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FLGenWeb archives by a wonderful volunteer: Melissa Brewer
Manatee Burying Ground is at 15th Street East and 6th Avenue,
Bradenton.
The cemetery gate is locked; the key may be obtained from personnel at
Manatee Village Historical Park across the street.
Old cedars and sprawling oaks cover the cemetery grounds.A wrought iron
arch at the entry way says, “1850 Manatee Burying
Ground.” This message is etched in the concrete
pillar supporting the archway:
This memorial arch, erected on this historic spot through the efforts
of the Judah P. Benjamin Chapter No. 1545, United Daughters of the
Confederacy of Bradenton, Florida in honor of the many soldiers and
civilians connected with the development of this section and the State
of Florida who are buried here.
Erected
December 1958 - Dedicated January
1959
An historical marker on the cemetery grounds has this message:
This is one of the oldest organized burying grounds on the Gulf Coast
of Florida.The property was deeded on May 30 1850, and since 1892 only
immediate members of families already interred here can be buried in
the cemetery.The property is now owned by the City of Bradenton.
Buried in this cemetery are members of Florida pioneer families,
soldiers of the Seminole Indian Wars and of the Confederate and Union
forces.Numbered among these are three members of the Florida Secession
Convention –
Ezekiel Glazier, James G. Cooper, and Dr. John C. Pelot, temporary
Chairman of the Convention – and Brig. Gen. John Riggin, aide
to General Ulysses S. Grant.
Some graves are unmarked; others have been vandalized in years past.
Cathy Slusser, Supervisor, Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Court,
Department of Historical Resources, provided some of the data from
which this list of graves was compiled:
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| Name |
Dates |
Inscription |
Remarks |
| Bartholomew,
Paul |
1864 - 1889 |
|
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| Carter, Sgt.
B.F. |
|
|
“Co. L.
1st M.E. Cav.” |
| Clark, Henry A. |
|
|
“Co. A.
Munnerlyns Brig.
C.S.A.” |
| Clark, Henry S. |
D/ July 27, 1850 |
|
“of
Canton, N.Y.,""on his 42nd
Yr.” |
| Cooper, Pharaba
Jane Vaughn |
9/27/1812 -
1/9/1899 |
|
“Daughter
of a Revolutionary
Soldier” |
| Cooper, James
Gignilliat |
9/8/1801 -
6/20/1879 |
|
Footstone:
“Mem. Fla. Secession
Con., C.S.A.” |
| Crews, --- |
|
|
|
| Crowder, J.R.,
Rev. |
8/5/1845 -
11/1/1887 |
|
“Born in
Paris, Tenn.” |
| Cunliffe, Nancy
J. |
d/ 4/5/1888 |
|
“Aged 68
yrs., 4 mos. and 26
days” |
| Curry, Mr. Ben S. |
|
|
|
| Curry, John |
1/25/1811 -
11/29/1882 |
|
“Born
Green Turtle Key” |
| Curry, Julia |
d/ 1924 |
|
|
| Curry, Mary Ward
|
12/12/1814 -
9/5/1883 |
|
“Born at
Harbor Island, Bahamas,
Departed Life Manatee, Wife of John Curry” |
| Gates,
Christianna R. |
9/14/1850 -
1/6/1892 |
|
|
| Gates, Edward
F., Rev. |
9/8/1836 -
7/26/1923 |
|
|
| Gates, Euphemia
T. |
1/11/1839 -
12/20/1922 |
|
“Wife of
Rev. Edward F.
Gates” |
| Gates, Eva May |
1875 - 1967 |
|
|
| Gates, John W. |
7/20/1887 -
6/11/1899 |
|
“Son of
J. and C.R. Gates, The
Idol of His Family” |
| Gates, Josiah |
11/15/1802 -
10/3/1871 |
|
|
| Gates, Josiah |
1/13/1848 -
11/29/1924 |
|
“He Lived
For Others” |
| Gates, Mary M. |
10/6/1816 -
10/10/1896 |
|
“Wife of
Josiah Gates” |
| Glazier, Ezekiel
|
d/ 2/14/1888 |
“Aged 73
Years” |
Footstone:
“Ezekiel Glazier, Mem.
Fla. Succession Con. CSA” |
| Glazier,
Margaret S. |
12/2/1858 -
9/18/1896 “Wife of
Henry T. Glazier” |
| Greer, Sgt.
Rob’t. |
|
|
“Co. K 8th
MO., S.M.
Cav.” |
| Griffin,
Permelia |
d/ 4/18/1857 |
“Aged 62
Years" |
"Wife of
Apollos Griffin” |
| Harllee, Annie
Ward |
8/28/1872 -
2/22/1874 |
|
“Daughter
of J.W. and M.E.
Harllee” |
| Harllee, J.W. |
8/12/1837 -
12/20/1887 |
“Capt.
John” |
“Born in
S.C.”
Footstone: “Haygood Brigadier C.S.A.” |
| Harllee, Mary |
11/7/1852 -
9/15/1879 |
|
“Born in
Key West” |
| Harllee, Mary
Elizabeth |
4/2/1875 -
5/8/1875 |
|
“Daughter
of J.W. and M.E.
Harllee” |
| Harllee, Robert |
7/5/1876 -
7/11/1876 |
|
“Son of
J.W. and M.E.
Harllee” |
| Harllee, Welton
Stewart |
12/21/1880 -
2/22/1881 |
|
“Son of
P.S. and A.N.
