Jackson Pioneers Are Nearby Traditional Cache
Jackson Pioneers Are Nearby
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The resting place for many leaders, black and white who made
Jackson what it is and the resting place for 140 unknown and 40
known Confederate Soldiers is nearby.
Riverside Cemetery dates back to September, 1834 when Mary Jane
Butler, eight year old daughter of William Butler "Father of
Jackson" was buried. The original one acre in the southeast corner
came from Samuel Shannon. In the early 1850's land from Samuel
Lancaster was added to the west. Then more land from the Caruthers
family was added in the 1860's. By the 1870's the larger north
section was acquired from Thomas L. Robinson. At this time the
population of Jackson had grown from 2500 in 1866 to 7000. In 1878
the original east side gate was moved to the west side then called
McClanahan Road. The next year "City Cemetery" was renamed
Riverside Cemetery at the suggestion of cotton merchant Benjamin
Davidson, since it was near the Forked Deer River. The iron fence
on the north edge had originally encircled the Court House from
1883-1889 but installation at Riverside was not completed until
1902. After years of neglect, in 1918 Mrs. Maud King formed the
Riverside Cemetery Association which functioned until 1976, when
the City of Jackson assumed completer responsibility.
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