Cemetary in TV
 

I was driving on Stillwater the other day and passed a vegetation enclosed area with beautiful oak trees across from the Caroline pool. I thought is was a park but when I drove around it I found a small cemetery. I assume it was on the land when TV bought it and they agreed to maintain it. Does anyone know the origins of this cemetery or the history?

I found this on the Villages website.
The historic area of tee box #7 on The Caroline, is The Villages own version of the fabled “Amen Corner”. The tee is adjacent to one of the oldest cemeteries in the county, rumored to be the final resting place of many of our earliest settlers.

I tried that earlier. It's no longer available.

I just tried it and it worked for me.

Weird, it keeps telling me this webpage isn't available. I even tried clicking on it from Google as well as TOTV. :(

The road to this cemetery is right in our back yard. There is a gate with chain lock on it, that the mowers open to mow or when there is a funeral. Been here ten years and only seen two funerals. The church is up the dirt road, and is still active to this day.

Andrew Blechman wrote about that cemetery in "Leisureville". Apparently the developer had to to let it remain in place. It is very historic.

I can't remember how we found out about the cemetary but there is a small black community north east of it. The cemetary is for that small community and it's mainly black people laid to rest there. I was fortunate enough to see a New orleans type funeral procession organizing on Cherry Lake Road. A casket was being transferred from a motorized hearse to a beautiful old horse drawn hearse. Men with musical instruments were waiting on the side of the road. Women with parasols were waiting with them.

Our first home in TV was near the cemetery in Kaylee Villas. Never saw a funeral there but did see some ladies putting flowers on graves there. It is well maintained.

Worked for me just now...

Yes, this is the final resting place for the Old Crow Tribe. Once a flourishing nation in New Jersey they decided enough already with the shoveling, lets go to Florida. They invented many of our customs today.
Trade One Get One [aka TOGO]
Circle Dancing
Maze Hole Toss
Buffalo Watching
[if i do more research and come across any others i'll let you know]