{"id":251,"date":"2012-06-04T20:20:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/?p=251"},"modified":"2013-11-04T20:15:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T02:15:24","slug":"colonial-park-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/sightseer\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Colonial Park Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visit-historic-savannah.com\/colonial-park-cemetery.html\">Colonial Park Cemetery<\/a> (Savannah, Georgia)<br \/>\n<\/strong>A\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>Comtesse\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Travelogue\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong>to Savannah&#8217;s oldest cemetery &#8211; a site of duels, lush shrubbery, tragic tombstones, and Civil War marshmallow roasting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Campsite For The Ages<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colpark.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" border=\"5\" \/><br \/>\nColonial Park Cemetery<br \/>\nSavannah, GA &#8211; July 20, 2001<\/p>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"42\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p>Colonial Park Cemetery<br \/>\nCorner of E. Oglethorpe and Abercorn<br \/>\nSavannah, GA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"2628\">Ah, Colonial Park Cemetery! Definitely one of the highlights of my trip to Savannah. What a marvelously morbid place. I first heard about it on an episode of &#8220;The Scariest Places On Earth&#8221; \u2014 an episode which discusses a mythical man-beast named Ren\u00e9 who had supposedly been imprisoned at the Cemetery and had been accused of killing a couple of children whose corpses wound up at the site. Unfortunately, after discussing this story with local historians, it appears that it was a figment of a feverish network imagination, with no real basis in fact. Pity&#8230;However, what I did find out about Colonial Park Cemetery definitely places it high on the morbidity scale:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colonial Park Cemetery is either Savannah&#8217;s oldest or second oldest cemetery (depending on the source), founded in 1750 and used as a burial ground until the 1850&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Park Cemetery is the final resting spot for over 700 victims of the 1820 Yellow Fever epidemic<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Park Cemetery was the site of numerous fatal duels [Elizabeth writes to correct me on this one: &#8220;First of all you should know, that contrary to what tour guides tell you, there were NO duels, fatal or otherwise, fought in or even near Colonial Cemetery. The duelists buried in the cemetery (there are only a few) did their duelling elsewhere. One popular spot was on Hutchinson Island. There were also a few at Tybee Island. The duel between Button Gwinnett and Lachlan McIntosh was fought a few miles from town on what is now Wheaton Street at a place known as Governor Wright&#8217;s meadow.&#8221; Oops&#8230; my bad.]<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Park Cemetery is the resting place of many notable Georgia citizens, including 5 governors and several Revolutionary War soldiers<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Park Cemetery was used as a campground by General Sherman&#8217;s Soldiers during the Civil War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And Colonial Park Cemetery is just a damned cool place to take a short stroll and ponder the long night of the soul&#8230; or, you know, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop&#8230; or whatever else you feel like pondering. Without further ado&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"85%\" border=\"1\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#99CCFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial1th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">This is the lavish front entrance to the Cemetery, which was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1913 in memory of the Patriots of the Revolutionary War. (Hence the &#8216;D.A.R.&#8217; in the center &#8211; kinda self-serving, don&#8217;t you think? Shouldn&#8217;t it say &#8216;C.P.C.&#8217; for Colonial Park Cemetery, or something? Some people&#8230;)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial2th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">This is a nice view of the Cemetery as you enter through the front gate. It was an overcast, rainy day when we were there but you can still grasp the pastoral beauty of the site.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial3th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">You may have noticed the oddly shaped crypt to the left of the path in the previous picture. Well, so did I. I found these crypts to be positively strange, and even stranger still when their unique shape was explained by our Ghost Tour docent a couple of nights later. You see, these crypts were built in the shape of a bed (with the headboard to the right), to imply everlasting rest. The funny thing is that typically each of these crypts held an entire family &#8211; buried one on top of the other. It must be hard to get much rest under\u00a0those\u00a0circumstances!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\" height=\"288\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial4th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial4bth.jpg\" width=\"131\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n(Death&#8217;s Head Detail)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\" height=\"288\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>I fell instantly in love with this &#8216;Death&#8217;s Head&#8217; tombstone. I wish we had them like this in California!<\/p>\n<p>HERE lies interrd the<br \/>\nBody of Doct. Samuel<br \/>\nVickers who departed<br \/>\nthis Life Octo. the 15th<br \/>\nAnno Domini 1785. In<br \/>\nthe XXX Year of his Age ~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>HE<br \/>\nWas born in New Brunswick<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nReceived the honours of the<br \/>\nCollege at Princeton in N. Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>This Monument is erected to his Me<br \/>\nmory by his affectionte Brother. TLV<\/p>\n<p>So, I have to wonder \u2014 do you suppose that the &#8216;XXX&#8217; is Roman Numerals for 30&#8230; or do you think that they forgot to put the year in? Or maybe TLV got a bargain on a &#8220;slightly used&#8221; headstone and had to make do? Oh, the great mysteries of life&#8230; er, death!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial5.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial5th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">I fell absolutely in love with this flowering tree &#8211; as you&#8217;ll see in several other shots. Yes, variety is not my strong suit&#8230; But, isn&#8217;t it lovely? [Elizabeth writes to enlighten me: &#8220;The lovely trees that bloom in the cemetery are Crepe Myrtles, some of which are well over a 100 years old. &#8220;]<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial6.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial6th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">Look &#8211; there it is again, enshrouding a gravestone&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial7.