Indian Spring Cemetery
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rogueblack
N 26° 53.353 W 082° 00.869
17R E 399246 N 2974568
One of oldest cemeteries in Charlotte County, Florida is acknowledged for its historical value for the area.
Waymark Code: WM879M
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2010
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This historical marker briefly summarizes the important history in the land and interments of Indian Spring Cemetery, which is still receiving new burials.
The marker text reads as follows:
Indian Spring Cemetery
Indian Spring Cemetery, also called Indian Springs, was created in 1886 on land donated by James L. Sandlin (1858-1903), who settled on Alligator Creek in 1884. Additions were recorded in 1891, 1931, 1974 and 1975. The name "Indian Spring" came from a small spring near the creek that was thought to have been used by native tribal dwellers. The 40-acre cemetery is the second known graveyard established in the Charlotte Harbor area and the first publically-owned burial ground. Owned and maintained by Charlotte County since 1948, it contains over 2,500 verified interments, some unmarked, dating back to 1889.
James Sandlin was a young man who became a leading citizen of the newly-formed City of Punta Gorda. He is one of many Florida pioneers interred at Indian Spring. Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926), the Florida Southern Railway surveyor who platted Indian Spring, went into politics and served as Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913; Virginia Taylor Trabue (1832-1924), wife of Punta Gorda's founder; Joel Bean (1867-1943), founder of El Jobean, Florida's first circular city; and Sallie Jones (1895-1960), Florida's first female Superintendent of Schools, are also among the notables that rest here.
Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners, 2009
Marker Number: 2009
Date: 2009
County: Charlotte
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Charlotte County Commissioners
Website: [Web Link]
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