OLD OAKLAND CEMETERY, Madison, 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 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 27, 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. ******************************************************************************* OLD OAKLAND CEMETERY TAKE COUNTY ROAD 14 SOUTH FROM MADISON. GO 3. MILES TO FLA 158. GO WEST 1.7 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD. THE NORTH-SOUTH DRIVEWAY CONVENIENTLY SEPARATES THE CEMETERY INTO TWO SECTIONS, EAST AND WEST. WEST SECTION. BEGIN AT NORTH END DAVIS JOHN M. SARAH J. 1883 - 1960 1880 - 1945 BARE MONUMENT. CORNER MISSING. #/SERGT/THOMAS A. JONES/CO F/4 GA CAV/CSA [NO DATES] VIRGINIA LEE W./HAGERMAN/1847 - 1938 J.Q. HAGERMAN/BORN IN MONROW CO. O./APRIL 5,1841/DIED APRIL 13,1915 JENNIE LEE H./FISSELL/1890-1921 FISSELL/DOROTHY AND DORIS/OCT 29,1921 [GRAVES OF INFANT TWINS] CLARA A./DAUGHTER OF/D.A. & F.P./STILES/BORN/MARCH 29,1879/DIED/OCT 25,1882/THE SELFSAME HAND/FROM WHENCE 'TWAS GIVEN/HAS TAKEN BACK OUR BABE TO HEAVEN CONCRETE STONE MAY MARK A GRAVE. REBECCA G. BARKER/WIFE OF/ELISHA G. BARKER/MAY 9,1840/JULY 7,1926/SLEEP ON DEAR MOTHER, AND TAKE THY REST,/GOD CALLED THEE HOME,/HE THOUGHT IT BEST//MOTHER MASONIC EMBLEM/IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/ELISHA G. BARKER/BORN SEPT 2,1825/DIED JAN 7,1894/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US IS GONE,/A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED,/APLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME/WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED./GOD IN HIS WISDOM HAS RECALLED /THE BOON HIS HAVE [sic.] GIVEN,/AND THOUGH THE BODY MOLDERS HERE,/THE SOUL IS SAFE IN HEAVEN. [AT FOOT:] E.G.B. MAG PORTER/MAR 2,1862/MAY 26.1934 ASLEEP IN JESUS/MARTHEY/COLLINS/JULY 28,1838/MAR 15,1894//COLLINS ASLEEP IN JESUS/GEORGE C. COLLINS/MAR 11,1838/JUNE 2,1916//COLLINS [THE ABOVE TWO GRAVES SEPARATED BY A TREE. WEST OF THE ABOVE TWO GRAVES IS A SINGLE GRAVE: MASONIC EMBLEM/DANIEL C. BARKER/BORN/MAR 28,1828/DIED MAR 1,1880/OUR HEARTS HAD MELTED INTO ONE/BUT DEATH UNDID/WHAT LOVE HAD DONE. STONE BROKEN AND DOWN. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A CONCRETE SLAB AT ONE TIME. MAMIE E./WIFE OF S.B. WILSON/BORN/SEPT 9,1865/DIED/MAY 29,1886/ *** CRI *** O.E. SULLIVAN/JULY 1,1822/OCT 15,1876/IN LOVING MEMORY/OF MY FATHER/ALMERA E.L. SULLIVAN/BORN/DEC 3,1828/DIED/JULY 19,1878/SHE WAS A KIND AND/AFFECTIONATE WIFE,/A FOND MOTHER, AND/A FRIEND TO ALL/MRS. A.E. SANDERS SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/REBECCA E. SANDERS/DAUGHTER OF E.B. & A.E. SANDERS/BORN FEB 28,1876/DIED APRIL 8,1877 PILE OF STONES AND CONCRETE BLOCKS MARK A GRAVE. THIS WAS ONCE A RAISED CONCRETE SLAB WITH A NOW UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION. EDWARD B. SANDERS/SEPT 9,1848/SEPT 4,1923/OUR LOVED ONE ALMERA E./SANDERS/JULY 9,1855/JULY 21,1841/OUR LOVED ONE SARAH/E./PATTESON [sic.] [NO DATES] ANDEW [sic.]