the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as ...

. The district encompasses four contributing structures, one contributing site, and three contributing objects in the a city-owned, 25-acre, public cemetery dating to 1802. Grave markers within the cemetery date from the early 19th century to the present day. This cemetery is a representative example of public cemetery planning and funerary artwork found in southeast Virginia and Suffolk. The contributing structures include the Darden (1938), Hosier, Hill (1933) and Brewer-Godwin

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

s and the contributing objects include the Confederate Monument (1889) and World War I Monument. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2006.

Notable burials

* Thomas H. Barnes (1831–1913), member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate *

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (November 28, 1820 – September 17, 1862) was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam. Early life and car ...

(1820–1862), Civil War Confederate Brigadier General *

William Henry Haywood Jr. William Henry Haywood Jr. (October 23, 1801October 7, 1852) was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1843 and 1846. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina to a prominent ...

(1801–1852), US Senator *

Richard Hines Richard Hines (June 25, 1792November 20, 1851) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Tarboro, North Carolina on June 25, 1792; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and practiced in Raleigh, North Carolina; membe ...

(1792–1851), US Congressman *

Charles Manly Charles Manly (May 13, 1795May 1, 1871) was a lawyer who served as the 31st governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851. He was the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office. After one two-year term, Manly was defea ...

(1795–1871). North Carolina Governor *

Sion Hart Rogers Sion Hart Rogers (September 30, 1825 – August 14, 1874) was a U.S. Congressman and Attorney General of North Carolina. Biography Born near Raleigh, North Carolina in 1825, Rogers attended common schools in Wake County and attended the Uni ...

(1825–1874), US Congressman *

Absalom Tatom Absalom Tatom (1742 – December 20, 1802) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1795 to 1796. Biography Born in North Carolina in 1742, Tatom was a sergeant in the Greenville, North Carolina Militia in 1763; he served in North Caro ...

(1742–1802), US Congressman

References

External links

City of Suffolk Cemetery Brochure
* {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Suffolk, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk, Virginia Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Virginia