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This project is for those who were born, lived or died in St. Johns County, Florida St. Johns County's history begins in 1821, when Colonel Robert Butler received Spanish East Florida from Captain-General Colonel José M. Coppinger. Butler represented Major General Andrew Jackson, federal military commissioner for the Florida provinces (las Floridas) with the powers of governor, exercising the ...
This cemetery is located on 505 North Rodriguez Street, Saint Augustine, St. John's County, Florida. Find a Grave Established in 1886 outside the city limits when St. Augustine closed its small urban graveyards due to overcrowding, Evergreen became the region’s largest Protestant cemetery of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The design was strongly influenced by America's Rural Cemetery Move...
Ponce de Leon is said to have discovered the Fountain of Youth in St Augustine in March of 1513. In honor of his Easter arrival, Ponce de Leon gave Florida its name "Pacula de Flores" (Land of Flowers). There is a statute of Ponce de Leon standing on the east end of the Plaza near the Bridge of Lions. It is a duplicate of the one in San Jaun Puerto Rico. St. Augustine was founded forty-two year...
Wikipedia St. Augustine National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of St. Augustine in St. Johns County, Florida. Find a Grave
Official Website ==Summary==TAKE A WALK THROUGH HISTORYHidden away in the marshes of St. Augustine, Florida is one of the most important sites in American history: the first free community of ex-slaves, founded in 1738 and called Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose or Fort Mose (pronounced Moh-Say).More than a century before the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves from the British colonies were a...