Harvey Cemetery
Cemetery = Harvey Cemetery
Vicinity = Bethel
Status = neglected
Community = both
Synonymous name(s) = Ferrell Cemetery
GPS Location |
S-T-R Location |
Directions |
30°15’44.13” X84°19’13.78” |
S½ Sec 34, 2S,
1W |
50 yd W of graded Old Shell Pt. Rd near latitude
of Belin Court |
A chainlink fence about 40 feet by 12 feet encloses
five graves covered by concrete slabs, all having inscribed headstones or headpieces
(locating coordinates shown are for this enclosure). But inscribed stones stand
all around in the pine woodland surrounding. There may be an acre or more of
graveyard. One stone noticed in hasty observation in the southern area shows
a year-of-death as recent as 1982. About 100 feet southwest of the chainlink
fence is a clearing of 60 feet by 30 feet holding 15-20 graves, most with inscribed
stones. Immediately east of this are two very small wrought-iron fence enclosures.
The graveyard is easily identifiable with the Harvey
Cemetery recorded in the 1940-41 survey of veterans' graves, where it was designated
Plat 58 of Wakulla County. That survey reported the graves of several veterans
here. It may be that all graves made here for many decades now are those of
African Americans; it seems that the co-owner of the land, John Ferrell, so
indicates. But older graves are of both African Americans and whites. Although
most of the plot appears abandoned amidst shrubby growth, some parts mentioned
above are somewhat maintained, and the site may receive more burials in the
future.
The graveyard, which is indicated on the county
highway map, lies perhaps 50-75 yards west of the graded Old Shell Point Rd.
in Sec. 34, T2S, R1W (the section-township-range datum given in the 1940-41
survey is evidently erroneous here as in a good many other cases). Sherrie Stokes,
whose observations on varied grave markings in Wakulla County appeared in Florida
Historical Quarterly October 1991, referred to this cemetery as Ferrell Cemetery.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
Bacon, Candy |
10 Jun 1890 |
2 Mar 1968 |
FL PVT 438 BES Labor BN QMC |
Baker, Dave W. |
1872 |
1945 |
|
Brown, Walker L. |
21 Oct 1924 |
8 Mar 1975 |
|
Butler, Cora |
27 Aug 1909 |
1 Feb 1972 |
|
Butler, Elizabeth |
14 Jan 1938 |
15 May 1977 |
|
Butler, Jeff Davis |
1 Mar 1896 |
5 Mar 1958 |
|
Butler, L. |
22 Jun 1898 |
14 Sep 1906 |
|
Butler, Mamie Shingles |
1920 |
1960 |
|
Butler, Rannie |
14 Dec 1914 |
31 May 1931 |
|
Cooper, Julia |
|
24 Jan 1949 |
|
Dixon, Ida S. |
24 Nov 1893 |
1 Apr 1933 |
|
Farrel, Janie |
28 Nov 1903 |
7 Dec 1979 |
|
Ferrell, Alsey M. |
12 Apr 1828 |
19 Dec 1885 |
h/o Amanda E. Ferrell; Mason; Pvt Co
D 2nd Fla Cav CSA |
Ferrell, Amanda E. |
10 Jul 1832 |
19 Dec 1901 |
w/o Alsey M. Ferrell |
Ferrell, Chas. J. |
19 Jul 1860 |
14 Jan 1932 |
|
Ferrell, Harmon |
9 Jan 1888 |
9 Oct 1900 |
s/o
C. J. & Josephine Ferrell; Rest Dear Son, resting quiet while friends in
sorrow sleep over the wept |
Ferrell, Jannie |
23 Oct 1870 |
24 Oct 1879 |
Children of J. S. & M. J. Ferrell |
Ferrell, Johnnie |
29 Mar 1874 |
28 Aug 1879 |
Children of J. S. & M. J. Ferrell |
Ferrell, Josephine Lavender |
29 Dec 1860 |
13 Feb 1937 |
w/o C. J. Ferrell |
Ferrell, Robert |
18 Sep 1864 |
15 Apr 1873 |
s/o
A. M. & A. E. Ferrell |
Ferrell, William M. |
27 Nov 1860 |
|
Age 30 years 7mths 27 days |
Gavin, Annie |
15 Mar 1870 |
12 Jul 1945 |
At Rest |
Gavin, Edmond |
1891 |
1934 |
unmarked; PFC Co C 413th Serv Bn WWI |
Gavin, Horis Daniel |
25 Aug 1920 |
17 Feb 1974 |
FL PVT US Army WWII |
Gavin, infant |
30 Mar 1902 |
|
Asleep in Jesus; infant of S. G. & A.
