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Over 10,000 people were buried in Colonial park, but most of the gravestones no longer exist. There’s also a plaque marking the mass grave for victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic. The biggest kicker is that the borders of Colonial Park used to extend much further than where the gates say the cemetery ends. The legend that most of Savannah, GA is built upon its dead couldn’t be more true, and I was living in an example of it.

According to legend, their residence was a living quarter for the servants of the nearby historical museum down the street: The Holton House. Back in the 1800s, one of the younger maids hung herself from the second story for unknown reasons.