Harllee” |
| Hedgcoxe, Oliver
|
d/ 1/6/1876 |
“Aged 19
Years” |
|
| Helveston, James
H. |
|
|
“Spencer
Co., C.S.A., How Strange
It Seems, With So Much Gone of Life and Love to Still Live On” |
| Helveston, Lula |
1833 - 1923 |
|
“Wife” |
| Johnson, Enos E.
|
5/25/1837 -
11/9/1887 “Our
Father, Born at Erie, Indiana” |
| Johnson, James
Albert |
10/6/1881 -
10/16/1896 “Son of
Mary A. and Enos E. Johnson” |
| Johnson, Mary A.
Wood |
7/24/1841 -
5/15/1905 “Wife of
Enos Emory Johnson” |
| Jones, Rosa M. |
11/11/1873 -
7/24/1892 |
|
|
| Jones, W.A. |
11/18/1867 -
9/19/1890 “Born in
Iowa City, died in Manatee” |
| Lloyd, Daniel |
8/6/1837 -
6/15/1904 “Born at
York, England, died at Manatee” |
| Lloyd, Hannah A.
|
2/28/1857 -
4/1/1945
“Mother” |
| Lloyd, Little
Hannah |
|
|
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| Lloyd, Maria
Belle Cal. |
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|
|
| Mitchell, Samuel
|
8/18/1880 -
8/4/1883 “Son of S.
and J.C. Mitchell, Little Samuel Has Gone to Rest” |
| Mitchell, Thomas
Francis |
10/28/1865 -
4/24/1895 |
|
“Age 29
Years, 5 mo. and 25 ds.
Son of Samuel and Jane C. Mitchell” |
| Pelot, John C.
M.D. |
|
|
|
| Pelot, John
Cooper |
d/ 2/27/1879 |
|
Footstone:
“Pres. Fla. Secession
Con. C.S.A.” |
| Pettigrew, Mary |
d/ 8/4/1881 |
|
“Our Mary,
Daughter of A.J. and
Christine Pettigrew, Aged 4 Months and 25 Days” |
| Riggin, John |
1835 - 1886 |
|
Footstone:
“John Riggin, Jr.
Brig. Gen. U.S. Army ,Additional Aide De-Camp to Maj. Gen. U.S.
Grant” |
| Robinson, A. A.,
Rev. |
10/29/1815 -
10/29/1892 |
|
|
| Robinson, Lucy
Daniels |
d/ 6/4/1908 |
|
“Wife of
A.A. Robinson of Fla.
Conference” |
| Robinson,
Rebecca A. |
4/12/1819 -
8/28/1879 |
|
“Born
Washington, Wilkes Co.,
Ga., Wife of A.A. Robinson” |
| Rupert, Benjm.
F. |
2/1827 - 2/1849 |
|
|
| Saunders, Sid.
P. |
7/23/1857 -
2/19/1879 |
|
|
| Sawyer, Mary E. |
4/9/1860 -
4/9/1862 |
|
|
| Sawyer, Theodore
L. |
10/23/1858 -
4/11/1888 |
|
|
| Stanton, Curtis
Henderson |
4/9/1865 -
8/20/1982 |
|
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| Steel, Neal |
|
|
“Son of
James O. Steel and Mary
E. Steel, Born in Robinson Ill.” |
| Tresca, Eugenia
F. |
9/23/1862 -
7/5/1881 |
|
|
| Tresca, Mrs.
Louisa Ellen |
1/1/1828 -
12/23/1906 |
|
|
| Vanderipe,
Frankie |
8/7/1878 -
8/1/1883 |
|
“Son of
J.C. and S.L.
Vanderipe” |
| Vanderipe, James
W. |
10/31/1870 -
1/2/1885 |
|
|
| Vanderipe, Lewis
H. |
12/5/1878 -
10/4/1882 |
|
“Son of
W.H. and Eliza
Vanderipe” |
| Vanderipe,
William A. |
10/5/1868 -
11/7/1881 |
|
“Son of
J.C. and Ellen
F.” |
| Watson, Rebecca
U. |
10/7/?? -
3/3/1883 |
|
|
| Wenman, Henry
James |
d/ 2/27/1874 |
|
“Son of
Thomas and Elizabeth
Wenman of Goswell Wood, London, Who Departed This Life Feb. 27, 1874 in
the 22nd Year of His Age” |
| Williams, Eliza
A. |
6/6/1822 -
1/9/1853 |
|
“Wife of
Peter T.
Williams” |
| Wilson, Arthur
Hunter |
6/9/1873 -
11/19/1888 |
|
“Son of
C.V.S. and Harriet Wilson,
Born Morgan County, Ga., died at Manatee, Fla.” |
| Wilson, Harriet
Angelia |
9/19/1844 -
11/11/1887 |
|
“Wife of
C.V.S. Wilson, Born at
Malta, Saratoga County NY, Died at Manatee, Fla.” |
| Wilson, J.C. |
d/1/17/1853 |
"Aged 32
Years” |
“Late of
Cleveland, Ohio " |
| Wyatt, Elizabeth
A.W. |
8/9/1837 -
2/27/1854 |
|
“Born in
Chelsea, Mass., Wife of
William H. Wyatt” |
| Wyatt, John
Curry |
7/2/1867 -
8/10/1876 |
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By
Melissa Brewer, © 2002, All Rights Reserved.
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