Brooksville in Hernando County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Grave of Charlotte Wynn Pyles Crum

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, October 19, 2024

1. The Grave of Charlotte Wynn Pyles Crum Marker

Inscription. One of the area's early white settlers, Charlotte Crum is the first known burial in the Brooksville Cemetery. Her death occurred immediately following the Second Seminole War (1833-1842), and is symbolic of the epic collision that occurred in Florida as diverse cultures struggled for control of the expanding American frontier. Born in 1792 near Savannah, Georgia, Charlotte married Col. Samuel Robert Pyles who in 1824 moved his family to what later became Alachua County, Florida. Following Pyles' 1837 death, Charlotte married Richard R. Crum who secured this portion of land through the Armed Occupation Act of 1842, settling at Chuccochattie, less than one mile south. While traveling nearby September 12, 1842, Charlotte, her daughter Rebecca Harn, granddaughter Mary Catherine Harn and escort John Francis McDonnell were fired upon by a party of Seminoles who were unaware of the war's end and evidently retaliating for recent aggressive acts by white settlers eager to remove the area's native population. In the ensuing struggle, all escaped but Charlotte, who was killed and whose death received sensationalized attention. She

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is buried here, less than one-eighth mile from her home in a grave once entombed with brick.
A Florida Heritage Site

Erected 2002 by Hernando Historical Museum Association, Inc. and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-471.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is September 12, 1842.

Location. 28° 32.765′ N, 82° 22.162′ W. Marker is in Brooksville, Florida, in Hernando County. It can be reached from Olmes Road 0.1 miles west of Jasmine Drive. Marker is located on the main entrance drive just north of Olmes Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1275 Olmes Road, Brooksville FL 34601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast

and on Tampa Bay.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, October 28, 2024

2. The Grave of Charlotte Wynn Pyles Crum Marker

once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chocochatti (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Sidewalk (approx. one mile away); 1885 Train Depot (approx. one mile away); Hernando County Confederate Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hernando County (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hernando County War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hernando County Global War on Terrorism Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); City of Brooksville (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooksville.

Also see . . . Charlotte Wynn Pyles Crum Grave Marker. (Submitted on October 30, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 899 times since then and 155 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.