John Reyes and Mary Ponce Reyes - Tolomato Cemetery - St. Augustine, FL
N 29° 53.824 W 081° 18.906
17R E 469577 N 3307421
This zinc headstone marks the grave sites of two members of the Reyes Family in the Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMVEWZ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2017
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Close-up of text on the front side of the zinc headstone:
Close-up of text on the back side of the zinc headstone:
"Tolomato Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery located on Cordova Street in St. Augustine, Florida. The cemetery was the former site of "Tolomato", a village of Guale Indian converts to Christianity and the Franciscan monks who ministered to them. The site of the village and Franciscan mission is noted on a 1737 map of St. Augustine. A cemetery for the inhabitants of the village was also located on the grounds, with a portion of this cemetery set aside for former American black slaves, who had converted to Catholicism after escaping bondage in the Carolinas.
The location of Tolomato was just outside the city across from the Rosario Line, a defensive line constructed in the First Spanish Period, which consisted of an earthen embankment planted with cactus and Yucca gloriosa, also known as Spanish daggers."
--Wikipedia