Main Entrance	Overview	Arnold Family Plot	Francis Arnold Grave Marker	Gate Detail Arnold Family Plot
Overview	Detail showing Monument Company Name	Thomas Colema Grave Marker	John Wilkinson Grave Marker	Lt. R. S. Cobb Grave Marker
J. T. McKellar Grave Marker	Sarah Verell Grave Marker	Jessie Coleman Grave Marker	Allie Darling Grave Marker	C. A. Cobb Grave Marker
C. A. Cobb Grave Marker Detail	Arthur St. Clair Lee Grave Marker

Established ca. 1860 by the Main Street Methodist Church, the Old Greenwood Cemetery is a mid-nineteenth to late-twentieth century cemetery. It was the first cemetery in Greenwood until the Magnolia Cemetery was laid out in 1871. Located at the original site of the church, the cemetery covers a one-and-one-half acre tract that contains approximately three hundred and fifty graves. The cemetery reflects typical burial customs and gravestone art during its period of significance and contains the graves of many of Greenwood’s prominent citizens. The cemetery is laid out in a regular grid plan with little discernible landscaping or other planned features other than a few trees shading family plots. The church maintained the cemetery until 1906 when it was deeded to the Greenwood Cemetery Association. In 2001, the property was deeded to the Greenwood Historical Society. Some descendants of those buried in the cemetery have worked to maintain it in more recent years. Among the prominent local figures buried here are: Alfred P. Aldrich, Jr., James A. Bailey, R.S. Cobb, Thomas Jones, Arthur St. Clair Lee, Julia Lee, J.T. McKellar, Thomas Franklin Riley, and Cadmus Garlington Waller. Listed in the National Register March 1, 2002.

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