/E./PATTERSON/OCT 21,1839/FEB 11,1924 MABLE CLARA/SWIFT/DEC 1,1898/SEPT 1,1910/THE LORD IS MY/SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT/WANT I.D. SWIFT/APRIL 1,1861/JUNE 17,1933/ASLEEP IN JESUS MOTHER/IDA CORNEILA/SWIFT/OCT 5,1862/DEC 15,1944/ALL THINGS TO THE/GLORY OF GOD ELLA ARMSTRONG/JULY 16,1886/FEB 20,1971 IDA BYRDEE ARMSTRONG/MAY 17,1900/APRIL 9,1957 ARMSTRONG/EUGENE S./ARMSTRONG/DEC 20,1855/MAR 3,1924/GOODWIN B. ARMSTRONG/MAY 15,1859/MAR 4,1935 LILLIE FAIR, DAU OF/E.S. & A.G. ARMSTRONG/WIFE OF/A.E. WALL/MAR 5,1884/SEPT 10,1915 [AT FOOT:] L.F.W. MARY PARKE/ARMSTRONG/FEB 12,1828/DEC 9,1910/ASLEEP IN JESUS/PEACEFUL REST/WHOSE WAKING IS/SUPREMELY BLEST. J. WYATT/ARMSTRONG/FEB 1857/NOV 1878/VIRTUE IS THE/ONLY NOBILITY CLIFFORD AMERICA/BEGGS/BORN JAN 27,1881/DIED AUG 6,1886/GOD CHOOSES THE/FAIREST FLOWER TO/TRANSPLANT IN HIS/GARDEN. STELE: NARCISSA M./WIFE OF/ROBERT L. MILLINOR/BORN/DEC 17,1876/DIED/DEC 8,1896/ONE PRECIOUS TO OUR HEARTS IS GONE/THE VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED/OUR FATHER IN HIS WISDOM/CALLED HER HOME IN HEAVEN ELLA S./WIFE OF/T.A. BEGGS/APR 8,1859/JULY 25,1922 T. ARCHIE/BEGGS/MCH 1,1851/JULY 14,1910/AN HONEST MAN'S/THE NOBLEST WORK/OF GOD BEGGS STUART A. MAGGIE E. OCT 31,1858 NOV 16,1884 JULY 8,1957 NOV 21,1954 THEY ARE ASLEEP IN JESUS TWIN SONS//OF/S.A. & MAGGIE/BEGGS/BORN/DEC 1,1916/DIED/DEC 2 & 13,1916 SHERRY ANN/FEB 27,1963/JUNE 11,1967//[ON SLAB:] DAUGHTER OF/CECIL AND JOSEPHINE/PITTMAN/A FAIRER BUD OF PROMISE NEVER BLOOMED [PICTURE ON STONE] MAE FAIR BEGGS/LOGAN/DEC 25,1913/SEPT 4,1961/BLESSED ARE THEY WHO KEEP HIS/TESTIMONIES, AND THAT SEEK HIM/WITH THE WHOLE HEART. FRANCIS D./SMITH/NOV 9,1890/AUG 12,1915/HOW MUCH OF LIGHT, HOW MUCH OF/JOY, IS BURIED WITH A DARLING BOY GLADYS M./DAU OF/J.P. & IDA L. SMITH/BORN OCT 8,1892/DIED JAN 28,1910//SMITH PHILIP ANDREW/SON OF/J.P. & IDA L./SMITH/BORN/OCT 2,1899/DIED/SEPT 11,1900/OUR SHORT LIVED FLOWER RETURNED/AGAIN TO GOD [STONE OFF BASE, ON ITS BACK.] [IN 1989 THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE FOOT OF THE GRAVE. SOUTH END, AT END OF DRIVE ASLEEP IN JESUS/PHENIE/SCOTT/APR 15,1877/AUG 6,1920 [STONE OFF BASE] H.B. SCOTT/NOV 9,1883/APR 10,1919//SCOTT MOTHER//FANNIE SANDERS/SCOTT/JAN 17,1845/MAR 20,1926 B.A. SCOTT/MAR 4,1848/NOV 30,1916//SCOTT BASE OF MONUMENT ONLY. TOP IS GONE. BRICKED-UP GRAVE - CONCRETE SLAB ON TOP: IN MEMORY OF/MRS. H.B. WRIGHT/WIDOW OF REV. ALFRED WRIGHT/A FAITHFUL LABORER WITH HIM/AMONG THE CHOCTAW INDIANS FOR MORE/THAN THIRTY YEARS./ SHE WAS REMARKABLE FOR THE VIGOR OF/HER INTELLECT, THE WEALTH OF HER AFFECTIONS,/THE DEPTH OF HER PIETY, THE MEASURE OF/HER USEFULNESS, HER STRONG AND RESOLUTE WILL/HER UNFAILONG ENERGY, AND HER/UNMURMURING PATIENCE./BORN JULY 19,1797, AT WEATHERSFIELD, CONN./DIED