Hillcrest Cemetery (Atlanta, Georgia)

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Hillcrest Cemetery was established as a family burial ground around 1890 and around 1912 was established as a commercial cemetery. The earliest headstones are from the late 1800's, though some of these are thought to have been reinterments from family burials on private property. Approximately 10,000 people representing nearly 2,400 surnames are buried and/or memorialized at Hillcrest on approximately 17 acres divided into 10 major sections and several smaller designated areas. The grounds include veterans of six wars and all branches of the US militaty. There was never a perpetual care fund, nor was one required by Georgia law. When the cemetery ran out of spaces to sell, there was no longer any current income to fund maintenance and it became badly overgrown during the 1990's. The Hillcrest Cemetery Memorial Association was founded in 2001 in order to seek ways to restore and maintain the grounds and by 2008 all known graves had been cleared of overgrowth. Until a permanent maintenance solution is found, the upkeep of Hillcrest Cemetery will fall to the families, volunteers and other supporters.