Ponce Inlet in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Pacetti Cemetery
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 15, 2021
1. Pacetti Cemetery Marker
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Pacetti Cemetery. . The Pacetti Cemetery is the final resting place for some of Ponce Inlet's first settlers. Bartolo Pacetti was a descendant of the Minorcans who had come east to Florida as part of a failed British attempt at colonization in New Smyrna Beach. Pacetti's ancestors were able to secure land grants by pledging their loyalty to Spain when Great Britain returned its Florida holdings to Spain in 1783. In 1843, Bartolo Pacetti came to Mosquito Inlet, now Ponce Inlet, and settled upon family land he owned jointly with his sister-in-law Mercedes Triay Pacetti. On November 15, 1883, Bartolo Pacetti and his sister-in-law sold 10 acres of their land for $400 dollars to the United States government for construction of a new light house station. This is where the Ponce deLeon Inlet Lighthouse station stands today. The dedication of the cemetery was held on April 30, 1972. There are seven headstones in the Pacetti family cemetery, including those of Bartolo Pacetti and his wife Martha, their daughter Saraphina Isabella and her husband Captain John Gardner.
The Pacetti Cemetery is the final resting place for some of Ponce Inlet's first settlers. Bartolo Pacetti was a descendant of the Minorcans who had come east to Florida as part of a failed British attempt at colonization in New Smyrna Beach. Pacetti's ancestors were able to secure land grants by pledging their loyalty to Spain when Great Britain returned its Florida holdings to Spain in 1783. In 1843, Bartolo Pacetti came to Mosquito Inlet, now Ponce Inlet, and settled upon family land he owned jointly with his sister-in-law Mercedes Triay Pacetti. On November 15, 1883, Bartolo Pacetti and his sister-in-law sold 10 acres of their land for $400 dollars to the United States government for construction of a new light house station. This is where the Ponce deLeon Inlet Lighthouse station stands today. The dedication of the cemetery was held on April 30, 1972. There are seven headstones in the Pacetti family cemetery, including those of Bartolo Pacetti and his wife Martha, their daughter Saraphina Isabella and her husband Captain John Gardner.
Location. 29° 4.824′ N, 80° 55.83′ W. Marker is in Ponce Inlet, Florida, in Volusia County
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. Marker is on Sailfish Drive, 0.1 miles west of South Peninsula Drive, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Orange FL 32127, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 15, 2021
2. Pacetti Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 520 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