OCT 3,1863, AT MADISON, FLA./"WELL DONE THY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,/ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD." MASONIC EMBLEM/JUDGE/ROBERT McCOTRY/WITHERSPOON/BORN/IN LANCASTER S.C./SEPT 10,1820 [THE STONE IS BROKEN THROUGH HERE. 1820 IS PROBABLY CORRECT]/DIED IN MADISON, FLA./MAY 3,1891/AT REST MRS. S.A. WITHERSPOON/BORN/DEC 30,1823/DIED AUG 6,1890/WE SHALL MEET IN THE/SWEET LOVE AND LIFE METAL STELE - WEST SIDE: FREDRICK/SANDERS/BORN THE 16th DAY OF/AUGUST 1850/DIED SEPTEMBER 1st 1886//SANDERS NORTH SIDE: GONE FROM OUR HOME/BUT NOT FROM OUR HEARTS EAST SIDE: WE ONLY KNOW THAT/THOU HAST GONE/AND THAT THE/SAME RELENTLESS TIDE/WHICH BORE THEE FROM/US, STILL GLIDES ON,/AND WE WHO MOURN THEE/WITH IT GLIDE. SOUTH SIDE: HE DIED AS HE LIVED,/PURE UPRIGHT MAN. END WEST SIDE OF CEMETERY BEGIN EAST SIDE AT SOUTH END INFANT SON OF/M.P. AND JULIA McCALL/APRIL 28,1878/MAY 9,1878 LOUISA/BELOVED WIFE OF/B.F. ELLISON/AGED 65 YRS. 11 MOS./AND 19 DAYS./BLESSED ARE THEY/THAT FEAR THE LORD/THAT WALKETH IN HIS WAYS. [NO DATES] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/B.F. ELLERSON/BORN/IN BURKE CO., GA./MAY 22,1816/DIED/IN MADISON, FLA./DED - 1877/BLESSED BE THE LORD BECAUSE HE/HATH HEARD THE VOICE OF MY/SUPPLICATION/PS 28C 6V [FOOTSTONE:] B.F.E. BASE OF A BROKEN STONE - "WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED." [CONCRETE STONE. IT HAD BEEN MENDED, BUT IT HAS BEEN BROKEN AGAIN AND THE TOP IS NOW MISSING.] [1989: APPARENTLY THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT WAS FOUND DURING THE RECENT CLEANUP. THIS MONUMENT IS SURELY NOT IN ITS PROPER PLACE, BUT IS PROBABLY CLOSE TO IT.] IN MEMORY OF/MARY LOUISA/BELOVED DAU OF/B.F. & L. ELLISON/BORN MAY 1,1866/DIED DEC 22,1877/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM/US IS GONE/A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED;/A PLACE IS VACANT IN/OUR HOME/WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED. A FOOTSTONE AND THE BASE OF ANOTHER MONUMENT LEAN AGAINST THE SOUTH FENCE. MRS. JULIA McCALL/DAUGHTER OF/B.F. & LOUISA/ELLISON/BORN JUNE 22,1848/DIED MAY 14,1878/WIFE OF/M.P. McCALL [LATTER TWO LINES WERE OBVIOUSLY CUT-IN LATER.] SACRED TO THE/INFANT/SON OF/S.J. & L.G./ELLERSON/BORN/DEC 21,1888/DIED/MAR 21,1889/SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN/TO COME UNTO ME AND/FORBID THEM NOT,/FOR OF SUCH IS THE/KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. IN MEMORY OF/INFANT/DAU OF/J.S. & L.G./ELLISON/BORN/JULY 27,1890/DIED/AUG 3,1890/HE CARRIES/THE LAMBS/IN HIS BOSOM [BY 1989, THIS CONCRETE MONUMENT HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO FIVE PIECES AND IS NO LONGER READABLE.] BRICKED-UP GRAVE. ADULT'S. TO THE MEMORY OF/MRS. ANNIE HAMMET/BARROW/MCH 28,1862/MCH 22,1907/ASLEEP IN JESUS./THY TRIALS ENDED/THY REST IS WON. IN MEMORY OF/ANNIE/CATHERINE/SHAW/OCT 