This tour will require about one hour depending upon the amount of time spent admiring the monuments and reading faded inscriptions. Grave sites may be found by locating section and lot on the map as indicated by listing on the "Notables" page or by following the numbers indicated below.

1: Hardy Receiving Vault	Used by Hardy Funeral Home as temporary storage while awaiting permanent interments.
2. Confederate Memorial Burial Ground	These soldiers were killed in and around Jackson during 1863 and most of their markers bear the inscription, "Unknown Soldier".
3. Governor Alexander G. McNutt	Native of Virginia, President of the Mississippi State Senate in 1837 and Governor from 1838 to 1842. Enteretained the aging Andrew Jackson during his only visit to the capital named for him. For more information:
4. Edmund Richardson	A leading cotton plantation owner and industrialist who was one of the founders of the Wesson Mill located in Wesson in Copiah County. His monument is the tallest in the cemetery and was hand carved in Italy.
5. James Hervey Boyd	Mayor of Jackson 1842, 1843, 1850 and 1858. His home, "The Oaks", at 723 North Jefferson Street is a museum open to the public. For more information:
6. William Powell Morris	Pioneer businessman whose son began the Morris Ice Company.
7. Governor John Isaac Guion	Born In Adams County in 1802. Later he practiced law with future Governor William L. Sharkey and the noted Sergeant S. Prentiss. For more information:
8. Colonel Erasmus Burt	Founder of the Mississippi School for the Deaf. Served as Captain of "Burt's Rifles" and subsequently promoted to Colonel 18th Mississippi Regiment. Fought at 1st Manassas and Battle of Leesburg, Virginia where he was killed October 21, 1861.
9. S.P. Baley	He was involved in the erection of the first State Capitol and served as Mayor of Jackson in 1836.
10. William Mercer Green and W.M. Green, II	Grandfather and grandson were both Episcopal Bishops. The representation of the Lord's Supper on the monument was carved in Italy.
11. General Richard Griffith	Pennsylvania native who was mortally wounded near Richmond and later died with his friend from the Mexican War, President Jefferson Davis, in attendance at his side.
12. Monument to a dog on Sim's lot	Legend has it that the dog's little mistress was buried here, and the dog faithfully attended her grave until his own death.
13. Hubert Spengler	Early immigrant from Alsace for whom historic Spengler's Corner is named and location where "Bonnie Blue Flag" was first sung by Harry McCarthy.
14. R.H. Henry	Pioneer journalist who with J.L. Power launched the Jackson Clarion Ledger on a permanent basis and managed it until he sold it to R.M. and T.M. Hederman in 1920.
15. Governor William Lewis Sharkey	He fought in the Battle of New Orleans at the age of 15; served four terms as Chief Justice; appointed Governor by President Johnson to succeed the deposed Governor Clark. Was elected to the U.S. Senate but was denied his seat. For more information:
16. Reverend Amos Cleaver	Episcopal rector of St. Andrews when construction of the church began in 1845 and founder of the Cleaver Female Academy. After he died of yellow fever in 1853, this monument was raised in his memory. This site was chosen because the exact location of his grave has been lost.
17. Governor George Poindexter	Mississippi's second Governor was born in Virginia in 1779. He became Attorney General and a member of the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory. He served as an aide-de-camp to General Carroll at the Battle of New Orleans and became the State's first representative to Congress and also served in the U.S. Senate after being Governor. His monument is topped by an open Bible. For more information:
18. James Lynch	Elected Secretary of State in 1869. The first African-American to be elected to a major state office and considered to be a political moderate. Reputed to be an eloquent minister and respected by both races. His monument bears his head in intaglio, a rarity in Mississippi.
19. Governor Albert Gallatin Brown	Born in South Carolina in 1813 and came to Mississippi in 1832. He was a militia colonel at the age of 18, a brigadier general at 19, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at 25 and Governor at 31. He was instrumental in rescuing the State from bankruptcy and established the first state university. Later he became a U.S. Senator and then a Confederate Captain in the 18th Mississippi Regiment. For more information:
20. Judge George Adams	U.S. Attorney for Mississippi and fourth U.S. District Judge for Mississippi, appointed by President Andrew Johnson. He was the father of two Confederate Generals, Wirt and Daniel W. Adams.
21. General Wirt Adams	Commanded the First Mississippi Calvary with distinction. After the war, while serving as postmaster, he fought a duel near the corner of Amite and President Streets with "The New Mississippian" Editor John H. Martin. Each killed the other.
21a. General Daniel Weisiger Adams	Critically wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, recovered and wounded twice again. Died in New Orleans in 1872, reputedly as a result of his war wounds. Lies in an unmarked grave probably next to his brother.
22. Governor Charles Lynch	Born in South Carolina in 1773 and moved to Lawrence County. Became a state Senator and its presiding officer. Became governor upon Governor Scott's death in 1833 and served until 1838. He was the commissioner for the erection of the State Capitol, Governor's Mansion and State Penitentiary. He was president of the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad until his death in 1853. For more information:
23. Colonel John Logan Power	Businessman and philanthropist who made the first inventory of markers in Greenwood Cemetery shortly before the Civil War. His daughter, Anabel, for many years wrote a column of reminiscences in the daily paper.
24. Summer House	Generations of Jacksonians have sought shelter here from thunderstorms as well as an oppressive summer sun since it was moved here at the end of the nineteenth century.
25. Susan Jones	Her inscription reads, "1820-1898, Our Mammy Sue, After serving five generations in our family with loving care and diligence she has gone to her reward."
26. Joshua Green	With brother Thomas established a clothing mill at Silas Brown and Commerce Streets. The mill was visited by Grant and Sherman. When they saw "CSA" woven into the cloth, they ordered the mill to be torched.
27. Judge J.A.P. Campbell	Recent construction designed by Jackson architect David Wilson to blend in with the cemetery as the carefully chosen brick construction achieves a weathered patina.
28. Hilzheim Plot	This unique structure, designed by a Memphis architect, is in the form of a church entrance and one of the more beautiful monuments in the cemetery.
29. Governor Abram Marshall Scott	Born in South Carolina in 1785 and later served as a captain in the Creek Indian war. He was elected Governor in 1833 and served until his untimely death from cholera in 1835. During his tenure, funds were allocated to build the Governor's Mansion, and tthe Treaty of Pontotoc Creek was signed ending Indian ownership of lands east of the Mississippi River. For more information:
30. Eudora Welty	The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning author was born a few blocks from the cemetery. In 1925, the family moved to 1119 Pinehurst Place, now a National Historic Landmark and open to the public. For more information: