St Nicholas Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida
Location: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
Space:African American Cemeteries - Florida
St Nicholas Cemetery
Please note that there are two cemeteries called St Nicholas in Jacksonville. This is one, the other is now known as Historic St Nicholas. This cemetery contains the remains of some of the earliest black families of Jacksonville. Many of the graves are unmarked and there is a large number of illegible markers as well. Only descendants of those already interred are eligible to be buried here. The cemetery is locked except for weekends.
Address: 3811 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207 (Beach Blvd & Carmichael Ave)
Directions: GPS: Longitude - 30.18023 Latitude - -81.37385
History: An historical marker in the cemetery provides the following information:
- "St. Nicholas Cemetery is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries associated with the historic African American communities of St. Nicholas, Philips, and Larsen/Pine Forest of South Jacksonville. Other associated community names include Spring Glen, Spring Park, Hogan, and Southside. The cemetery was referenced in a 1910 deed, but an older section has burials that predate the deed. This section was associated with the Mount Zion Baptist Church of Spring Park, founded in 1874. Because of the cemetery's long history, St. Nicholas has a large variety of grave types, materials, and symbolism. The most common types of funerary art are headstones made of marble, granite, cement, and cast stone. Some markers are homemade from cement, often decorated with ceramic tiles, and with inscriptions engraved by hand. The cemetery includes approximately 974 identifiable graves. At least seven black veterans from the 21st, 33rd, and 34th United States Colored Troops are buried in the cemetery. According to oral tradition, the cemetery's older section was donated by the Francis Richard family, who received a 16,000-acre land grant in the area during Florida's Second Spanish Period (1783-1821)."
The old section of the cemtery was surveyed by Kia Hall.
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