31,1897/JUNE 27,1898/A FLOWER TOO/SOON FADED. ANCEL [ANGEL?] H. BARROW/BORN APRIL 11/& 1888 &/DIED SEPT 2 1892 &/SLEEP SWEET LITTLE ANGEL,/TAKE THY REST. GOD/CALLED THEE HOME/HE THOUGHT IT BEST A.B. BUNTING/BORN/DEC 31,1847/DIED/OCT 20,1900/AGED 52 YRS. 9 MOS./& 20 DAYS/AT REST SIX MOUNDS OF BRICKS. IT APPEARS THAT FIVE COVER ADULTS' GRAVES, AND ONE COVERS A CHILD'S GRAVE. [IN 1989: ONE MOUND HAS A BROKEN CONCRETE MONUMENT ATOP IT - FLORIDA/BUNTING/BORN/DEC 18,1869/DIED/DEC 22,1870 - A FOOTSTONE WITH "A.B.B." LEANS AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE MOUND.] J.B. SANDERS/ BORN/MAR 28[?] 1881/DIED 188? [3?] [A BROKEN PIECE IS MISSING.] THE LITTLE/CRIB IS EMPTY/NOW THE LITTLE CLOTHES LAID BY INFANT/SON OF/G.W. & S.R. SANDERS/BORN JUNE 5,1892/SLEEP ON IN/THY BEAUTY/THOU SWEET ANGEL CHILD. S.R. SANDERS/BORN/APR 12,1868/DIED/JUNE 29,1898/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US/IS GONE./A VOICE WE LOVED/IS STILLED:/A PLACE IS VACANT/IN OUR HOME,/WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED. CHARLES W./SANDERS/APRIL 3,1856/MCH 20,1905/TO HIM WE TRUST/A PLACE IS GIVEN/AMONG THE SAINTS/WITH CHRIST IN/HEAVEN FRANCES M./WIFE OF/J. G. PLANT/BORN/NOV 8,1830/DIED/SEPT 4,1880/SHE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE/A FOND MOTHER AND A FRIEND TO ALL FAREWELL/JOHN G./PLANT/FEB 18,1812/JAN 6,1889/THE DEAD IN CHRIST/ARE SURELY BLEST,/FOR THEY PARTAKE/HIS HEAVENLY REST [IN 1989 - THE STONE HAS BEEN BROKEN, MENDED, AND MORTARED INTO THE BASE.] MARY M. PLANT/WIFE OF JOHN C. PLANT/MAY 18,1812/JAN 26,1839 [THIS STONE IS RELATIVELY NEW, AND THE GRAVE SURFACE HAS BEEN FRESHLY DUG. NOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN MIDDLE INITIALS HERE AND ON THE ABOVE MONUMENT.] THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/TO THE MEMORY/OF/JAMES B. ARDIS/WHO DIED/AUG 14,1846/AGED 9 YEARS/MARY S. ARDIS DIED AUGUST 12,1846,/AGED 7 MONTHS/HENRY Z. ARDIS/DIED JULY 21,1851/AGED 2 WEEKS/HERE WE REST UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE RESSURECTION. [SINGLE MONUMENT. THERE IS A LARGE WIDE MOUND BEHIND IT.] SINGLE SMALL BARE MARKER MASONIC EMBLEM/JUDGE J.C./McGHEE/1802 - 1882/HE IS NOT DEAD BUT/SLEEPETH/PRESIDENT OF THE/FLORIDA SECESSION/CONVENTION/JANUARY - 1861 [THIS LATTER INSCRIPTION WS A LATER ADDITION.] [ON SLAB:] SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/CHARLOTTE A. McGHEE./WIFE OF/JOHN C. McGHEE/AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE/ABRAHAM GILES DOZIER/OF SOUTH CAROLINA/WHO WAS BORN JUNE 28th 1804./MARRIED DEC 24 th 1823/RECEIVED INTO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT OAKLAND/OCTOBER 6 th 1849/DIED AUGUST 2nd 1858/ [LONG INSCRIPTION FOLLOWS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. WITH SOME CLEANING AND APPLICATION OF A GREAT DEAL OF PATIENCE, IT COULD PROBABLY BE DECIPHERED.] TWO