(LEGACY) Oaklawn Cemetery
N 27° 57.254 W 082° 27.467
17R E 356597 N 3092987
Tampa's oldest cemetery houses many people of varoius claims to fame.
Waymark Code: WM5M4B
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2009
Views: 26
This hallowed ground set aside as a town burial site in 1850 "for whites & slaves alike" is the resting place for many of Tampa's founding fathers, mayors, and county officers.
a governor of florida, two Supreme Court Judges, framers of all five Florida Constitutions 1839-1885, and soldiers of seven wars,Second Seminole War, Meican War, Billy Bowlegs Indian War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, world War I and World War II, rest here.
Marker Number: none
Date: none
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: undeterminable
Website: Not listed
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