Truman Memorial

Linwood Cemetery, the oldest institution of the Columbus City government, began "functioning" four months before the creation of the town. The Georgia General Assembly called for the establishment of a "trading town at the Falls of the Chattahoochee." Five appointed Commissioners hired surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas. Thomas' son, Truman, who was assisting his father, became ill during the survey and died on March 26, 1828. Thomas buried him in the area of the planned city which was designated as the town cemetery. The exact location of Truman's grave is not known. This stone is in memory of him, Jacob Truman Hogue Thomas.