[2] The cemetery is situated on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus adjacent to the College of Environment + Design and Baldwin Hall (to the south) Jackson Street (to the west), and Thomas Street (to the east), "on land that was originally part of the University's land grant from the state legislature, and the school apparently donated it to the city of Athens, though Duncan says there's no official record of the transaction".

[5] Cramped for campus space, the University vigorously pursued [the land title] idea under Chancellor Hill.

[7] In the fall of 1980 the University again proposed moving the graves to Oconee Hill, this time so that the cemetery land could be used for a parking deck.

It has been a victim of the ravages of time and weather, as well as deliberate vandalism,[8] and is the subject of an ongoing restoration project by Janine Duncan, of the University of Georgia Grounds Department.

"UGA is working closely with the appropriate state agencies to ensure that the remains from up to 27 gravesites are properly removed and re-interred.