This small, desolate cemetery is located on private property between the Indiantown Airport and the community of Indiantown in western Martin County, FL. Accessible only across fields and marked cattle trails, the cemetery is a forlorn shadow of its once former self. It is, however, a neat and well laid-out site including over 70 newly-painted crosses, which are more symbolic of the burials there, rather than the marking of actual gravesites.
The cemetery is under the supervision of Eugene Brown of Indiantown, whose family once had records showing the burials there, but which are now, regretfully, no longer available. It is believed that the actual burial area was, at one time, considerably larger, but with the passing of time, only the portion where sites could be found was enclosed.
Well hidden by pine trees, woods, and Florida fauna, the cemetery consists of one area with approximately 30 gravesites and is fronted by a small enclosed area of several unmarked gravesites. Originally the burying ground of local inhabitants, primarily farm and field workers, the earliest burial appears to have been c1952 and the latest c1970. Of the total possible sites, regretfully only a few bear markers or any kind of description. Many of the stones are loose and exact locations can only be approximated.
The Martin County Genealogical Society's Cemetery Committee is indebted to Mr. Brown and Mr. Summers (of the Indiantown Chamber of Commerce) for their assistance in gaining access to and recording the information found therein.
Douglas W. Poulter,
Chairman,
MCGS Cemetery Committee,
Apr 1997
Indiantown Cemetery burial layout
Indiantown Cemetery index
Indiantown Cemetery database
Stuart News article by Geoff Oldfather, staff writer (printed w/permission)
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