Edgewater in Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Miami City Cemetery

Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, October 19, 2014

1. Miami City Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In 1897 Mrs. Mary Brickell sold this 10-acre “rocky wasteland” to the City of Miami for $750. It was a half mile north of the city limits on a narrow wagon county trail. The first burial, not recorded, was of an elderly black man on 14 July 1897. The first recorded burial was H. Graham Branscomb, a 23-year-old Englishman on 20 July 1897. From its inception it was subdivided with "whites on the east end and the colored population on the west end." In 1915 the Beth David congregation began a Jewish section. Two other sections are the circles: the first, Julia Tuttle, the “Mother of Miami” buried in 1898; the second, a memorial to the Confederate Dead erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. There are 66 Confederate and 27 Union veterans buried there. Other sections include a Catholic section, American Legion, Spanish American War, and two military sections along the north and south fence lines. Among the 9,000 burials are pioneer families such as the Burdines, Peacocks, Sewells, Gilberts and Dr. James Jackson. The five oolitic limestone markers are the only known worldwide. Restoration was

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led by Enid Pinkney and Penny Lambeth of the African-American Committee of Dade Heritage Trust and TREEmendous Miami.

Erected 2013 by Sons of Confederate Veterans, Dade Heritage Trust, Commissioners Regalado, Winton and Teele, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-788.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 14, 1897.

Location. 25° 47.605′ N, 80° 11.582′ W. Marker is in Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. It is in Edgewater. It can be reached from the intersection of Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 18th Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is inside the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1800 NE 2nd Ave, Miami FL 33132, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Florida

and on the Gold Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern

Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, October 19, 2014

2. Miami City Cemetery Marker

Seaboard. 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 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 walking distance of this marker: The Art Deco Tower (approx. half a mile away); Wynwood Walls (approx. 0.7 miles away); Carlos “Mare” Rodriguez (approx. 0.7 miles away); Judge Lawson Edward Thomas Law Office (approx. 0.7 miles away); Overtown Lyric Theater (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Historic Negro Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum: The First Five (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Tower of Snow (approx. one mile away); Port of Miami (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Miami.

Also see . . . Friends of the Historic Miami City Cemetery (Facebook). Friends of the Historic Miami City Cemetery have been restoring the cemetery for 16 years. (Submitted on October 19, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida.)

Tombstone of the Peacock Family image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, October 19, 2014

3. Tombstone of the Peacock Family

Confederate Soldiers Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, October 19, 2014

4. Confederate Soldiers Memorial

Jewish Section image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, October 19, 2014

5. Jewish Section

Jewish Section Gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, October 19, 2014

6. Jewish Section Gate

Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,647 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 19, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.