Greene-Miller Cemetery

Visit the Greene-Miller cemetery while visiting the Dungeness area of Cumberland Island.

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Those laid to rest in the Greene-Miller cemetery span multiple eras in the island's history. It takes its name from Catherine Greene-Miller, widow of Revolutionary War hero General Nathaniel Greene. She later remarried tutor and plantation manager, Phineas Miller, and oversaw the construction of a stately house named Dungeness. Catherine and Phineas depended upon nearly 200 enslaved laborers to produce sea island cotton. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Robert E. Lee's father, died while visiting the plantation estate and was buried in the cemetery before his remains were moved to Virginia. When Thomas and Lucy Carnegie began purchasing property on Cumberland Island in the early 1880s, they constructed their Dungeness mansion on the same grounds as the previous mansion. They employed a large workforce, including housekeeper and poultry manager, Catherine Rikart. Her burial in the cemetery is evidence of her importance to the Carnegie family and their dynamic estate.

Visitors today have the opportunity to delve into the island's storied past. The Greene-Miller Cemetery is a great place to do that. Located in the Dungeness Historic District, a visit to the ruins isn't complete without taking in the Greene-Miller Cemetery and the view of the salt marsh to the south.