This cemetery contains the remains of at least ten Confederate veterans and officials including three delegates to the Florida Secession Convention - Ezekiel Glazier, James G. Cooper, and Dr. John C. Pelot, as well as at least three Union veterans including Brigadier General John Riggin who served as an aide to General Ulysses S. Grant.

Also buried here is blockade runner Captain Frederick Tresca who, after the fall of the Confederacy, played a major role in aiding Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin evade capture and escape through southwest Florida to the Bahamas and then to England in 1865.

Another blockade runner who assisted Benjamin in his escape, Archibald McNeill, is believed to be buried here in an unmarked grave. A State Historical Marker for the cemetery is located at the site.

Information Provided by the Florida Department of State.