Baker County FlArchives Cemeteries.....OLUSTEE BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL CEMETERY ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: MaryLou Ginn and Fannie J. Young, (yngedtn1@juno.com) May 1998 Directions: From the junction of U. S. Hiway 90 and SR. 100, East of Lake City, FL., turn East on U. S. 90 and travel through the small settlement of Olustee, FL., then on to the Olustee Battlefield Memorial approximately 13.2 miles. Make a left at the Main Gate of the Battlefield, cross the Railraod tracks, and the cemetery is immediately visible on the left. On I-10 South, you take the U. S. Hiway 90, Lake City/Olustee exit and go West on U. S. 90 for 5.7 miles to the Olustee Battlefield Memorial. Turn right into the Main Gate and cross the Railroad tracks, and the cemetery is immediately visible on the left. Notes: Park personnel told me that there was a mass grave containing the remains of about 400 Union soldiers that died there that day, but no one knows the names or the exact location of the grave. These are the burials that are known at this time. This is an active cemetery, containing black as well as white. GEORGE AUSTIN JUN. 19, 1918 AUG. 20, 1984 WILLIE MAE AUSTIN GRIFFIN MAY 10, 1914 JAN. 29, 1992 GENEVA R. GRIFFIN 1948 1986 GRIFFIN ------------ ------------- OLIVETE (SWEET) BENSON SEP. 28, 1908 JUNE 15, 1980 UNMARKED GRAVE NOAH CASON JR. 1936 1991 PHILLIP L. CASON 1967 1978 DENEEN L. CASON 1965 1978 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE SIMON CASON 1936 1979 MILDRED JONES MAY 1, 1944 NOV. 25, 1985 MARGARET CASON NOV. 26, 1914 NOV. 25, 1985 THEODORE CASON OCT. 27, 1935 DEC. 23, 1987 US ARMY KOREA GUSSIE H. CASON 1902 1992 JOHN R. CASON 1829 1924 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE MATTIE A. CASON MAY 25, 1903 JUN. 10, 1995 GEORGE F. CASON SR. DEC. 1, 1899 MAY 4, 1949 LEO CASON MAY 5, 1927 APR. 29, 1956 FLORIDA P.V.T. CO. E. 41st ENGINEERS W W II RUFUS CASON NOV. 21, 1902 JAN. 2, 1956 IRVING CASON MAR. 29, 1891 MAY 12, 1966 FLORIDA P.F.C. 1st CO. 546th ENGINEERS S.V.C. BN W W I GEORGE F. CASON NOV. 27, 1924 NOV. 9, 1967 NORTH CAROLINA P.F.C. 136th BASE UNIT AAF. W W II IRIDIOUS CASON APR. 4, 1940 JUN. 19, 1969 NEW JERSEY A 2 C. 1611 AIR POLICE AF BERNARD CASON FEB. 26, 1935 JAN. 15, 1995 US. NAVY ISREAL CASON 1895 1971 RATD?? UNREADABLE ??? 17, 1925 DEC. 6, 1927 HORACE DUKE AUG. 16, 1919 JUL. 10, 1987 MAGGIE (PEGGY) DUKE DEC. 27, 1916 OCT. 4, 1993 DEACON LAUIRE AUSTIN 1889 1991 RUTH A NELSON FEB. 7, 1921 JUNE 26, 1993 WILLIE CARNELIUS QUARTERMAN NOV. 12, 1921 AUG. 25, 1969 FLORIDA S.G.T. BTRY C. 234 AAA GUN BN W W II BISLEY WILLIAMS AUG. 12, 1885 AUG. 25, 1960 FLORIDA P.V.T. 45th REC CO. 2nd MC. W W I TOM FORD 1899 1977 DARRIN M. FORD ------------- 6 - 15 (THIS I THINK WAS A BABY) EASTER JONES NORRIS JONES 1899 1987 MELTED MARKER ON HEAD STONE THAT WAS PUT UP IT SAID SEPT. 15, 1900 MAR. 30, 1987 ROSA MAE JONES AUG, 25, 1910 SEP. 20, 1976 FOSTER HINNIE ------------- 1972 AGE 68 UNREADABLE BENNIE H. DAY ------------- 10, 20, 68 AGE 67 Date as listed on headstone