Along with the Old Town Burial Ground, this cemetery shelters some of the county's noteworthy historical figures. The Episcopal Church it surrounds, organized in 1838, is among the most historic in the state. Within its bounds are the names of many who played significant roles in forging the area's heritage, including victims of the federal raid on Marianna in the War Between the States, Florida's Confederate governor, a United States senator, and the wife of John Gorrie, inventor of artificial ice. Also buried here are a nationally famous novelist, a scientist of note, great educators known throughout the Southeast, and numerous local dignitaries who were prominent in building the community.