GRAVES. SMALL, BARE STONE MARKERS. SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/ALMENA CATHERINE/WIFE OF DR. ALBERT JOHN DOZIER/BORN/JANUARY 14th,1830/DIED FEBRUARY 3rd 1855/SHE LIVED BELOVED AMD DIED REGRETTED,/BY ALL WHO KNEW HER./SHE SEEMED TOO PURE FOR EARTH AND GOD IN HIS/WISDOM HAS TAKEN HER TO HEAVEN./SHE WAS A DUTIFUL CHILD - A DEVOTED WIFE -/A FOND MOTHER - AN AFFECTIONATE SISTER -/A FIRM FRIEND - AND AN HUMBLE CHRISTIAN./AS A MEMORIAL FOR HER MANY VIRTUES,/HER BEREAVED HUSBAND HAS ERECTED/THIS STONE TO HER MEMORY. [THIS MONUMENT IS 6'x2'x2", AND IS ON A BASE.] HERE SLEEPS IN SWEET REPOSE/FRANKLIN HAMMOND,/SON OF/ALBERT J. AND ALMENA C./DOZIER/BORN JULY 15th,1849/DIED JANUARY 14th,1851/GOD IN HIS WISDOM HAS RECALLED/THE PRECIOUS BOON HIS LOVE HAD GIVEN/AND THOUGH THE CASKET MOULDERS HERE/THE GEM IS SPARKLING NOW IN HEAVEN SACRED TO/THE MEMORY OF/MARTHA C./WIFE OF GILFORD WALLER/DIED MARCH 13,1851/AGED 20 YEARS 4 MONTHS/AND 17 DAYS. IN MEMORY OF MY/GRANDMOTHER/PATHENIA A. CHEATAM WALLER/1832 - 1882/AND MY TWO LITTLE BROTHERS/WILLIAM M. THOMAS/SEPT 18,1877/WILLIAM W.W. THOMAS/1879 - 1880/ BY EDNA T. DRAWDY IN MEMORY OF/GILFORD WALLER/WHO BUILT FIRST MANSION IN MADISON CO./HE DIED IN THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE/FEB 22,1864/HIS BODY NEVER FOUND./BY HIS FAMILY. [ON SLAB:] IN MEMORY OF/WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON/ELDEST SON OF/JAMES HARRISON/BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA 10th AUG 1823/DIED IN THE LAND OF HIS ADOPTION 14th NOV. 1841/HIS GRAVE WAS FOUND FAR FROM THE PLACE/OF HIS NATIVITY/BUT NOT AMONGST STRANGERS/HE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF GREAT PROMISE/AND UNIVERSALLY BELOVED/HIS LIFE AND DEATH GAVE HOPE/OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY STELE - WEST SIDE: JAMES HARRISON SOUTH SIDE: BORN/APRIL 23,1780/DIED/AUGUST 31,1865 EAST SIDE: "HE HATH DONE ALL/THINGS WELL" NORTH SIDE: ERECTED BY A LOVING/GRAND-DAUGHTER [FOOTSTONE:] J.H. AT EAST FENCE - LARGE (12' x 15') CONCRETE SLAB, WITH TWO MONUMENTS: 1) JOHN SULLIVAN/DOZIER/BORN JANY 31,1853/DIED/FEBY 3,1906/A TOKEN FROM HIS/FRIENDS 2) MAMIE ELIZABETH/WIFE OF/J.S. DOZIER/MAY 29,1857/NOV 20,1919/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN HERE LIE/THE REMAINS OF/JAMES B. MAYS/BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA/JUNE 27th 1798,/DIED FEBRUARY 14th 1836/OF AN ILLNESS CONTRACTED IN THE/PUBLIC SERVICE./AS A MEMORIAL OF HER ESTEEM FOR HIS VIRTUES/AND AFFECTION FOR HIS PERSON/WHILST LIVING/AND OF VENERATION FOR HIS MEMORY/NOW THAT HE IS NO MORE./THIS STONE ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW/D. MIRIAM MAYS. HELEN BUTLER/BORN AUG 6,1845/DIED NOV 6,1847//TO KEEP ME SACRED/THE LORD HAS HIDDEN/ME IN THE GRAVE. [STONE BROKEN] BENEATH THIS STONE/RESTS THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF/WILLIAM