BELAIR CEMETERY, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Brent and Vickie Stevens, (Vickie327@aol.com). USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** Notes: Located off Ross Rd, off Woodville Hwy behind the warehouses on the right. This cemetery is in deplorable condition. It was vandalized a few years back in the most horrific manner possible. All the graves had been dug up and the skeletal remains were hung in the trees. Headstones were broken and trash was scattered through out. Leon County Public Works Department, under the supervision of a local funeral director, went through and re buried the persons buried there and tried to restore as much as possible. Since then the owner/s of the property have attempted to clear out some of the trees and the workers have done as much damage as the vandals of a few years earlier. There are several graves under the branches and trees that have been piled up after they were cut down. There are broken bottles, a car bumper and a sofa dumped there as well. Leon County is currently working with the owner/s to attempt to correct the damage and clean the area. The listing of burials is not in any order of plots but just as we would find a headstone that was readable. It is very disturbing to see such lack of respect for those that have come and gone and I hope that in the future this cemetery will be restored to some order and it will become a serene final resting place for those buried there BROWN, Maggie, b. Jun 6 1917 d. Jun 1 2000 BROWN, Richard, b. Jan 14 1917 d. Nov 19 1970, "GA PVT 357 ENGR REGT WWII" BROWN, Samuel, b. Dec 5 1911 d. Feb 10 1974, "FL PVT US Army WWII" BUIER, Noricissie, b. 1895 d. 1933 CARTER, Rev R. R., b. 1885 d. Aug 18 1951 CROOMS, Addie, b. Apr 10 1897 d. May 26 1972 DAMS, Beatrice, b. 1907 d. 1972 FARMER, Diana, No Dates GAINES, Timothy, b. 1999 d. 1999 GAVIN, McCrey Edward, b. Jun 20 1890 d. Mar 3 1954 , "GA PVT CASUAL DEPT WWI" HILL, James, b. No Date d. Apr 30 1930 HOUSTON, Andrew, b. Dec 18 1912 d. Oct 10 1972 HOUSTON, Peggy, No Dates JO??NS, Frances Coefield, b. Mar 16 1928 d. Oct 23 1969 JOHNSON, Dan, b. Jun 10 1909 d. Jun 27 1981 JONES, Ann, No Dates KILPATRICK, Lilia H., b. No Date d. Dec 16 1924 OUSKI, Sorae, Mar 6 ?? (only date) PORTER, Henry, b. Feb 22 1898 d. Oct 11 1937 RAHMAN, Hakeem Abdul, b. Jan 20 1998 d. Feb 25 1998 REESE, Mother Missa, b. Aug 2 1851 d. Jan 22 1933 REESE, Rev L. H., b. Jan 23 1883 d. Mar 11 1944 SHAW, ? A., No Dates SIMPSON, Lucia H., b. Feb 8 1910 d. May 5 1971 THOMAS, Matt Jackson, b. Mar 31 1874 d. Apr 3 1945 UNKNOWN, Id?? ????n [this was an etched glass marker which is now broken in pieces] UNREADABLE WILLIAMS, Beatrice, b. Jul 3 1894 d. Nov 19 1952, "Daughter " WILLIAMS, M., No Dates WILLIAMS, Mercedes Porter, b. Nov 18 1922 d. Sep 3 1984 WILSON, Alfred, Sr., b. Mar 11 1898 d. Jun 1980 WILSON, Mildred, b. Dec 22 1919 d. Mar 25 1975 There are many other graves here with broken, unreadable stones and many sunken graves as well.