GILGAL MISSIONARYBAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

 

Parcel #20-10-23-0000-0560-0000 and Parcel #20-10-23-0000-0021-0000.   Take HWY 20 west past Interlachen, almost to HWY 21, to Gilgal Road, 1/4 mile past West Cowpen Lake Road on your left.  Gilgal Road is on your right.  Turn right.  The cemetery is visible to the right and back of the church.  The 911 address is 111 Gilgal Road.  It may also be reached by going past Gilgal Road, to Betty Allen Road, also on the right.  Turn right onto Akins Scott Lane and the cemetery should be visible from the end of the road.  HAWTHORNE QUAD.  (Maintained)

 

This cemetery is a very old pioneer cemetery with interments dating from the mid-1800s.  Many of the founding names of the Edgar, Johnson Crossroads, McMeekin, Cue Lake, and Whitesville communities can be found here.  According to the Putnam County Property Appraisers office, it has been known by many names, but is now currently owned by the Trinity United Baptist Church, Inc. of Hawthorne, Florida.  Their full address is Trinity United Missionary Baptist Church, P. O. Box 1664, Hawthorne, FL  32640.  Telephone:  352-481-4392.

 

Because of this, and the fact that this cemetery serves communities of both west Putnam and east Alachua counties, along with the fact that many of the funeral homes serving the area are located in Hawthorne, I believe that this cemetery has been mistakenly referred to by family researchers as "the Hawthorne Cemetery”.  This is not so, as the actual Hawthorne Cemetery is located four miles west of the Putnam-Alachua County line on SR 20, clearly in Alachua County.

 

As far as the Cemetery Task Force and I could determine, this cemetery has never been surveyed, except for a photographic survey conducted by Mike Stallings of the Putnam Land Conservancy (PLC) in 2007.  Mr. Stallings has generously supplied his photographs to this Project, and this list has been created from that, along with the online version of obituaries as found in the Palatka Daily News, in an effort to make it as current as possible.

 

When photographing, Mr. Stallings divided his photographs into an East Section and West Section, as the cemetery is a long rectangular shape with a road running through the middle of the length of it. I have kept that convention for the ease of location.  There is another parcel, Parcel #20-10-23-0000-0021-0000, that lies west of and adjacent to the ‘western section’ that appears to be for future use, although there may already be 'residents' there.

 

As with any cemetery, there are many, many unmarked graves, or graves that once were marked with useable information that have fallen into disrepair and disintegrated with time.  There are dozens of unmarked vaults, mounds, broken concrete markers, and other evidence of possible interments.  Mr. Stallings photographed all that he was able to identify as possible grave sites.  There are more than a hundred of these.  I have posted several that I thought I might be able to link to their families, and as a representative sample.  The other photographs will be available upon request.  There are also a vast number of homemade markers that are almost illegible.  If I have misread your family member’s information, or missed them entirely, please feel free to email the corrections to me. 

 

Thank you.   Mary E. Murphy-Hoffmann  Email

 

Photographed March 2007 by Mike Stallings.

 

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LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

COMMENTS (sic)

SECTION

MARKER

??????

???????

1887

1/8/1977

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

??OMER

WILLIE MAE

8/8/1916

6/12/1994

 

EAST

MARKER

ALEXANDER

ANNIE

1870

11/26/1935

 

EAST

MARKER

ALEXANDER

EDNA M

9/29/1925

4/10/1999

 

EAST

MARKER

ALEXANDER

FRANK L

3/31/1909

2/19/1988

 

EAST

MARKER

ALEXANDER

KATIE

8/14/1905

3/23/1980

 

EAST

MARKER

ANDERSON

EMILY G

5/15/1902

12/22/2002

 

EAST

MARKER

ANDERSON

MARTHA

1907

2004

REST IN PEACE

WEST

MARKER

ARON

CATHERINE

 

 

TWO VIEWS ORIGINAL, THEN RECONSTRUCTED

WEST

MARKER

MARKER

ASBELL

JOSEPH ALPHONSO

 

4/2/2007

PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

ASHLEY

THEODORE

2/25/1934

8/8/2000

 

WEST

MARKER

ATKINS

ANTONIO JEREL

 

