HARBY FAMILY CEMETERY, Greenville, Madison County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Joseph T. Burval, e-mail: JBurval@mindspring.com COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright (c) 1990 by Joseph T. Burval, Publisher. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Publisher. The publisher donates the contents of this file in digital format to USGenWeb Project Archives for inclusion in USGenWeb's Digital Library (Archives) for the purpose of making this work freely available to researchers under the rules and policies of The USGenWeb Project. 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. CORRECTIONS AND ERRORS: Comments from readers concerning errors in the data, or information readers may have about unmarked graves should be addressed to Joseph T. Burval, 1995 Parkwood Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314, USA or e-mail at JBurval@mindspring.com ******************************************************************************* INTRODUCTION The tombstone inscriptions for the cemetery below are the same as those contained in the book "Madison County Florida Cemeteries" authored by Joseph T. Eichelberger (Privately Published: J. T. Burval, Charleston, WV (1990)). In some cases, additions and corrections have been made. They are digitally reproduced here to make this information available to the USGenWeb Project Archives. Mr. Eichelberger surveyed all the cemeteries of Madison County, Florida known to him over an eight year period from about 1985 to 1993. In most cases, the date of the survey, as well as, the date of his second survey used to verify his data is included at the end of the listing. The reader will note the detail that Mr. Eichelberger has used to record the inscriptions in this work. This work is more than a listing of names and dates. It is the next best thing to actually seeing the gravesite in person. Its content shows the author's obvious extraordinary effort to preserve what he called the "flavor" of the tombstone by recording full inscriptions. His work includes misspellings, error notation and describing the marker's location so it can be found by the reader. Often a description of the tombstone, especially if it was unusual or damaged is included. A truly outstanding work, which will serve to preserve our heritage. Mr. Eichelberger very concisely and modestly explained his work in part as follows: "This project has been a one-man effort. As a result the readings and the typing have not been checked by a second party. To make matters worse, the elapsed time between reading the tombstones and typing the listing from notes has been rather great. Reading old notes written hurriedly in the field can be a trying experience, especially if the writer's handwriting isn't too neat." "An effort was made to preserve the "flavor" of the inscriptions by retaining misspellings and errors. In general, no attempt was made to correct any data, but occasionally observations have been inserted. These are in square brackets [] except where no confusion should result. It is hoped that few errors have been introduced in recording and typing the data, but surely some have been." It is a pleasure to donate this work to the USGenWeb Project Archives to make this very valuable information available to all researchers interested in Madison County. J. T. Burval Charleston, West Virginia October 26, 1998 ******************************************************************************* SYMBOLS USED: A "/" is used to indicate a new line on the tombstone. A "//" indicates a new section of the tombstone. "FHMM" means funeral home metal marker. "CRI" means cannot read inscription. A "#" indicates a cross as used on stones and memorials, and denotes military Service. Brackets [] indicate the authors comments and are used to distinguish comments from the tombstone inscription. Two names side by side indicate either a common headstone or two headstones on a common pedestal. Two names side by side with a third name below and indented, indicate that all three names are included on a common headstone or that all three headstones are on a common pedestal. ******************************************************************************* HARBY FAMILY CEMETERY THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED .7 MILES WEST OF US 221 IN GREENVILLE. TURN NORTH AT GRADED DIRT ROAD, GO .2 MILES, TURN WEST FOR PERHAPS 100' - CEMETERY IS APPROXIMATELY 100' NORTH OF ROAD THIS GRAVEYARD HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS, IS SOMEWHAT OVERGROWN, AND SUFFERS FROM NEGLECT. ON CEMETERY GATE: EVERGREEN AND HARBY JOSEPH/JOHN/HAMPTON/BORN/SEPT 25,1829/DO>IED/DEC 2,1869 ANDREW/YOUNG/HAMPTON/BORN/OCT 29,1906/DIED/JAN 6,1870 DOUBLE CONCRETE SLAB CAPT. HARDY GRIFFIN/DIED JULY 6,1864/AGED 69 YEARS 11 MONTHS 25 DAYS/AWAITING THE RESURRECTION OF THE RIGHTEOUS RACHAEL A. GRIFFIN/DIED SEPT 12,1886/AGED 84 YEARS 6 MOS [STONE BROKEN] TWO BROKEN CONCRETE SLABS COVER ADULTS' GRAVES. INFANT SON OF/W N & ETHEL A[?]/KINSEY/AUG 26,1913 SUNKEN GRAVE IS PROBABLY THAT OF AN ADULT EULA T. DAU OF/J.M. & H.T. WILKES/JAN 19,1905/JUNE 22,1906 MISS CLEM HAMPTON/MARCH 9,1866/NOV 21,1929 GEORGE T./HINES/JULY 15,1819/SEPT 10,1922/ *** CRI *** BESSIE P./HINES/BORN/NAR 5,1897/DIED/JUNE 13,1906 SUNKEN GRAVE IS PROBABLY THAT OF AN ADULT MASONIC EMBLEM/W.R. HINES/BORN/SILVER SPRINGS FLA/DIED CEDA [CEDAR?] KEYS FLA/APRIL 2,1859/AUG 16,1904 ELIZABETH/GERMANY/HINES/BORN/1820/DIED/NOV 19,1898 JOSEPH D./HINES/BORN/AUG 21,1885/DIED/FEB 8,1891 NAOMI/COX/HAMPTON/BORN/SEPT 27,1837/DIED/FEB 7,1887 SUNKEN GRAVE IS PROBABLY THAT OF AN ADULT HARBY/DEATH IS ANOTHER LIFE//HARRY JEFFERSON/HARBY/JUNE 14,1874/JAN 6,1928 SUNKEN GRAVE IS PROBABLY THAT OF AN ADULT GRAVE BUILT-UP WITH BRICKS GEORGE T./HARBY/DIED JAN 21,1886/AGED 29 YEARS. TWO CONCRETE SLABS COVER ADULTS' GRAVES. CHARLES C. ONEAL/BIRN JULY 28,1830/DIED/JULY 15,1873/ *** CRI *** JAMES D./HAMPTON PAUL/SON OF/J.C. & MARY/WEST/BORN/APR 30 1890/DIED/DEC 9 1902/ *** CRI *** SMITH SAMUEL BRYAN SARAH HAMPTON JAN 15,1860-JAN 30,1943 OCT 5,1860-MAY 2,1942 END OF CEMETERY RECORDED 9 MAY 1985 THESE DATA WERE NOT CHECKED.