EMMETT CEMETERY, Old Berrydale Community, Santa Rosa County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Carl J. Penton, (cjpenton@yahoo.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. *********************************************************************** Location: Mid-Section Line: Section 23 & 24 - Township 4 North - Range 28 West Notes: In 1940, the W.P.A. first documented this old family cemetery in Veterans' Graves Registration Project, (Florida) No. 57, page 33. In 1987, Richard Jernigan, et. al., in Santa Rosa Cemeteries, page 246-247, confirmed this documentation with an addendum: "The Emmett cemetery is sometimes referred to as the Lewis cemetery." Recent documentation has properly confirmed that the old family cemetery was originally established by John and Catharine McArthur on land they had settled in 1838. It now is known that these Florida Pioneers, who first settled in Florida in 1822, were buried in this family cemetery. Their eldest daughter Diana and her husband Meredith Hobbs, and grandson Daniel C. McArthur, and his wife, as well as granddaughter Margaret McArthur Emmett, and her husband, now are known to have been buried in the cemetery. None of these early graves have headstones and none has previously been properly documented. Headstones for these unmarked graves will be placed by family members utilizing the documentation listed beside the names of those family members. The old family cemetery became known as Emmett Cemetery in 1900; so named by Robert A. Emmett in memory of his wife Margaret McArthur Emmett. The couple had previously joined the old McArthur land containing the family cemetery to their adjacent 160 acre Homestead. Although the Cemetery has been inactive and neglected for many years, the Emmett Cemetery Association desires to honor the established name. Descendants from each family will serve as Cemetery Trustees. BECK, Mary C., b. Dec. 23, 1844 - d. May 26, 1891, "Our Mother" "Dearest Mother, thou has left us, and our loss we deeply feel, but 'tis God that has bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal"{Recent family marker: "Mary C. Watts Beck, Wife of W. C. Beck, Dec. 23, 1844 - May 26,1891} BECK, Infant, "Son of J. P. & M. C. Beck" "Stillborn Jun 28, 1910" "A little bud of love to bloom with God above" EMMETT, Margaret McArthur, b. 1845 - d. 1900 [Wife of Robert A. Emmett, daughter of Angus & Mary McArthur, granddaughter of John & Catharine McArthur] EMMETT, Robert Andrew, {Recent CSA Headstone*} b. Dec. 13, 1838 - d. Oct. 15, 1921, CSA "Pvt. Co. G, lst Fla. Inf." [WPA: CSA Veteran, Buried: Emmett Cemetery] EMMETT, James A., {Recent CSA Headstone*} b. Jan. 4, 1844 - d. March 3, 1914, CSA, "Pvt. Co. G. lst Fla. Inf." [WPA: CSA Veteran, Buried: Emmett Cemetery][Brother of Robert A. Emmett] EMMETT, Nancy Josephine, b. 1876 - 1883 [Daughter of Robert A. & Margaret Emmett] HOBBS, Diana McArthur, b. 1813 - d. 1856 [Eldest daughter of John & Catharine McArthur] HOBBS, Meredith, b. 1808 - d. 1856 [Husband of Diana McArthur Hobbs] JERNIGAN, Andrew J., b. Feb 26, 1861 - b. Nov. 21, 1923, "Our Father" "An honest man is the noblest work of God" [Youngest son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Jernigan, Jr.] JERNIGAN, Carolina {Callie Beck}, b. Mar. 2, 1874 - d. Nov. 16, 1926 [Daughter of W.C. & M.C. Beck] JERNIGAN, David, Nov. 7, 1888 - d. Jan. 17, 1889, "In Memory of David, son of A. J. & C. C. Jernigan" JERNIGAN, Henry H., b. Nov. 6, 1894 - d. March 9, 1942 [Son of Andrew J. & Carolina C. Jernigan] JERNIGAN, A. J., b. 1934 - d. 1936, [Infant son of James B. & Zealie Cooley Jernigan] LEWIS, William, "In Memory of" b. {1805?} - d. Aug. 17, 1885 "age unknown" "Father of G. I. Lewis." [WPA, William I. Lewis, USA Veteran "Indian Wars" Buried: Emmett Cemetery] LEWIS, A. N., "In Memory of", Feb. 19, 1890 - d. Oct. 19, 1893, "Dau. of G. I. & S. M. Lewis" LEWIS, Jodie, In Memory of", Mar. 20, 1889 - d. Nov. 1, 1890, "Son of G. I. & S. M. Lewis" LEWIS, Stella, "In Memory of", Oct. 4, 1895 - d. Nov. 16, 1897, "Dau of G. I. & S. M. Lewis" LEWIS, Tillet A., "In Memory of", Aug. 8, 1893 - d. July 27, 1896 McARTHUR, John, b. Scotland 1785 - d. March 11, 1858 [Florida Patriarch of Clan McArthur] McARTHUR, Catharine, b. N.C. 1788 - d. March 25, 1866 [Florida Matriarch of Clan McArthur] McARTHUR, Angus, b. S.C. 1816 - d. 1879 [Eldest son of John & Catharine McArthur, father of Margaret McArthur Emmett, and Daniel C. McArthur, & et. al.] McARTHUR, Mary McLellan, b. S. C. 1818 - d. 1869 [lst wife of Angus McArthur, Mother of Margaret McArthur Emmett, and Daniel C. McArthur, & et. al.] McARTHUR, Daniel C., {Recent CSA Headstone*} b. Aug. 27, 1841 - d. May 9, 1904, CSA "Pvt. Co. G. lst Fla. Inf." [WPA: CSA Veteran, Buried: Emmett Cemetery] [Son of Angus & Mary McArthur] McARTHUR, Jane, b. 1850 - d. 1910 [ Wife of Daniel C. McArthur] UNKNOWN, Infant, "Sacred to the memory of The Little Infant" UNMARKED, Adult, {Jernigan?} with cedar stake UNMARKED, Adult, {Jernigan?} with cedar stake UNMARKED, Child, with cedar stakes UNMARKED, Child, with stone UNMARKED, Adults & Children: These additional unmarked graves are being cleaned and documented. *The three recent CSA Marker Applications and Marker placements were efficiently handled by Mr. David Cody, Chairman, Monuments Committee, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Stephen R. Mallory Camp 1315, Pensacola, Florida. The cemetery program of the Emmett Cemetery Association is a continuing and evolving process of documentation. Your assistance with any additional historical reference to the cemetery, and the identification of any unmarked grave, is greatly appreciated.