The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1913 for a total of $140.00 by five prominent families: the Burrows, Higgs, Reddick, Ross and E.W.

The layout of the cemetery is of the above the ground burial style which is very popular in locations at or below sea level and are prone to flooding.

Charlotte Jane Memorial Park served as an inspiration for the graveyard scene in the Michael Jackson’s song "Thriller".

[1] According to John Landis, the music video's director, pre-production was done at the cemetery, which in turn, was replicated at a disused meatpacking plant in Los Angeles.

Many prominent Bahamian pioneers are buried in this cemetery in either marked or unmarked graves: