The Jackson Burial Plot

The Jackson Burial Plot

Today (December 30, 2008), was another meeting of the Mantua Cemetery Walkers and boy did we visit an incredibly odd cemetery. The Jackson Burial Plot in Pepper Pike, Ohio.

Raw Jackson, an English Settler, deeded this land as a family cemetery after immigrating to Ohio in 1835. The local merchants' association maintains the Jackson family burial plot, and it is beautifully landscaped in the spring and summer.

There is a dedication plaque on a large boulder that has the names of family members inscribed on it. There are also individual stones for Raw Jackson (d. 1859), Jane L. Jackson, his wife (d. 1861), their son, Lansdale (d. 1887), and their daughter (d. 1906).

In 1956 Harry G. Jackson, a fifth generation descendent, was operating a wholesale meat outlet on part of the original property (bought in 1835 for $12. an acre). The ninety-four acres Raw Jackson purchased were valued at $284. With taxes of $1.84. As recently as 1965, a barn built by Raw Jackson in 1845 still stood on the Chagrin Boulevard Property.

Also, until the Regal theaters in Middleburg Heights were built, this was the only cemetery in Ohio with a shopping center built around it.