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial7th.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">There were a number of old gravestones attached to a brick wall at the back of the cemetery. Though it seems a bit sad to see them there, instead of atop the bones where they belong, at least they are being well-preserved&#8230; Why, you might ask, are they back there? Well, when General Sherman&#8217;s troops were occupying the cemetery, they broke off or removed many of the tombstones to make room for their tents. So, now, the graves are no longer marked and the stones are back here against the wall. Now, Savannah has like 20 or something open squares &#8211; why did they have to choose the cemetery to make their camp? I guess that&#8217;s where Black Sabbath got the inspiration for the title &#8220;War Pigs&#8221;&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial8.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial8th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of the more poignant stones against the wall \u2014 tribute to a lost child and wife:<\/p>\n<p>This Stone<br \/>\nThe humble monument of Parental love<br \/>\ncovers the Grave of<br \/>\nANN JOHNSTON DRYSDALE<br \/>\nthe Daughter of<br \/>\nJohn and Ann Drysdale<br \/>\nwho departed this life<br \/>\non the 10th day of March<br \/>\nA. D. 1819<br \/>\nin the 10th year of her age<br \/>\n&#8216;Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And now this stone<br \/>\nwhich covers the ashes of the Child<br \/>\nof\u00a0John Drysdale<br \/>\nholds also the body of her Mother his wife<br \/>\nwho departed this mortal life to enter upon<br \/>\none of immortality in the bosom of her<br \/>\nFather and her God<br \/>\non the 1st day of November in the year<br \/>\nof our Lord one thousand eight hundred<br \/>\nand twenty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial9.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial9th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s another unique and poignant stone on the wall. It&#8217;s kind of eroded in spots, but I think this is sort of what it says:<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nMemory of<br \/>\nJACOB R. TAYLOR<br \/>\nSon of<br \/>\nJohn P. Taylor\u00a0of\u00a0Philadelphia<br \/>\na youth of exemplary department<br \/>\nconciliating manners and flauering promise<br \/>\nwho in the 19th year of his age<br \/>\nwhen unarmed and peaceably walking the streets of<br \/>\nSavannah<br \/>\nwas on the evening of the 11th of\u00a0November\u00a01811<br \/>\nattacked and inhumanly decimated [?]<br \/>\nby an armed band [?]<br \/>\nbelonging to the crews of the French Privateers<br \/>\nLa Vengeance and La Franchise<\/p>\n<p>Rest infinite youth far from thy friends inurnd<br \/>\nBy strangers honourd and by strangers mournd<br \/>\nThough thy lone turf no kindred drops can lave<br \/>\nYet virtue hallows with her tears thy grave<\/p>\n<p>I did a search on this one on the internet to see if I could find an accurate transcription of the gravestone and I found this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsgng.org\/pages\/anciaux.htm\">\u00a0historic chronicle<\/a>\u00a0which explains the circumstances of Jacob&#8217;s demise rather well&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial10.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial10th.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">Isn&#8217;t this one nice? The skull and crossbones theme is another that I miss in modern cemeteries&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial11.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial11th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">Another nice view of the wall&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial12.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial12th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>I found the unique stone and the nice tree etching on this one quite captivating:<\/p>\n<p>In Memory of<br \/>\nLEVI WRIST,<br \/>\nwho died<br \/>\nFeb. 23, 1819,<br \/>\nin the 35 Year<br \/>\nof his Age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial13.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial13th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>Another interesting epitaph:<\/p>\n<p>In memory of<br \/>\nDAVID FRINK Jun.<br \/>\naged 25 years Son of<br \/>\nDAVID &amp; DEZIRE FRINK<br \/>\nof New London Connec.<br \/>\nwho was drowned in Sa<br \/>\nvannah River on the [???]<br \/>\nNov. 1816 [?] his body was fo-<br \/>\nund and here intered by<br \/>\nthe Citizens of Savannah<br \/>\nwhose quention [?] will ever<br \/>\nbe remembered with gra<br \/>\ntitude by his Parents and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial14th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">Another lovely tree&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial15.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial15th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">Another view&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial16.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial16th.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>Look, it&#8217;s the grave of Captain Driscoll! Ummm&#8230;. I don&#8217;t actually remember why I took this shot. The stone is so unremarkable, I think it must be because Capt. Driscoll was somebody historic or something&#8230; but damned if I can remember. Any ideas, anyone? Anyway, here&#8217;s what the plain epitaph says:<\/p>\n<p>J. H. S.<\/p>\n<p>Here are deposited<br \/>\nthe remains of<br \/>\nCapt. LAWRENCE<br \/>\nDRISCOLL<br \/>\nwho departed this<br \/>\nLife on the 21 of April<br \/>\n1810. Aged 47 Years.<br \/>\nHe was a native of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>This monument is erected by his<br \/>\ndisconsolate Widow Margaret<br \/>\nDriscoll in testimony of &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial17.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/sightseer\/us\/ga\/savannah\/colonial\/colonial17th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\">\n<div align=\"center\">One last view of Colonial Park Cemetery &#8211; a lovely little slice of morbid history!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Anyone have any additional tidbits or photos to add?<br \/>\nIf so, by all means,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:comtessedespair@gmail.com\">write me<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Colonial Park Cemetery, also see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gsr&amp;GScid=33357\">Find-A-Grave<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"26\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>Elizabeth also has a recommendation:<br \/>\n&#8220;I suggest that you read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1891495097\/theasylumeclecti\">The Old Burying Ground, Colonial Park Cemetery<\/a>\u00a0by Elizabeth Piechocinski, which was published by Oglethorpe Press in 1999, and which may be purchased at E. Shaver&#8217;s Booksellers, 124 Bull St., Savannah. It might give you a new insight to your interest in this cemetery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colonial Park Cemetery (Savannah, Georgia) A\u00a0Comtesse\u00a0Travelogue\u00a0to Savannah&#8217;s oldest cemetery &#8211; a site of duels, lush shrubbery, tragic tombstones, and Civil War marshmallow roasting. 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