Located just east of Fort Pickens is a unique collection of burial markers called the Chasefield Plantation Gravestones. Interestingly, the gravestones have no bodies buried beneath their soil.

Originally located at the mainland site of Chasefield Plantation - home of US Army Engineer William Henry Chase, the man who supervised the construction of Fort Pickens, Fort Barrancas, and Fort McRee - the property is now part of Pensacola Naval Air Station.

When the small cemetery fell in the path of a road project in 1957, the gravestones were relocated to their present site on Santa Rosa Island, in what was then Fort Pickens State Park.

Although believed to be representative of the Chase family cemetery, only two of the gravestones are actually those of family members. Originally ten in number, two have been removed to storage after being vandalized.

This mysterious collection of mid-19th century gravestones is a mix of children, soldiers, and possibly a slave.

Information provided by the National Park Service.