This cemetery, the second in colonial Savannah, was the burying ground for the city from about 1750 until it was closed against burials in 1853.
As I researched Colonial Park Cemetery so that I could describe its history on this page, I came across the following personal narrative by Hal C F Astell. I found the perspective of this British visitor very interesting.
After Bonaventure, we toured the Colonial Cemetery in Savannah, only recently reopened to the public after bizarre rituals were found conducted there. Here are the tombs of a few Presidents of Georgia and other men of historical note. Along the back wall are a plethora of broken tombstones whose proper location has been lost over time. It seems that when General Sherman's troops occupied Savannah they took use of the cemetery as a location to keep their horses due to the firm boundary. When they needed more space they would rock on the tombstones until they broke and move them out of the way. Damn yankees.
We returned to the Colonial later in the evening, as one prominent location on a ghost tour of the city, given by an unenthusiastic tour guide whose spiel was fascinating if sometimes inaccurate. If everything he said is to be believed, then there are two entirely separate ghosts who remain independently the most frequently seen in Savannah and 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' is the highest selling book of all time. It does seem strange to find someone in the Bible Belt who hasn't heard of the Bible...
You can read more about Colonial Cemetery at Savannah City Guide
and at Find a Grave.
The gates are locked at EXACTLY 5pm.
Dogs are allowed, but must be leashed. Parking meters are 25cents/50 min.
To find this cache, check out the markers listed HERE.
My favorite is marker "D". The grave is over 200 years old. The headstone is chiseled with a portrait of the young lady. Reportedly this is the only one of its kind in Savannah.
You'll have to collect some years from the markers and do some simple math to complete the table and obtain the coordinates for the micro-cache hidden in the cemetery.