12/3/2007

INTERLACHEN HS STUDENT. PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

BALDWIN

FELDER W

5/20/1889

1/29/1950

PVT SERVICE PN OMC WWI

WEST

MARKER

BARNARD

MABLE

XXXX

XXXX

HOME MADE CONCRETE

EAST

MARKER

BARTLEY

SHERMUSLEE Q "PJ"

 

2002

 

EAST

MARKER

BENNETT

MINNIE

 

3/28/1922

AGE 50

WEST

MARKER

BESSENT

ANCILLIOUS

1830

8/22/1926

 

EAST

MARKER

BESSENT

HARRY

9/15/1914

5/29/1990

PVT US ARMY WW II

EAST

MARKER

BESSENT

LILLIE D

9/10/1889

10/14/1974

 

EAST

MARKER

BESSENT

LONDON

11/1/1882

8/8/1953

 

EAST

MARKER

BESSENT

NOVELLAR J

1926

2004

 

EAST

MARKER

BOYD

ANNIE

ND

4/23/1946

 

WEST

MARKER

BOYD

NATHAN

 

1/24/1930

 

WEST

MARKER

BROCKENBROUGH

CHARLIE

1910

2000

HOMEMADE CONCRETE

WEST

MARKER

BROCKENBROUGH

LAURA E

6/15/1900

2/20/1992

 

WEST

MARKER

BROUTON

CLEMENTINE

12/18/1930

4/19/1993

 

WEST

MARKER

BROWN

ANNIE

1881

1939

 

EAST

MARKER

BROWN

DAISY LEE MONROE

12/2/1921

7/3/2004

 

WEST

MARKER

BROWN

IDA M

9/16/1922

1/8/1984

 

EAST

MARKER

BRYANT

ALVIA FRANCIA

 

4/26/2007

PDN OBITUARY.

 

MARKER

BULLARD

BEN

 

7/6/1936

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

EAST

MARKER

BULLARD

MARNELL

3/5/XXXX

3/10/1960

 

EAST

MARKER

BUNCOMBE

VIVIAN J

2/7/1958

1/25/1998

 

WEST

MARKER

BURNETT

CARLOS

5/26/1929

8/18/1994

US ARMY WW II

EAST

MARKER

BYRD?

VALERIE ANNETTE

 

4/28/1974?

TMP FH MARKER

EAST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

ETHEL

2/22/1907

2/6/1996

 

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

JESSE

7/4/1910

9/17/2001

 

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

JONAS

1884

1972

SADLY MISSED

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

LEOLA

9/7/1918

3/28/2002

 

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

MAGGIE JACKSON

9/1894

11/6/1946

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

MARY

8/15/1886

1/10/1935

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

OCIE M

7/4/1918

12/30/2001

 

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

RICHARD

5/16/1943

2/16/1993

IN LOVING MEMORY--WIFE AUDREY

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL JR

WALTER E

12/30/1943

5/21/2003

US ARMY VIETNAM

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL SR

ARCHIE W

4/7/1918

6/3/1989

US ARMY WW II

WEST

MARKER

CARD

MRS ELOISE

 

9/24/1964

TMP FH MARKER

EAST

MARKER

CAREY

ANNIE F

10/1/1952

8/8/1990

 

EAST

MARKER

CAREY

ELOISE P

6/14/1928

9/28/1964

 

EAST

MARKER

CAREY

FRANKLIN DELANO

11/5/1948

8/28/2003

US ARMY VIETNAM. PDN OBITUARY. AGE 54

EAST

MARKER

CAREY JR

ENOCH

3/27/1887

12/2/1977

IN LOVING MEMORY

EAST

MARKER

CHARLES

ODESSA

4/10/1910

5/16/1991

 

WEST

MARKER

CAMPBELL

JOHNNY LEE

12/25/1950

6/5/2006

 

WEST

MARKER

COB

IS

ND

ND

 

WEST

MARKER

COB

JUDY

ND

ND

 

WEST

MARKER

COBB

HARRIETTA T

11/16/1948

3/19/2003

 

WEST

MARKER

COOPER

COLLIE MAE

5/31/1935

12/6/1987

 

WEST

MARKER

COOPER

JOAN

10/10/1945

6/21/2000

 

WEST

MARKER

COOPER

WILLIE J

10/10/1944

11/19/2004

 

WEST

MARKER

CRITTENDON

LUCINDA

3/10/1902

8/5/1980

 

EAST

MARKER

CUE

HOSEY LEE

6/24/1928

2/20/2005

PDN OBITUARY

EAST

MARKER

CUE

MATTIE RUTH

6/20/1925

7/12/2000

PDN OBITUARY. AGE 75

EAST

MARKER

CUE

SUSIE W

8/18/1898

1/24/1982

I hope this lady had a good sense of humor--comment by your compiler.  SHE ALSO HAS A SIMILARY NAMED RELATIVE IN ST JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CEMETERY.

