The Walker Family Cemetery, located on Arsenal Avenue in Augusta, Georgia, has been cited as one of the most historic cemeteries in the state.
The cemetery adjoins the grounds of Augusta State University, which owes its existence to a donation of land to the U.S. government provided by Freeman Walker, the city’s first elected mayor.
Freeman Walker and Mary Garlington Creswell Walker
Click here to read about The Walker Family Cemetery: A Historical Narrative Generously Provided By Noted Local Historian
Dr. Helen Callahan.
The Confederate Monument on Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia.
One of the heroes of the Army of Tennessee and the son of Freeman
Walker, is buried in the Walker Family Cemetery. His name is Maj. General W. H. T. Walker, CSA, killed in the Battle of Atlanta on
July 22, 1864. His statue is on the northeast corner of the monument.
To read more about the life and times of General Walker, a book has been written about this man. Titled, "To The Manner Born," by
Russell K. Brown, the book is available through this link.
The audio file you hear is "the Jasmine Hill Waltz," composed by Carolyn Fowle Walker (b: Dec 11, 1860, d: Nov 25, 1933), a Walker
ancestor. She is buried in the Walker Family Cemetery. Carolyn was a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music (c.1880). The music
was recently recorded by the family and played by noted pianist Vola Jacobs of Augusta, Georgia.
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