A grave marker at Zion Hill Cemetery.

MHP Student Elizabeth Jones Works to Preserve Local Cemetery

Work at Zion Hill Cemetery by Elizabeth Jones.

The efforts of Master of Historic Preservation student Elizabeth Jones to preserve an abandoned and nearly forgotten African American cemetery are featured in the Fall-Winter 2019 issue of Walton Living Magazine. Zion Hill Cemetery, associated with the former Zion Hill Baptist Church, lies on the edge of downtown Monroe in Walton County. Read about Elizabeth’s work with the community to raise awareness and restore the cemetery in “Gone But Not Forgotten” beginning on page 60.

Deer and crosses at Zion Hill Cemetery.


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