EAST

MARKER

CUE

XXXX

 

 

 

EAST

MARKER

CUE JR

MELVIN D

6/22/1989

6/25/1989

 

EAST

MARKER

CUE SR

OLIVER C

2/28/1895

4/16/1966

 

EAST

MARKER

CURRY

BERNICE

2/9/1825

4/5/1884

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER. DATES NOT CERTAIN.

EAST

MARKER

CURRY

DAVID

8/8/1890

12/17/1976

 

WEST

MARKER

CURRY

FRANK

8/30/1900

3/29/1978

 

WEST

MARKER

CURRY

PHYLLIS MAE

 

1966

 

EAST

MARKER

CURRY

REV ROZELL C

1920

1990

 

WEST

MARKER

CURRY

ROSALIND

1958

1984

BROWN FH TMP MARKER

WEST

MARKER

CURRY

VICTOR

4/23/1913

2/5/1979

PVT US ARMY

WEST

MARKER

DAVIS

CHARLES LEVON

 

6/9/2009

PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

DAVIS

CHRISTOPHER ALPHONSO

8/23/1965

8/15/1966

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS

DEACON HERBERT LEE

1/4/1927

5/19/2005

US ARMY. PDN OBITUARY. AGE 78

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS

HELEN P

5/5/1914

7/7/1995

IN GOD'S CARE

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS

LULA MAE

4/14/1918

8/24/1987

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS

ROSELYN J

4/8/1961?

12/16/1978

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS

ULYSEE

 

1982

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS JR

JOHN D

8/9/1954

2/28/2004

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS JR

WILLIAM ALFRED

 

1969

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS JR

WILLIE

11/18/1905

1/XX/1978

 

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS SR

JOHN D

9/4/1908

11/9/1997

DEACON

EAST

MARKER

DAVIS SR

WILLIE

 

8/5/1950

 

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

BURNEY FLETCHER

 

12/27/1921

FL PVT 24 INF

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

CLAYBORNE

 

5/5/1917

 

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

ELLIOTT C

10/1/1933

5/6/2007

BORN AT EDGAR. PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

DeBOSE

GEORGIA ANNA

ND

10/12/1948

MOTHER. AT REST

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

JAMES A

7/7/1956

11/29/2005

 

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

LILLIE MAE

6/13/1914

9/3/1962

 

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

ROOSEVELT

3/6/1910

5/21/2003

 

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE

VIOLA G

8/20/1908

12/13/1985

 

EAST

MARKER

DeBOSE II

ROOSEVELT B

5/25/1960

3/12/2004

 

EAST

MARKER

DuBOIS

CHARLES H

11/5/1903

10/2/2001

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS

ESTELLA

4/3/18??

3/21/1974

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS

LOUIS I

3/11/1909

4/28/1988

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS

SARA ELIZABETH

9/29/1906

9/4/1990

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS

TARGIA

4/12/1870

9/6/1946

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS

WILLIE R

6/22/1941

2/4/2007

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS JR

ADAM

3/25/1901

2/5/1985

 

WEST

MARKER

DuBOIS SR

REV ADAM

2/27/1877

10/23/1953

 

WEST

MARKER

DUGGAN

RAMSAY ALPHONSO

 

7/2/2004

 

WEST

MARKER

DUGGAN

RAMSEY A

8/4/1981

7/2/2004

 

WEST

MARKER

EDWARDS

ANDREW O

6/17/1929

2/18/2003

 

WEST

MARKER

FAIR

LOTTIE M

10/7/1919

4/9/2003

 

EAST

MARKER

FARRINGTON

ANGELA R

10/1/1919

9/3/2005

 

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

ADOLPHUS

1/15/1910

9/1/1997

 

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

BILLY JEAN

1/22/1950

8/14/1971

FLA SP 4 US ARMY VIETNAM

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

EASTER STRICKLAND

4/15/1911

3/26/1995

 

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

FLOSSIE M

1/5/1942

11/19/1993

 

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

KATRINA

2/25/1925

5/25/1998

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

MAE RETHA

2/28/1943

9/10/1996

IN GOD'S CARE

WEST

MARKER

FISHER

MARY JANE

 

7/18/1939?

