Maplewood Cemetery (Pulaski, Tennessee)

	Maplewood Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	The cemetery in 2015
	Location within Tennessee Location within the United States
Location	South Sam Davis Avenue, Pulaski, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°11′37″N 87°01′44″W / 35.19361°N 87.02889°W
Area	16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built	1855
NRHP reference No.	05000854
Added to NRHP	November 15, 2005

The Maplewood Cemetery, formerly known as the New Pulaski Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S..

History

The cemetery was established as the New Pulaski Cemetery in 1855.^[2] The oldest section, known as Old Maplewood, contains the burials of whites and blacks.^[2] In 1878, another section was added for African-American burials.^[2] The name was changed to Maplewood Cemetery in 1880.^[2] It was further expanded in 1907 and the 1940s.^[2]

The first person to be buried in Old Maplewood was Robert H. Watkins, a planter.^[2] The black burials are unmarked, while the white burials are often adorned with sculptures of angels and obelisks.^[2] There is a sub-section for the 85 veterans of the Confederate States Army buried there, including a monument dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1913.^[2] Other burials include Masons, and 40 veterans of the United States Colored Troops.^[2] Three of the original 1865 founders of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski are also buried here: John C. Lester (OM-141-2); James R. Crowe (OM-169-2), and; J. Calvin Jones (OM-164-10).

The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 15, 2005.^[3]

Notable burials

John Adams (1825–1864), Confederate general^[4]
John Goff Ballentine (1825–1915), U.S. Representative, Confederate colonel^[5]
Ross Bass (1918–1993), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator^[6]
John C. Brown (1827–1889), governor of Tennessee, Confederate general^[7]
Elizabeth Childress Brown (1842–1919), First Lady of Tennessee, President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy^[8]
Edward E. Eslick (1872–1932), U.S. Representative^[9]
Willa McCord Blake Eslick (1878–1961), U.S. Representative^[10]
Z. W. Ewing (1843–1909), speaker of the Tennessee Senate^[11]
Thomas McKissick Jones (1816–1892), U.S. Representative and Confederate congressman, state senator and judge^[12]
Thomas Martin (1799–1870), founder of Martin Methodist College^[2]
James McCallum (1806–1889), state representative and Confederate congressman^[13]
Lena Springs (1883–1942), first woman candidate nominated for U.S. Vice President^[14]

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
↑ "Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
↑ "Monument to Gen. Adams Proposed at Pulaski". The Nashville Tennessean. May 11, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Col. John G. Ballentine Dies in Pulaski Home". The Nashville Tennessean. November 24, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Thien, Mark (January 3, 1993). "'Ross Bass Exemplified the Best in Public Service,' Says Hooker". The Tennessean. p. 2B. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "The Honored Dead". Nashville Banner. August 19, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Many Pay Tribute to Notable Woman". Nashville Banner. March 3, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Eslick's Body Will Be Taken to Old Home". Nashville Banner. June 15, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Willa McC. Blake Eslick". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
↑ "Maj. Z. W. Ewing Passes Away". The Nashville American. August 10, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Judge Thomas M. Jones". Nashville Banner. March 15, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "James McCallum Dead". The Daily American. September 18, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Mrs. Leroy Springs' Rites at Pulaski". The Nashville Tennessean. May 20, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maplewood Cemetery
Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski Tennessee Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[npsform-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.

[nps-3] "Maplewood Cemetery". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2017.

[4] "Monument to Gen. Adams Proposed at Pulaski". The Nashville Tennessean. May 11, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Col. John G. Ballentine Dies in Pulaski Home". The Nashville Tennessean. November 24, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] Thien, Mark (January 3, 1993). "'Ross Bass Exemplified the Best in Public Service,' Says Hooker". The Tennessean. p. 2B. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "The Honored Dead". Nashville Banner. August 19, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Many Pay Tribute to Notable Woman". Nashville Banner. March 3, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[9] "Eslick's Body Will Be Taken to Old Home". Nashville Banner. June 15, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[10] "Willa McC. Blake Eslick". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 24, 2026.

[11] "Maj. Z. W. Ewing Passes Away". The Nashville American. August 10, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[12] "Judge Thomas M. Jones". Nashville Banner. March 15, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[13] "James McCallum Dead". The Daily American. September 18, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[14] "Mrs. Leroy Springs' Rites at Pulaski". The Nashville Tennessean. May 20, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved July 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

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