UNMARKED GRAVE MARY WHITE APR. 6, 1884 NOV. 20, 1955 DAN SUMPTER 1892 1955 SOUTH CAROLINA P.V.T. CO. C. 371 INFANTEY W W I UNMARKED GRAVE REGINALD LAMONT THOMPSON AUG. 12, 1974 OCT. 20, 1996 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE L.J. JONES JAN. 29, 1950 JUNE 4, 1989 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE THELMA ALLEN NOV. 15, 1924 OCT. 11, 1978 FLORA H. FELDER OCT. 7, 1902 OCT. 6, 1933 D. C. CASON NOV. 30, 1867 MAY 27, 1906 SIDNEY F. SAMS MAR. 3, 1892 MAY 7, 1954 WILLIE JOE ROBINSON FEB. 1, 1937 NOV. 19, 1955 RHODE ISLAND SA MUS NAVY UNMARKED GRAVE UNREADABLE GRAVE JOSEPH ROBINSON 1893 1976 P.V.T. US ARMY W W I LIZZIE ROBINSON 1904 1987 NATHANIEL ROBINSON JAN. 3, 1903 AUG. 16, 1983 MINNIE ROBINSON JAN. 1, 1904 NOV. 8, 1985 UNREADABLE GRAVE GILBERT ROBINSON 21 DEC. 1895 MAY 21, 1987 P.V.T. US. ARMY W W I UNMARKED GRAVE VIOLA MORGAN NOV. 15, 1925 DEC. 9, 1983 JOSEPH MORGAN JUNE 22, 1917 JULY 2, 1986 (CRICKET) MARY LOIS NELSON AUG. 1925 FEB. 15, 1992 MR. CLYDE GARDNER SEPT. 13, 1886 FEB. 4, 1922 SUSIE MERRITT STONE SAYS MAY 12, 1888 FEB. 22, 1957 MARKER SAYS MAY 12, 1888 FEB. 23, 1955 MARIE JACKSON FEB. 14, 1920 DEC. 13, 1994 HILLIE McBRIDE 1908 1975 WILLIE MAE McBRIDE 1909 1976 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE GEORGE TAYLOR SR. MAY 12, 1912 DEC. 1, 1988 BABY BOY UNMARKED GRAVE LONNIE WRIGHT 1889 1983 US. ARMY W W I ELIGA HAMPTON SEP. 10, 1882 FEB. 28, 1972 PVT. US. ARMY W W I PRINCE LEE OWENS ------------- NOV. 1976 VICTORIA OWENS JAN. 1, 1895 APR. 8, 1972 GRAVE IS CAVED IN, UNREADABLE WALTER J. WILCOX 1923 1979 (TOBY) JAMES W. WILCOX ---------------- MAR. 3, 1966 AGE 13 SMALL BLOCK UNMARKED UNMARKED GRAVE ALPHONSO MAXWELL OCT. 10, 1947 AUG. 26, 1972 ANGELA MAXWELL FEB. 22, 1972 AUG. 26, 1992 JAMES TALLIVER MAY 20, 1907 NOV. 5, 1986 CAROLINE TALLIVER AUG. 25, 1909 JUNE 27, 1987 SMITH 1925 1989 AGE 64 UNREADABLE GRAVE WILLIT R. H. MAR. 18, 1921 OCT. 16, 1953 A. S. WILLIAMS FEB. 28, 1887 OCT. 15, 1918 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE BOB AUSTIN 1908 1969 BOY SMITH BURT ROUNTREE 1909 1925 Here, there is placed a large memorial and this is what is written on it: To the memory of the Officers and soldiers of the United States Army, who fell in the Battle of Olustee, Feb. 20, 1864. This memorial replaces the original wooden one erected on this site. May, 1866 RIGHT SIDE UNITY AND PEACE PARTICIPATING UNITS COL. W.B. BARTON BDE 47th. 115th. NY VOL COL. J. MONTGOMERY CMD. 1st. NC. VOL. US CT 54th. MASS. VOL. COL. J.R. HAULEY BDE. 7th. NH VOL. 8th.USCT. BACK SIDE MAY THE LIVING PROFIT BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE DEAD. PARTICIPATING UNITS COL. G.V. HENRY CMD. 40th. MASS. MTD INF. BTRY B. 1st. US HORSE ARTY IND BN. MASS CAV. CPT. J. HAMILTON CMD. BTRY E. 3rd. US ARTY BTRY M. 1st. US ARTY BTRY G. Erd. R1. ARTY DET 1st. NY ENGS. LEFT SIDE OUR COUNTRY ERECTED BY UNION ARMY DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, MAY 1991 There are about 8 graves in a row, with concrete round top slabs, full length, on top of the graves, but no markings.