Aerial survey · USDA NAIP · public domainA 12-acre Perry cemetery dating to an 1827 Methodist church, holding over 130 Confederate veterans and Houston County's earliest European settlers.
Courtney Hodges Blvd, Perry, GA 31069
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Free to visit; maintained by the City of Perry
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Mostly flat 12-acre grounds; paved and grass paths throughout
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Est. 1827 · Founded 1827 around Methodist church, antedating most Houston County institutional records · 130+ Confederate veterans interred · Perry's primary historic burial ground · 1928 stone arch entrance — Mann estate gift
Perry, Georgia, was incorporated in 1824, and within three years a Methodist church had been established on the site that would become Evergreen Cemetery. As the church congregation eventually relocated to a new building a few blocks northeast, the surrounding land continued to expand as the community's primary burial ground.
By 1997, the cemetery contained 1,892 marked graves and 290 unmarked gravesites across 12.3 acres, organized into more than 575 family burial plots arranged alphabetically in most sections, with numerical arrangements toward the rear. The City of Perry has maintained the grounds since the community formalized that arrangement.
At least 130 Confederate veterans are buried throughout the grounds. Many of their markers bear only small stones inscribed with 'C.V.' — Confederate Veteran — followed by the person's name, often without birth or death dates and using initials rather than first names. The stone archway at the cemetery's entrance was erected in 1928, a gift from the estate of Dr. Charles R. Mann.
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Perry carries a Civil War ghost tradition of a different kind than sites with documented military action. According to reporting by the Houston Home Journal, multiple credible local residents have reported seeing a figure in Civil War-era uniform walking the downtown streets around the cemetery area. The Houston Home Journal reporter who investigated the accounts described the witnesses as 'credible people.'
The mystery, as the same reporter noted, is that 'there were no notable battles, deaths or skirmishes in Perry pertaining to the war' — meaning the standard explanation for Civil War apparitions (residual trauma from battlefield deaths) does not apply here. The figure's origin remains, as the journalist put it, genuinely unknown.
Evergreen Cemetery, as Perry's primary burial ground and the final resting place of more than 130 Confederate veterans, is the natural center of gravity for these accounts, even if the sightings have occurred across the downtown area rather than on the cemetery grounds specifically.
Walk 12 acres of organized family plots spanning two centuries of Houston County history, including Confederate veteran graves marked 'C.V.' and the stone archway entrance erected in 1928 from the estate of Dr. Charles R. Mann.
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