Title	Golden Hill Cemetery: stone cross tombstone
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Date	2001
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Golden Hill Cemetery
Property type	Cemetery
National Register Reference	01001261 listed Nov. 21, 2001
Community Name	Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN
Description	Color photograph of a cross-shaped stone tombstone with a carved stone heart outline in the middle. Names and dates are partially eradicated.
Historical Notes	Golden Hill Cemetery is significantly associated with the development of the African American community of Clarksville, Tennessee. It was established on land purchased by Stephen Cole, a former slave, in 1863, and is believed to be the oldest tract of land continuously owned by African Americans in Clarksville. Incorporated in the 1880s, Golden Hill Cemetery is also considered to be the first corporate business owned by African Americans in Clarksville. The grave of Stephen Cole is an example of one of several graves of veterans buried at Golden Hill, along with several members of the local 101st Regiment of the United States Colored Infantry. In the 1880s, Cole sold the cemetery to John W. Page, one of the most prominent members of Clarksville's African American community at the time. Distinctive to the cemetery is stone carving of Hiram Johnson, an African American man who lived with white merchant and owner of the Clarksville Marble Works, Samuel Hodgson. After the death of cemetery owner Mattie Page in 1929, the Golden Hill preoperty and 80 shares of stock in the cemetery were sold to William Keesee, a local undertaker. The property passed to his wife Jennie Keesee in 1933, and she sold it in 1947 to Albert Roberts for $1.00. Reverend Wiley Blount Moore, purchased the property in 1996.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	African American cemeteries -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Extent	35 mm slide
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Golden Hill Cemetery: stone cross tombstone

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