Woodland-Old City Cemetery
The Woodland-Old City Cemetery in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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History
“When Missouri became a state in 1821, the temporary seat of government was in St. Charles, Missouri. The Constitutional Commission was charged with the duty of selecting a permanent seat of government and after much discussion and debate, the General Assembly voted to establish the “City of Jefferson” in the Howard’s Bluff vicinity on the Missouri River. At that time there were only two houses here.
In 1822, when the City of Jefferson was being platted, the trustees were authorized to sell 200 lots, with the proceeds going to build the Capitol building. At that time, out-lot #38 was set aside as a city “grave yard” and was never sold. Over the years it has been called “City Cemetery,” “Fairview Cemetery,” and “Old City Cemetery.” It is the oldest public cemetery in Jefferson City and possibly in Cole County. The first recorded burial here was in 1826.
In 1838, Israel B. Read and his wife, Mary, purchased all of out-lot #39 from the State of Missouri and established Woodland Cemetery as a private cemetery. The first recorded burial here was in 1837. Approximately 2 acres on the eastern end of Woodland was sold to the Federal Government in 1868 to establish the Jefferson City National Cemetery. An ashlar stone wall separates the two.
Setting
There is no visual delineation between Old City and Woodland cemeteries, however there are some differences between the two in the orientation of grave markers. Tombstones near the front of Old City Cemetery face true east. It was a Christian custom to position tombstones facing true east in anticipation of the second coming of Christ. These markers are at a slight angle to the property line while the graves near the back of the cemetery are aligned with the property line. Woodland Cemetery begins at the Clarke Mausoleum and moves eastward to the National Cemetery; tombstones in this area face in a somewhat easterly direction but are more squarely aligned with the property line. The two cemeteries occupy approximately 7 acres.
Prior to 1897, Van Buren Street was renamed McCarty Street and was widened through and well past the cemetery, necessitating the relocation of 185 burials, 109 of which were labeled “unknown.” It is likely that these unknown individuals were reinterred in a mass, unmarked grave but there are no records to indicate where these burials might be.
To date, no original burial records have been found for either cemetery. Since death certificates were not required until 1910 and obituaries in early years were not universally published, it is difficult to accurately establish the number of unmarked burials. Some tombstones have simply not withstood the test of time and some graves never had tombstones. To date, over 790 unmarked burials have been identified; it is estimated there are over 2,600 burials in the two cemeteries.
People
When the new state Capitol was completed in 1826, there were 30 families living in the City of Jefferson; many are buried in Woodland-Old City Cemetery. A large number of individuals interred here were true pioneers—prominent, influential merchants, professionals, civic leaders and politicians. These first settlers built the buildings and established the government, community, business and schools. The cemetery served persons from all walks of life and was also the final resting place for paupers and unknowns. The lives of the people interred in Woodland-Old City Cemetery are closely intertwined with the birth and development of this city as well as the state of Missouri. It reflects the demographics of Jefferson City as it was being developed.
There are veterans of every U.S. military conflict from the Revolutionary War to W.W.II. This includes several United States Colored Infantry veterans, some of whom helped fund the founding of Lincoln University.”
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Robert Butler was appointed the Surveyor General in Florida in 1825. He had a plantation of 900 acres around Lake Jackson, which includes what is today the Lake Jackson Mounds State Park.
Butler was an important person in the history of antebellum Florida, although he is largely forgotten today. The trail at Lake Jackson Mounds that passes by his earthworks and site of his former grist mill is named the Butler Mill trail, although unfortunately, nowhere in the park or brochures will you find out who he was.
When he was a teenager, Robert Butler was orphaned and became legal ward and raised by General Andrew Jackson in Tennessee. He later married Rachael Hays, who was niece of Jackson and his wife Rachael. Butler followed Jackson with a military Career, and was at the Battle of New Orleans and served as Jackson's Adjutant during the first Seminole War in 1818, where he signed the infamous execution orders of Ambrister and Arbuthnot.
In 1821, Butler accepted the flags at the changing of flags when Florida was transferred from Spain to the United States.
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Hey guys, this is the Saint Paul’s graveyard in Key West, Florida, considered one of the most haunted places on the island. I am Praveen Mohan and on the other side of the fence is the Saint Paul’s church. This is the very first cemetery in Key West, and it was much larger at that time. There was no fence and the original cemetery covered the parking lot extending up to the nearby houses. Now right beneath, just a few feet below is coral rock, you can’t go too far down.
So if there is not enough depth in the ground, how did they bury them? They would put one body down, and stack the rest of the bodies on top of each other from there and just bury them. Back then, they didn’t know Cement dissolves in sea water, so they were using cement in the graveyard.
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Here is one of the most famous haunted locations in Florida, called the Devil’s Tree. I am Praveen Mohan and this is located in Oak Hammock Park in Port St Lucie. This oak tree is said to be owned by Devil himself, and is impossible to cut it down. Unlike most urban legends, this tree has a very real story behind it. On January 8, 1971 a cop by the name of Gerard John Schaefer finds two teenagers hitchhiking the town. He shows his badge and puts them in the back of his car. Now, this guy brings them to this very spot, binds them, tortures them and hangs them both on one of the branches and kills them. Why on this tree? Because right next to this tree, was his home, you can still see the foundation.
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This deputy sheriff, killed about 34 people before getting caught, and the headless skeletons of these two girls, Collette Goodenough and Barbara Ann Wilcox were discovered right underneath here. He had left two ropes hanging from this branch to remember this incident.
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In 1992, a group of school boys were chased through the woods by the same hooded figures.
In 1993, a local pastor erected a cross and performed exorcism on this tree; 9 months later the cross was pulled out and placed upside down as the devil’s cross. The legend of the devil’s tree is now spreading like wildfire.
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