HURST 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 or additions to the data 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 ADDENDUM A of "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 28, 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. ******************************************************************************* HURST FAMILY CEMETERY From Greenville, Madison Co., FL, go S on US-221 about 2.3 miles past Interstate 10. This cemetery is located .1 miles N of the Macedonia Baptist Church, and about 250 feet east of Highway US-221. The cemetery is on the left in a clump of trees. It has been abandoned and is badly overgrown. Several tombstones have disappeared. Mr. Milford Henderson, who lives just west of the church, told me He played around there as a youngster, and he believes there were at least 3 or 4 more tombstones there at that time. He was unaware that any Barclays were buried there (Mr. Henderson's mother was a Barclay). Mr. Henderson helped me read the first stone, which was difficult to reach. There is an old iron fence around the remaining gravesites. Most of it is down. The cemetery was called to the attention of the compiler by Mrs. May Belle Greeson of Cocoa, FL. At one time there was a large house nearby. Presumably this was the Family Cemetery for the people who lived there. The house has been torn down, and the land sold off in several parcels. Begin at west end of fenced plot. The three graves are side by side proceeding east. EUGENE HURST/BORN/ DEC. 27, 1896/DIED/APR. 11, 1912 ... This is a small granite slab perhaps a foot wide, two inches thick, and rising 18 inches above the ground. SACRED TO THE/MEMORY OF/MARK H. HURST/BORN/JUNE 7, 1871/DIED/JAN. 14, 1909. There is a small, blank footstone, about the size of a common brick, for this grave. ... This stone is perhaps two feet tall, 16 inches wide and three inches thick. Footstone: H.H. ... The headstone for this grave has disappeared, probably the victim of a live-oak that has grown in that area. From the location of the footstone, the person buried there was an adult. In March 1985, Mrs. Greeson recorded the following additional information I quote from her letter to me dated 16 January 1992): " ... My husband and I did personally read everything we could find in it in March 1985. ... "E.E. BARCLAY/MARCH 1, 1807 (1802?)/APRIL 15, 1890 "There were a few other small stones, but we could not read them. The stone for E.E. Barclay was laying flat, almost buried in the dirt. My husband dug it out of the dirt with his hands so we could read it. It was already broken in two pieces.” "There was an ELIAS E. BARCLAY born in 1807 living in that area listed on the 1860, 1870, 1880 Madison Co. Federal Census. He was the brother of OLIVER HENRY PERRY BARCLAY that is buried in the Barclay Cemetery." Data recorded 7 December 1991.