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

FISHER JR

FELIX PERRY

9/30/1944

9/29/1968

SSG ARMY

WEST

MARKER

FOSTER JR

JAMES A

3/2/1925

6/12/1985

US ARMY WW II

EAST

MARKER

FOUNTAIN

ATASHA B

12/26/1989

12/26/1989

 

EAST

MARKER

FRISON

REBA DELORISE

9/2/1950

7/6/2004

PDN OBITUARY

EAST

MARKER

FULLWOOD

DOROTHY H

6/28/1940

5/18/2003

 

WEST

MARKER

GADSON

TOM

1870

5/28/1951

AGE 83. HOMEAMADE CONCRETE MARKER THAT IS CRACKED.

WEST

MARKER

GAITHER

PAURLINE E

5/10/1903

1/26/1938

 

EAST

MARKER

GALLOWAY

HARRIET

5/28/1956

5/9/1985

IN GOD'S CARE

EAST

MARKER

GARRISON

SHYANN MIRACKLE

7/5/2000

8/24/2000

 

EAST

MARKER

GILLINSON

MRS. BLONESE

 

10/5/1970

AGE 40 YRS. TMP FH MARKER. BEST GUESS

WEST

MARKER

GIRTMAN JR

JEROME

6/13/1947

1/17/1969

SGT US ARMY

WEST

MARKER

GRADDIC

ANDREW

 

 

 

 

MARKER

GRADDIC

MARTHA

 

 

 

 

MARKER

GRAHAM

JAMES

10/12/1946

2/14/1982

 

EAST

MARKER

GREEN

SUSANNA

1/11/1912

2/13/1984

 

WEST

MARKER

HALL

ROSA

 

7/26/1936

AGE 100. HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

HAMPTON

BERTHENIA C

6/22/1930

8/7/1993

BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER

EAST

MARKER

HAMPTON

THADIOUS

11/12/1960

9/10/1991

 

WEST

MARKER

HART

JAMES "BO"

8/18/1918

1/11/1983

AT REST

EAST

MARKER

HART JR

JAMES

1/11/1942

8/19/1999

US ARMY

EAST

MARKER

HARVEY

MARIE H

9/13/1921

12/16/1973

 

WEST

MARKER

HAWKINS

OLA MAE T

1925

1966

 

WEST

MARKER

HEMBRY

JESSSIE MAE

1/15/1928

8/7/1998

 

EAST

MARKER

HILL

WILLIE

1909

1989

 

EAST

MARKER

HILLS

GLADYS M

1906

1989

 

EAST

MARKER

HINSON

JACQUEZ PIERRE

7/28/1995

7/29/1995

SMITH TMP FH MARKER

EAST

MARKER

HODGE

ARSA L

2/10/1934

4/22/1998

 

EAST

MARKER

HODGE SR

MOSE

8/7/1920

2/16/2003

 

EAST

MARKER

HUBBARD

CLYDE

2/28/1916

2/19/1998

 

EAST

MARKER

IBANEZ

SIXTA

4/1/1906

8/6/1995

IN GOD'S CARE

WEST

MARKER

ISNER

THEOPHUS

 

 

TWO HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKERS

WEST

MARKER

JACKSON JR

JOHN W

12/16/1956

6/11/2001

 

WEST

MARKER

JAMES

CHARLIE HODGES

 

9/28/2008

US ARMY KOREA. PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

JAMES

CHARLIE J

2/5/1895

6/27/1964

 

WEST

MARKER

JAMES

EDWARD S

10/22/1933

12/15/2001

 

WEST

MARKER

JAMES

MARY M

9/19/1897

11/30/1988

 

WEST

MARKER

JAMES

MRS MAMMIE

 

