Evergreen Cemetery
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Markerman62
N 29° 11.654 W 082° 08.361
17R E 389231 N 3230042
A marker in Evergreen Cemetery near downtown Ocala.
Waymark Code: WMDE57
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2012
Views: 12
Reserved on July 8th, 1850, as the first public burial ground for Ocala. Here are graves of those who founded the County Seat, of others here during its early years, and of Confederate and Union veterans of the Civil War.
Nearby are interred Negro residents, both slave and free. They too in loyal service shared in the upbuilding of the city.
Marker Number: None
Date: 1963
County: Marion
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Marion County Historical Commission
Website: Not listed
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