The cemetery dates to 1794 and consists of two adjacent cemeteries, Columbia Presbyterian Cemetery and Fulton Cemetery. Another cemetery, the Fulton Mechanics Cemetery, had been in Fulton, a village along the Ohio River and a center of boat-building and steamboat construction during the first half of the 19th century. Together, the cemeteries are the burial places of Jacob Allen, John Campbell, John Langdon, and other veterans of the Revolutionary War, and William Brown is also believed to be buried here. Brown settled in Columbia, Hamilton County, in 1789. Born in Connecticut in 1759 or 1760, he enlisted in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in 1775 as the American Revolution began and rose to the rank of sergeant. He saw much combat, including the battle at Stony Point, New York, in 1779 and the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. George Washington recognized Brown’s assault against Redoubt No. 10 at Yorktown with the Badge of Military Merit, predecessor of the Purple Heart. Brown led a forlorn hope, so called because soldiers were not expected to survive, and acted with great bravery, propriety, and deliberate firmness. In Ohio, he served in the militia, surveyed roads, and was a respected member of the community. He died in 1805. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.