The cemetery is located in the Macon Railroad Industrial District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[1] The 4-acre (1.6-hectare) cemetery was established in 1825, just southeast of what is today downtown Macon, Georgia.

[2] Referred to as "God's Acre" by Maconites, individuals interred at the cemetery include a major from the American Revolutionary War and the daughter of Jared Irwin, a Governor of Georgia.

[3] This much larger cemetery opened in 1840 and quickly became the main burial place for the city.

[2] Throughout the 20th century, local churches and organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution performed upkeep and repairs to the city-owned cemetery,[2] which underwent a restoration in the 1970s.