DANNITT MAYS/WHO DIED/JANUARY 29th 1852/AGED 14 YEARS./GOD MY REDEEMER LIVES/AND EVER FROM THE SKIES/LOOKS DOWN AND WATCHES ALL MY _______ TILL HE SHALL BID IT RISE. [STONE BROKEN. SLAB.] [IN 1989, THE SLAB IS OFF ITS BASE.] SACRED TO/THE MEMORY OF/COL. SAMPSON H. BUTLER/WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/IN THE CONFIDENT ASSURANCE/OF A/BLESSED IMMORTALITY/ON THE 16th DAY OF MARCH 1848, IN THE 46th YEAR OF HIS AGE/WHERE SHOULD THE DYING MEMBERS REST/BUT WITH THEIR DYING HEAD. [IN 1989, SLAB IS BROKEN. PART IS MISSING.] SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN CHRISTOPHER/PILLANS/WHO DIED SEPT 11th 1864/AGED 75 YEARS 5 MONTHS/AND 8 DAYS/DEATH WHERE IS THY STING [NO DATES] BROKEN SLAB ABOUT 4' LONG BY 2' WIDE. IN 1989, A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ADDED [PROBABLY UNCOVERED DURING RECENT CLEANUP]: SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/REV. THOMAS ALEXANDER/DIED JULY 10,1836/AGED 47 YEARS &/10 MONTHS/ *** CRI *** FIELD STONE MAY MARK A GRAVE. JOSEPH W. REID/WAS BORN DEC 8,1849/DIED JUNE 27,1850/THE LORD GAVE THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY/BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD [1989: SLAB IS CRACKED AND OFF FOUNDATION.] THE CHILDREN OF J.D. AND A.B. REID/ANNA A./WAS BORN OCT 16,1837/DIED NOV 13,1837/LAURA A./WAS BORN JUNE 9,1840/DIED SEPT 14,1840/MARY C./WAS BORN JULY 12,1847/DIED SEPT 13,1847/SLEEP ON SWEET BABES AND TAKE YOUR REST/CHRIST YOUR SAVIOR KNOWS WHAT IS BEST [IN 1989, THE SLAB IS OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTED ONLY AT HEAD AND FOOT. THE REST OF THE SUPPORT IS GONE.] SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/DR. J.D. REID/WHO WAS BORN/IN UNION DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA/APRIL 2nd 1802/AND DIED MAY 5th 1856/HE DIED WITH ASSURANCE THAT HE SHOULD LIVE WITH GOD./ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER/WILLIAM REID. ATOP THE ABOVE SLAB IS A BROKEN FOOTSTONE WITH THE INITIALS "W.L.R." TO/THE MEMORY OF/MRS. ANN B. REID/RELICT OF/DR.I.D. REID/DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEB 19th 1863/IN THE 45th YEAR OF HER AGE TO/THE MEMORY OF/SALLY G.J. REID/DAUGHTER OF I.D. AND ANN B. REID/DEPARTED THIS LIFE 13 NOV 1869 [IN 1989, THE SLAB IS BROKEN AND UNREADABLE.] TWO MOUNDS APPEAR TO BE GRAVES OF TWO ADULTS. SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN J. BOYCE/WHO WAS BORN IN NEWBERRY, S.C./JULY 27th 1816/AND DIED APRIL 3rd 1849/AGED 32 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS/IN FULL ASSURANCE OF BLESSED/IMMORTALITY A STONE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BASE FOR A MONUMENT. IN MEMORY/OF/JOHN LIPSCOMB RANDELL/CHILD OF/VANS & JULIA B. RANDELL/BORN THE 16th APRIL 1848/DIED ON THE 23rd/OF APRIL 1850 CAPT. VANS RANDELL/BORN IN/COLUMBIA, S.C./MAR 16,1820/DIED JAN 27,1898/THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN/ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD/AND HE DELIGHTETH IN HIS WAY. IN MEMORY/OF/ELIZABETH LAMAR/SECOND DAUGHTER OF/BENJ.