Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida

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Get directions W Call Street and N Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32301 United States

Coordinates: 30.44393, -84.28653
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The St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery is a five-acre historic cemetery located in Florida's capital city - Tallahassee, Florida. This sacred space which used to be considered rural is located four blocks west of the church and is now surrounded by a downtown urban setting within the shadows of the Florida State Archives and the Special Collections Library of Florida State University.

The earliest recorded parish record for a burial in this cemetery is 1840 and this places it among several of the very earliest burial sites in Florida. The St. John's Cemetery is now home to 769 marked graves and 121 others that are unmarked but listed in the parish Interment Book. Some of the very earliest grave markers have dates listed in the 1830s. The St. John's Cemetery reveals a variety of vibrant stories over several eras to both parishioners, local citizens in the community as well as statewide officials. These narratives are filled with the spirit of religious commitment, trailblazing souls, rejoicings, and adversities. Wars, a yellow fever epidemic, and shipwrecks are all represented in the tales of the St. John's graves.