{{Short description|Cemetery in Napa, California}} {{Infobox Cemetery |name = Tulocay Cemetery |image = Tulocay Cemetery - April 2023 - Sarah Stierch 08.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |established = 1859 |country = United States |location = Napa, California, U.S. |coordinates = {{coord|38.297821|-122.271808|type:landmark|display=it}}<!--Precision 18"/0.005 deg--> |type = Private, Non-Profit, Non-Sectarian |owner = |size = |graves = |findagraveid= 8411 |website = {{URL|http://www.tulocaycemetery.org}} }} '''Tulocay Cemetery''' is a cemetery located in Napa, California originally established in 1859 following Governor pro tem Manuel Jimeno to Cayetano Juárez's 1853 donation of approximately {{convert|48|acre|km2|1}} of land to the people of Napa.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Don Cayetano Juarez Sr. |journal = Napa Valley Register| publisher = Lee Enterprises, Inc.| location = Napa, CA| date = March 7, 2015| url = http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/obituaries/don-cayetano-juarez-sr/article_8357de1a-2ee1-5e2e-9ecf-0f9a31b27164.html| access-date = June 12, 2016}}</ref>
==History== [[File:Cayetano_Juarez.png|thumb|right|Tulocay Cemetery was founded by Californio rancher Cayetano Juárez, who donated the land for the cemetery to the city.]] The cemetery is located on land that was originally part of Rancho Tulucay, a Mexican land grant.
==Notable interments== Several notable people are interred or entombed in the Tulocay cemetery.
*Lilburn Boggs, former Governor of Missouri, former member of California State Assembly *James Clyman, California pioneer *Nathan Coombs, California pioneer, founder of the city of Napa, California *Frank Coombs, Former United States Representative *George Washington Gift, U. S. Navy officer, writer, banker, civil engineer, politician, Confederate Navy officer, businessman, and newspaper editor *Henry William Heisch, Medal of Honor recipient *John Patchett, founder of first commercial vineyard and winery in Napa County *Mary Ellen Pleasant, 19th-century African American entrepreneur and abolitionist<ref name="Napa">{{Cite journal | last = Brennen | first = Nancy | title = Civil rights figure honored at Tulocay Cemetery | journal = Napa Valley Register | publisher = Lee Enterprises, Inc. | location = Napa, CA | date = June 12, 2011 | url = http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_e1fdfa70-949d-11e0-b77c-001cc4c03286.html | access-date = June 12, 2016}}</ref>
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Category:History of Napa County, California Category:Napa Valley Category:Cemeteries in Napa County, California Category:1859 establishments in California