SPIERS CEMETERY, aka ROBERTS SPIERS CEMETERY aka BROWN CEMETERY, 
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

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Location: This cemetery is on an irregular shaped lot. It faces Leonard 
Circle East, which is just south off 33rd Street. The cemetery backs to 
Spires Street (Note incorrect spelling name, it should be Spiers).

History note: Location is part of what was the Brown Farm, containing over 
100 acres. The old home place was a large two-story frame house. Many of the 
farmhands lived in buildings on the property also. The property was sold to 
developers in 1959.

Only two markers remain: Sydney F. Brown 10/14/1852-6/6/1897, and Richard 
Spiers 10/18/1854-1/6/1924. These flat stones lay under a hollow oak and a 
hollow gum tree. The other markers have been destroyed by vandals or 
construction equipment. At one time there were many blacks buried in the 
NW section. Most of those graves were marked with cypress boards, which 
deteriorated over time. Some of the names of those remembered having been 
buried there include: Susan Roberts Spiers Brown Houston 10/15/1853-12/31/1937; 
Doll Lutzen; and Paul Lutzen. In addition to these, obituaries have been located 
for: Mrs. Hester Bessent dod 6/4/1915; Mrs. Sylvia Green, dod 10/18/1902; William 
C. Lockett dod 1/28/1913; Margaret Norton dod 1/1/1915; Joseph Shiers dod 5/17/1913 
and Mrs. A. Smith dod 9/12/1913.

Condition: Remarkably clean. Kept freshly mowed, shady and peaceful. Houses are
built right next to either side. I was accompanied by Clinton Brown, who is the 
youngest of the children reared in this pioneer Brown family, therefore the heir 
to the duty of maintaining the cemetery. For additional data, contact him at 8563 
Moncrief-Dinsmore Road, Jacksonville, FL 32219. His telephone number is 768-8063.

Surveyed:  May 31, 2002, researched in June & July, 2002

BESSENT, Hester (Mrs.), b. No Date d. Jun 4 1915, (Obit)
BRINKMAN, Infant daughter, d. Apr 20 1921, d/o George/L.C.Brinkman, per L. A. Edwards
BRINKMAN, Infant son, d. May 18 1922, s/o George/L.C.Brinkman per L. A. Edwards
BRINKMAN, Lilly C., b. Sep 9 1894 d. Jun 4 1922, w/o George Brinkman, per L. A. Edwards
BROWN, Sydney F., b. Oct 14 1852 d. Jun 6 1897	

GREEN, Sylvia (Mrs.), b. No Date d. Oct 18 1902, (Obit)

HOUSTON, Susan Roberts Spiers Brown, b. Oct 15 1853 d. Dec 31 1937	

JOLLY, Lula Spiers Moore, b. Aug 8 1893 d. Mar 9 1951, Obit; d/o Richard/Sallie Spiers

LOCKETT, William C., b. No Date d. Jan 28 1913, (Obit)
LUTZEN, Doll, b. No Date d. No Date, (From memory of C. Brown)
LUTZEN, Paul, b. No Date d. No Date, (From memory of C. Brown)

MILLEN, Ella E., b. Dec 27 1890 d. Jan 20 1937, per Lucy Ames Edwards "Graves in Duval"

NORTON, Margaret, b. No Date d. Jan 1 1915, (Obit)

SHIERS, Joseph, b. No Date d. May 17 1913, (Obit)
SMITH, A. (Mrs)., b. No Date d. Sep 12 1913, (Obit)
SPIERS, Louis Kennie, b. Jul 8 1892 d. Nov 20 1948, Obit, s/o Richard/Sallie Spiers
SPIERS, Richard, b. Oct 18 1854 d. Jan 6 1924	
SPIERS, Sarah (Sallie) Clark, b. Oct 22 1860 d. Mar 16 1946, Obit