Wiltberger, the son of Peter, formed the Evergreen Cemetery Company on June 12, 1868. The first burials took place in 1850, and three years later, Peter Wiltberger himself was entombed in a family vault. On March 10, 1846, Commodore Josiah Tattnall III sold the 600-acre (2.4 km 2) plantation and its private cemetery to Peter Wiltberger. The cemetery is located on the former site of Bonaventure Plantation, originally owned by Colonel John Mullryne. Immediately inside the gates is the large and ornate tomb of William Gaston, a prominent Savannahian merchant. The entrance to the cemetery is located at 330 Bonaventure Road. It is the largest of the city's municipal cemeteries, containing nearly 160 acres (0.65 km 2). The cemetery's prominence grew when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book. Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah, Georgia.
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