Old City Cemetery
N 30° 26.517 W 084° 17.145
16R E 760663 N 3370888
This historical marker is located inside the Old City Cemetery in the front left hand corner.
Waymark Code: WM4062
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2008
Views: 30
The marker text reads as follows: "The present boundaries of the Old City Cemetery were established by the Florida Territorial Council in 1829. Many pioneers and their slaves are buried here, although some early Tallahasseans were buried several hundred feet east of this site. The cemetery also contains graves of Confederate and Federal troops (white and Negro), some of the fatalities from the Battle of Natural Bridge, 1865, which marked the end of the ill-fated Northern attempt to seize the capital during the War Between the States."
Marker Number: F-106
Date: 1963
County: Leon
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historical Memorials in Cooperation With Anna Jackson Chapter UDC No. 224 Susan Bradford Eppes Chapter C of C No. 26
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