9/10/1965

AGE 58. TMP FH MARKER

EAST

MARKER

JAMES

ZENNIE M

6/8/1950

1/18/2002

 

EAST

MARKER

JENKINS

ADDIE

2/9/1895

10/22/1975

 

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

ALONZO

7/20/1923

2/22/2001

US ARMY WW II. PDN OBITUARY. AGE 77

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

HAZEL LEE

5/11/1910

5/13?/1990

 

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

IRVIN B

 

8/26/1941

PVT O M CORPS

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

JAKE

1877

1940

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

MARGERY HENDERSON

 

8/4/2008

PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

JENKINS

MATTIE

3/31/1907

2/7/1940

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

MINNIE

7/20/1878

12/4/1969

 

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

MRS. LOTTIE

 

5/16/1967?

TMP FH MARKER. BEST GUESS

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

OBEY

11/24/1894

2/19/1976

PVT US ARMY

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

ROBERT

7/21/1892

4/9/1975

PVT US ARMY WW I

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

ROSA MAE

3/26/1905

4/26/1990

 

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

RUFUS?

1909

10/15/1979

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

SUSANA

1878

1938

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS

SUSIE W

2/10/1895

10/10/1971

 

WEST

MARKER

JENKINS SR

ERVINE LYNN

 

5/16/2007

US ARMY WW II. PDN OBITUARY

 

MARKER

JENKINS?

JACK?

 

 

 

WEST

MARKER

JESSE

ETHEL B

10/12/1910

4/7/2006

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNS

ROBERT

10/2/1870

1/8/1958

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

ALVIN W

3/23/1947

10/21/1981

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

ANNIE MAE

9/3/1936

11/26/2006

DIED IN TORRENCE CA. PDN OBITUARY

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

BERTHA

11/16/1910

9/15/1994

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

BETTIE

2/23/????

2/26/19??

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

CHRISTOPHER B

1/2/1982

3/8/1982

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

DAVE

 

 

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

DEACON TIMOTHY

10/1/1907

1/15/1995

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

DORA

1892

1956

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

DORNEL

 

 

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

FLETCHER

7/10/1880

5/5/1951

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

GERTRUDE D

2/4/1969

7/22/1989

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

GERTRUDE HILL

12/27/1900

1/16/1988

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

HILLARD

1/4/1935

3/7/1979

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

IDA

 

11/4/1940

EDGAR FLA

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

JANE GRADDIC

 

1935

 

 

MARKER

JOHNSON

JASPER

 

 

 

 

MARKER

JOHNSON

LEROY

3/23/1920

5/8/1987

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

LILLIAN

1944

1990

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

LIZZIE

ND

4/1910

AT REST

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

MARY E

3/7/1888

2/4/1958

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

MELVIN E

10/9/1908

8/22/1968

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

MRS JOYCE F

 

 

TMP FH MARKER. BEST GUESS

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

NANCY?

 

 

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

NETTIE F

6/4/1908

6/17/1996

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

NORMAN M

 

2001

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

SARAH G

10/4/1906

11/26/2002

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

THOMAS A

6/15/1898

10/XX/1990

 

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

TOM

 

6/6/1926

EDGAR FLA

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

TOM

 

 

HOMEMADE CONCRETE MARKER THAT IS CRACKED.

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON

VICTORIA COOPER

 

12/23/1973

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

WILLIAM

12/26/1906

2/21/1970

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

WILLIAM L

3/10/1917

9/10/1976

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON

WILLIE

1/9/1925

3/17/1982

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON JR

CLEVELAND R

3/24/1945

6/21/1999

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON JR

JESSIE

5/28/1900

8/3/1952

 

EAST

MARKER

JOHNSON JR

TIMOTHY P

7/30/1928

10/29/1988

SGT US ARMY KOREA

WEST

MARKER

JOHNSON SR

RALEIGH FRANKLIN

12/3/1915

10/10/1988

 

WEST

MARKER

JONES

MATILDA

3/28/1920

6/22/2001

 

WEST

MARKER

KENDALL

IRENE SPATCHER

4/15/1940

11/6/1962

 

EAST

MARKER

KENT

RICHARD BRYAN

 

2005

 

EAST

MARKER

KNIGHOTS

KORDALE

 

8/31/1986

AGE 1 DAY

EAST

MARKER