NORWALK CEMETERY

 

Owned by Putnam County.  Parcel #30-12-26-0000-0310-0000 (MB 1 P 84).  Located at 145 Cemetery Road.  Take SR 19 approximately 4 miles south of the Barge Canal Bridge to Cemetery Road on the left.  Turn left and go approximately ½ mile.  Cemetery is on the right.  It has been vandalized in the past.  The County has erected a chain link fence around the perimeter.  Here is a picture of the gate.

 

The old Norwalk community was settled by people from Maine and New York in 1876.  At one time more than 250 people lived in the district.  It was situated near the St. Johns River upstream from Palatka, with which there was twice daily communication by steamer.  Within Norwalk were two churches, a good public school, two sawmills, a tannery, wagon shop, harness shop, two blacksmiths and a post office. 

 

This community was established as a farming community (citrus groves and pine timberland).  The groves were frozen out in the great freezes of 1894-95 and the depletion of the virgin reserve stands of yellow pine timber more than anything contributed to the demise of the community.  WELAKA QUAD N 29o 25.334 W 81o 43.774.  (Maintained/Neglected).

 

Photographed April 25, 2010 by Mary E. Murphy

 

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LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

COMMENTS (SIC)

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ANDREWS

J. K.

 

6/6/1886

AGE 58 YEARS.  SINGLE STONE WITH BOTH J K ANDREWS AND EMILY ANDREWS CROUCH ON STONE.  ENCLOSED IN IRON FENCE WITH GATE MARKED 'CROUCH'.

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ANDREWS

EMILY A.

 

11/16/1881

WIFE OF GEORGE COUCH.  SINGLE STONE WITH BOTH J K ANDREWS AND EMILY ANDREWS CROUCH ON STONE.  ENCLOSED IN IRON FENCE WITH GATE MARKED 'CROUCH'.

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BANCROFT

WILLARD A.

1822

1890

B. MONTAGUE, MASS

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BANCROFT ?

 

 

 

WOODEN-POST HEAD MARKER BESIDE WILLARD A BANCROFT.  (I found no sign of this wooden marker, 4/25/2010.)

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BARD

BLANCHE

1/29/1861

9/24/06

WIFE OF HENRY H BARD.    INFORMATION FROM EARLIER SURVEY.  STONE NOW MISSING.  (That information came from the 1999 visit by the Cemetery Task Force.  On my visit, 4/25/2010, I found a small footstone marked 'B. B'--possibly standing for Blanche Bard?)

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BARD

CHARLIE

1877

1898

 

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BARD

COL. R. W.

1836

1902

 

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BARD JR

ROBERT W

1876

1880

 

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BAXTER

MARY A.

1/3/1832

1/22/1881

 

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BEASLEY

M. J.

9/18/1847

5/17/1897

WIFE OF J H BEASLEY (FENCED AT ONE TIME)

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CHASE

LILLIAN MAY

 

4/5/1884

AGE 4 YEARS ONLY DAUGHTER OF J S AND M A CHASE.  ENCLOSED IN AN IRON FENCE.

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CARRILL

MARY A.

2/8/1853

6/19/1883

WIFE OF ED CARRILL

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COUCH

GEORGE?

 

 

WIFE IS HERE.  COULD HE BE?

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HARSHMAN

LOUIS F.

5/17/1884

6/1/1884

DEATH DATE IS A 'BEST GUESS'.

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HARSHMAN

LUCY A.

4/22/1862

6/2/1884

 

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JONES

FREDERICK C.

3/14/1915

12/10/1915

 

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MORGAN

D. L.

?

?

NO STONE; INFORMATION FROM EARLIER SURVEY.  D L MORGAN ONCE NORWALK POSTMASTER.  PHOTOGRAPH IS OF THE FENCE ENCLOSING THE PLOT.  NAME IS ON THE GATE.

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RODGERS

GEORGE MOORE

 

11/30/1881

GRAVE FACES NORTH

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VARN

MRS SARAH J.

11/22/1875

9/18/1890

 

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WELLS

MRS MARY E.

1/28/1877

4/22/1898

 MONUMENT IS BROKEN.  DEATH DATE ALMOST UNREADABLE.  STONE CURRENTLY PROPPED NEXT TO BASE STONE.

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WILMOT

MARGARET W.

 

1909

AGE 3 WEEKS

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Last updated: 5/5/2010

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