Eastern Cape, GRAHAMSTOWN, Urban area / Eastern Cape, GRAHAMSTOWN, Botanical Gardens, cemetery / (3 of 8 images)
Cemetery information:-
The Makana Botanical Gardens in Grahamstown are situated on land granted to the Albany Botanical Gardens by the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir George Cathcart, on 19th October 1853.
A military cemetery, dating from 1819 to 1822, lies within the grounds of the botanical gardens.Apart from one, the remaining headstones can no longer be read because of weathering and the growth of lichen on them. The earliest grave is that of Captain R. Gethin, who died in the Battle of Grahamstown in 1819.
(source: https://somethingovertea.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/heritage-sites-in-grahamstown-botanical-gardens/)
Album incomplete.
eGGSA captions by: Marielle Ford.
The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the location of the cemetery
Cemetery ID: 3609
Information submitted by: Marielle Ford
Google Earth Project Information:-
GPSID: 4302
GPS: Not available
CAMPBELL Charles Collins -1822 :: CAMPBELL Catherine -1829
Information provided by Rob and Liz Edwards: CAMPBELL Charles Collins, former Commander of the Forces in Newfoundland 1813-1816. baptized 25.03.1762 Independent 1820 settler to SA. Sailed on 'Salisbury'. Died from injuries received from falling off his horse at Barville Park (near Port Alfred). Buried in Grahamstown's Old Military Cemetery with his daughter Catherine. Married 3 times. Divorced Harriet FRASER in 1796 and was granted 3000 Pounds damage. [See Parliamentary Archives (UK) HL/PO/JO/10/7/1080 and 1081; and HL/PO/PB/1/1799/39G3n238. (Note HL stands for House of Lords)] Source of Data www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/demorgan.html
contributed by: Rob and Liz Edwards
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