[?] AND SARAH L. WALDO[?]/BORN AT NEWBERRY, S.C./MARCH 2nd 1844. DIED OCTOBER 22,1852 [INSCRIPTION IS ONLY PARTIALLY LEGIBLE. CAROLINE VIRGINIA/DAUGHTER OF/W. & E.A. SMITH/BORN/DEC 19,1847/DIED/MAY 21,1850/ *** CRI *** ANNIE E./DELAUGHTER/BORN JULY 21/1883/DIED MAY 26,1903 [BROKEN CONCRETE STONE. DATA ARE SCRATCHED IN.] MRS. ANN EDOLLAUGHTER [MRS. ANN E. DELAUGHTER]/BORN SEPTEMBER 27/1843/DIED/MAY 29,1901 [CONCRETE STONE. DATA ARE SCRATCHED IN.] MASONIC EMBLEM/AMON DELAUGHTER/BORN NOV 1,1834/DIED SEPT 27,1906 [CONCRETE STONE. DATA ARE SCRATCHED IN.] AMON DELAUGHTER/BORN AUGUST/16,1865/DECEMBER 29,1883 [BROKEN CONCRETE STONE. DATA ARE SCRATCHED IN. TWO PIECES OF A BROKEN MONUMENT LEAN AGAINST THIS MONUMENT. THEY ARE BLANK.] COOPER DELAUGHTER/BORN MARCH 19,1872/DIED DECEMBER 30,1872 [CONCRETE STONE. DATA ARE SCRATCHED IN.] EITHER A BROKEN MONUMENT OR A SMALL MONUMENT. FACE DOWN. WILLIAM L. REID/DIED FEB 1864 [THIS GRAVE IS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE REID GRAVES ABOVE.] MRS. A.E. SHAW/NOV 27,1841/JULY 2,1918/FAITHFUL TO HER TRUST/EVEN UNTO DEATH. THOMAS J. SHAW,SR./BORN IN BERTIE CO., N.C./SEPT 19,1830/DIED IN MADISON CO., FLA./DEC 23,1909/DEATH'S BUT A PATH THAT MUST/BE TROD, IF MAN SHOULD EVER/PASS TO GOD. THOMAS SHAW/BORN/APRIL 27,1874/DIED/DEC 22,1912/AGE 38 YRS. 7 MO. 25 DAYS/IT WAS HARD TO GIVE THEE/UP, BUT THY WILL O'GOD/BE DONE. ROSA L. SHAW/SEPT 3,1871/MAY 6,1960/MAMA/TRUE AND FAITHFUL/UNTO DEATH SHAW/GEORGIA ADDILINE/SHAW/JAN 29,1905/JULY 25,1926/SISTER LOYALTY [sic.] AND TRUE/NONE KNEW THEE BUT TO/LOVE THEE. NONE NAMED/THEE BUT TO PRAISE. [FOOTSTONE:] G.A.S. NOW MOVE NORTH BEYOND FENCED ENCLOSURE. RETURN TO IT LAST. SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/ISAAC AULD PILLANS/BORN/MARCH 21,1821/DIED/JANUARY 9[?],1860 [BROKEN STONE.] LEEROY V.[Y.?]/SIRCY/FEB 28,1905/MARCH 13,1915 [STONE BROKEN. OFF BASE.] TO/MY DEAR SISTER/ELIZABETH MILLER/1854 [A WORD IN AN ALIEN ALPHABET]/TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN MILLER/WHO DIED 13th OCT 1843 [1813?]/AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS/ *** CRI *** [IN 1989 THE MONUMENT IS UNREADABLE.] FOUR MONUMENTS PROPPED AGAINST LARGE EVERGREEN TREE OUTSIDE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FENCED AREA - 1) L.L. HINELY/BORN/FEB 20,1837/DIED/MAY 4,1895/MARK THE PERFECT MAN AND _______/FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS ______ [ANOTHER STONE APPEARS BELOW, INSIDE THE FENCED AREA, FOR THIS PERSON.] 2) BEST GUESS: WILLIAM MICT. I. R./BORN MCH /DIED [THIS ONE WOULD BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR THE RIGHT PERSON!] 3) S.D.M./1840 4) SUSAN DIP???? MILLER/WHO DIED 2nd SEPT 1960[?]