page_title: Oaklawn Cemetery
section_title: Darwin Branch Givens
hierarchical_section_title: Oaklawn Cemetery / Darwin Branch Givens
caption_attribution_description: English: Marker at oaklawn cemetery, Tampa, Florida.
context_page_description: Oaklawn Cemetery is the first public burial ground in Tampa, Florida, United States. The location was deeded in the mid-19th century and was described as the final resting place for "White and Slave, Rich and Poor". Oaklawn Cemetery is located at the intersection of Morgan Street and Harrison Street in downtown Tampa, about two blocks South of I-275. It has approximately 1,700 graves.
  Oaklawn Cemetery includes a section for Catholic burials called St. Louis Catholic Cemetery. The two graveyards were added as a Historic District to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 2017. The Sexton House was used for equipment storage and maintenance activities. The cemetery was of the "Rural Cemetery" style. The First Mayor of the City of Tampa, Judge Joseph B. Lancaster, is buried at Oaklawn, as is the 6th mayor, James McKay Sr. Others include pirates, slaves, yellow fever epidemic victims and confederate soldiers. Notable areas and gravesites in the cemetery include the gravesites of Henry Laurens Mitchell, John T. Lesley Family, Samuel Friebele, Charlie Wall, the Hooker Family, James McKay Jr., James C. Field, Joseph B.
context_section_description: A gravesite for Darwin Branch Givens (born 1858 - died 1942) includes a marble marker at the gravesite inscribed:
  As a young
  child, he
  alerted Tampa
  of the
  invading
  Yankee
  soldiers with
  the cry "the
  devils are
  coming." 1864
  Early Oaklawn
  Conservator"
caption: Darwin Branch Givens marble marker at Oaklawn Cemetery
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