PINE GROVE METHODIST CEMETERY, Grahamville, Marion County, Florida 

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Comments: The village, or town, of Grahamville no longer exists.  However, 
it has been immortalized in time by the writings of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 
especially the novel, THE YEARLING.  It is a lightly populated area setting 
just to the east of the Ocklawaha River, northeast of the world famous Silver
Springs.  At one time there was a Grahamville Landing on the Ocklawaha for 
the river boats going from the St Johns River, to the Ocklawaha River, to the 
Silver River, arriving at Silver Springs.  The landings along the Ocklawaha 
provided wood for the steamboats and venison for their passengers.

The cemetery is off Hwy 314 about 5 miles north of Hwy 40 at the east edge of 
the Ocala National Forest.  It is approximately one acre in size and there are 
indications of many graves.  But there are only about 5 headstones or remenants 
of stones left as of August, 2001.  

Additional information and photographs of individual stones are available from 
submitter via email.

At the entrance there is a large stone, erected in 1992, that bears the following 
inscriptions:

GIBSON, Allen Jr., No Dates
GIBSON, Nolie R., No Dates

HENSON, Sally H., b. No Date d. May 1898
HODGE, Bethana, No Dates
HODGE, John W. I., No Dates
HODGE, Lydia, b. 1805 d. 1878
HOLLY, Elsie M., No Dates

JOHNS, Stacy, No Dates

MASON, Frieda, b. Feb 18 1902 d. No Date
MOORMAN, Amanda, b. 1853 d. No Date
MOORMAN, Ed, b. No Date d. 1925
MOORMAN, Wm. P., b. 1836 d. 1911

PEEBLES, Nora L., b. 1881 d. 1904

RANDALL, John W., b. Aug 16 1831 d. Jul 18 1894

SEWELL, J. Wallace, b. 1891 d. 1904
SEWELL, John W., b. 1851 d. 1918
SEWELL, Nancy L., b. Jan 10 1877 d. Sep 28 1925
SEWELL, Richard L., b. Aug 10 1877 d. Aug 24 1904
SEWELL, Wesley A., b. Aug 31 1893 d. Jul 27 1904

WHITE, N.R., No Dates

Information from remaining stones:

SEWELL, No First Name, b. Aug 10 1877 d. Aug 21 1904
WHITE, N.R., No Dates
RANDALL, John, No Dates
MMW, Footstone Only
LAH, Footstone Only