Oaklawn Cemetery
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, Florida's first public burial ground. The location was deeded in the mid-19th century. It was named as the final resting place for "White and Slave, Rich and Poor". The First Mayor of the City of Tampa Judge Joseph B. Lancaster
Joseph B. Lancaster
Joseph Bradford Lancaster was an American lawyer and a Whig politician who served on the Florida Supreme Court from 1848 to 1850. An important figure in Florida law and politics, he was the last justice under the system in which the circuit court judges served also on the supreme court...
is buried at Oaklawn along with pirates, slaves, other mayors, yellow-fever epidemic victims and confederate soldiers. It is located at the intersection of Morgan Street and Harrison Street in downtown Tampa, about two blocks South of US I-275.
The cemetery has approximately 1700 graves.