The Workers’ Cemetery – Thursday, February 22, 2024 – Noon-1:00
In honor of Black History Month, Pebble Hill Plantation Curator, Lori Curtis, will present a tour through the Workers’ Cemetery.
The Workers’ Cemetery or “Staff” Cemetery is the resting place for many individuals and families who lived and worked at Pebble Hill for generations.
In 2013, Pebble Hill reached out to Thomas University in Thomasville, GA to document the site and to map the graves using GIS and GPS technology. That project identified 94 named graves and about 100 marked graves without names. The oldest marked and named grave dates to 1896. This project was updated in 2021 again with the help of Thomas University’s GAPP (Geospatial Analysis Planning & Preservation) Center.
The tour and presentation will include information regarding the documentation of the site and will highlight a few individuals who are distinguished in Pebble Hill’s history under the ownership of the Hanna family from 1896-1978.