Woodland Cemetery is one of the oldest in the Port Orange area containing many of the early settlers to the area. One of the cemeteries first burials took place in 1880 although its possible that there are burials even before this based on the condition of some of the ineligible stones. The cemetery is very well kept by the Letter Memorial Studio. Nellie Johnson was a two year old child one of the first burials here strangely enough months later her brother came to pass at the age of three years old. It seems as if the older section contains nothing but mainly children.

The cemetery contains roughly a couple thousand burials and even one mausoleum. When your walking through the cemetery there is two roads that extend back into a woodsy area. This area takes you to the oldest section which is full of burial vaults with there lids torn off, broken stones that lean in different directions, stones hidden by brush, and in one section roughly ten stones real close to one of another of children. In this section are also a few confederate soldiers from the civil war particularly five however we only found a couple of them. The rest either do not have confederate flags or are so worn you cannot read the inscriptions on there tombstones. However the following confederate soldiers are buried at Woodland names like William Carter, Emery Nolan, Israel Wells, GMT Wilson, and James Woodward.

Like most cemeteries I feel this one is haunted on a mild level more or less. It is very well kept although the oldest section seems rather ignored. There are parts of the cemetery that are well lit from the houses surrounding it and a parish that sits near it as well. There are things like major cold spot activity, feeling watched in the darker areas, even balls of light which one I seen with my naked eye. But there are places you will visit here which contain stones with little picket fences surrounding there grave, or knickknacks, or one section with a bench and flower trestle. So it is very well kept even the confederate solder has a brand new tombstone perhaps to replace the old one.

The front gates that once were at the entrance look to be ripped off it almost looks like someone hit them since the pole which once held the gate is bent. But I chose this place because Port Orange has a lot of history to it with the states largest lighthouse nearby and many Indian burial grounds close by it is no wonder a cemetery containing early settlers would be haunted or contain some kind of spiritual energy.

Woodland Cemetery in my opinion has a sense of purity here I cannot sense any sad, uncomfortable or bad feelings. It is one of those cemeteries you could fall asleep in seriously quite rare but that is how serene it is here. We will definitely work with this place a little more at least visit a second time to do a follow-up. See if we can find the other confederate stones and uncover the mysteries of the early settlers in Port Orange who came here but never left.

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