/AGED 10 YR. 2 MONTHS/AND 2 DAYS/ *** CRI *** HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF/ELIZA PAMELA/BORN JULY 11,1854/DIED APRIL 25,1855/DAUGHTER OF/Wm. P. & MARY/PILLANS/OUR BABE HAS GONE. ANNA PALMER/BORN IN/CHARLESTON, S.C./MAY 11,1791/DIED IN/MADISON, FLA./OCT 15,1875/BLESSED ARE THE DEAD,/WHO DIE IN THE LORD [IN 1989: STONE BROKEN AND MENDED.] IN MEMORY OF/O.H. PERRY/BORN NOV 5,1813/DIED MAR 9,1887/BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD IN MEMORY OF/M.P. PERRY/WIFE OF/S.J. PERRY/BORN AUG 25,1811/DIED ______ 1872/"FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS"/HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND/CALL HER BLESSED. [STONE HAS BEEN BROKEN THROUGH THE DEATH DATE] [MENDED IN 1989.] IN MEMORY OF/S.J. PERRY/BORN AUG 25,1810/DEC 11,1899/I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. I HAVE/FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE/FAITH; HENCEFORTH THERE IS LAID UP/FOR ME A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. [FOOTSTONE:] S.J.P. [IN 1989, THE STONE HAS BEEN BROKEN AND MENDED, AND THE FOOTSTONE IS GONE.] BESSIE JEFFCOAT/BORN/DEC 15,1875/DIED/JAN 22,1899/WEEP NOT, FATHER AND/MOTHER FOR ME./FOR I AM WAITING IN HEAVEN FOR THEE STELE: W.S. SON OF/G.W. & ELIZABETH/JEFFCOAT/AUG 11,1873/JUNE 11,1910/A MORE KIND AND/LOVING HUSBAND AND/FATHER COULD NEVER BE FOUND./AND HIS SPIRIT HAS FLOWN AWAY TO GOD/WHO GAVE IT. F.J./SON OF/G.W. & ELIZABETH/JEFFCOAT/FEB 5,1872/JUNE 11,1910/HOW DESOLATE OUR/HOME BEREFT OF THEE/ALTHOUGH THY SPIRIT/IS IN HEAVEN/WAITING FOR US FENCED AREA - MATTIE LOU DAU OF/L.L. & L.E. HINELY/OCT 28,1890/AUG 29,1895 L.L. HINELY/BORN/FEB 20,1837/DIED/MAY 4,1895/MARK THE PERFECT MAN/AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT/FOR THE END OF THAT MAN/IS PEACE. AMERICA J./FAIR WIFE OF CHARLES G. BEGGS/JULY 9,1829/NOV 9,1917/RESTING IN PEACE MASONIC EMBLEM/CHARLES G. BEGGS/BORN/SEPT 29.1819/DIED/SEPT 2,1894/TO LIVE IN HEARTS/WE LEAVE BEHIND/IS NOT TO DIE SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/ISRAEL J. HINELY/SON OF/L.L. & L.F. HINELY/BORN MCH 17,1878/DIED JUNE 16,1878 INFANT SON OF/L.L. & L.F. HINELY/BORN & DIED/MARCH 21,1877/NOT DEAD, BUT GONE/BEFORE SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/JANE ELIZABETH/DAUGHTER OF/ARCHIBALD & NANCY FAIR/BORN APRIL 19th 1835/DIED JANUARY 19th 1850 SACRED TO THE/MEMORY OF/ARCHIBALD FAIR/BORN/SEPT 17,1799/DIED/NOV 18,1862 SACRED TO THE/MEMORY OF/NANCY McALISTER/WIFE OF/ARCHEBALD FAIR/BORN/MCH 15,1803/DIED/APR 3,1863 JOSEPH A. YOUNG/DIED MARCH 9th 1864/AGED/31 YEARS, 1 MONTH/AND 2 DAYS. ARIETTA FAIR/HUNTER/JULY 18,1839/MAY 2,1896 BEGGS IRENE CHARLIE JAN 12,1868 DEC 13,1867 SEPT 20,1946 AUG 24,1942 [AT FOOT, BEGGS FHMM:] MRS. IRENE SHAW BEGGS/ JAN 12,1868/SEPT 21,1946 END OF CEMETERY DATA RECORDED 15, 16 APRIL 1985 CHECKED 27 AUGUST 1989