Gavin |
Gavin, Isiah |
9 Sep 1889 |
23 Sep 1972 |
|
Gavin, Joshua Clay Sr. |
11 Nov 1918 |
23 Oct 1978 |
PVT US Army WWII |
Gavin, Spencer |
|
|
Age 70 yrs Rest on, I will meet you
there |
Goosby, Chester |
25 Sep 1896 |
14 Dec 1957 |
|
Green, Elizabeth |
|
Jan 1919 |
52 yrs. old |
Hammons, Lonnie |
1881 |
1931 |
One marker with Lue Hammons |
Hammons, Lue |
1879 |
1924 |
One marker with Lonnie Hammons |
Hargrove, Jacob |
12 Aug 1881 |
27 May 1936 |
|
Harris, Jerdon |
18 Jan 1891 |
15 Oct 1918 |
Pvt 151st Dep Brig WWI; His toils are
done, he fought the fight, Victory won. |
Harris, Michael |
|
26 Sep 1958 |
77 years old |
Hicks, Anthony |
11 Aug 1858 |
23 Nov 1924 |
|
Hicks, Buck |
4 May 1901 |
30 Dec 1972 |
|
Hicks, C. L. |
29 Mar 1922 |
2 Nov 1951 |
|
Hicks, Marran E. |
29 Mar 1924 |
5 Feb 1929 |
|
Hicks, Peggie |
15 May 1870 |
14 Mar 1912 |
|
Hinton, Deanna |
1887 |
1958 |
|
Hinton, Farley |
1887 |
1945 |
|
Hinton, Horace |
24 Dec 1881 |
17 Oct 1953 |
|
Hunter, Leroy |
12 Feb 1917 |
8 Jun 1974 |
PFC US Army |
Jackson, Henry |
7 Jun 1881 |
6 Oct 1956 |
|
Jackson, Joseph |
16 Aug 1903 |
26 Oct 1956 |
|
Jackson, Leroy |
21 Dec 1910 |
24 Nov 1953 |
|
Jackson, Will |
14 Apr 1920 |
27 Jun 1941 |
At Rest |
Jackson, Willie I. |
1 Oct 1917 |
25 Apr 1979 |
|
Johnson, Alfred |
20 Jan 1913 |
26 Nov 1980 |
PFC US Army WWII |
Lewis, Alberta |
21 Aug 1913 |
12 Nov 1984 |
|
Lewis, Mamie |
8 Oct 1913 |
2 Sep 1970 |
At Rest |
Lewis, Mattie |
2 Aug 1892 |
27 Apr 1949 |
|
Lewis, Will |
29 Aug 1881 |
4 Jan 1963 |
|
Lewis, Willie C. |
1 Dec 1912 |
22 Jan 1977 |
PFC US Army WWII |
Lucas, Viola |
23 Nov 1876 |
1 Oct 1919 |
|
Mary Lizie |
28 Sep 1877 |
9 Aug 1878 |
Child buried next to the Ferrells. The
markers are not very old. |
May |
7 Feb 1871 |
22 Jun 1873 |
Child buried next to the Ferrells. The
markers are not very old. |
More, Pete |
|
27 Feb 1927 |
Age 56 � At Rest |
Oliver, Frank |
|
2 Nov 1955 |
Age 92 |
Pearce |
|
|
Child buried next to the Ferrells. The
markers are not very old. |
Poter, B. J. |
|
14 Feb 1927 |
|
Robert |
15 Mar 1873 |
25 Oct 1874 |
Child buried next to the Ferrells. The
markers are not very old. |
Roberts, Amanda Butler |
24 Sep 1878 |
1 Apr 1962 |
My trust is in God, forever with the
Lord. |
Roberts, Rev. John |
19 May 1877 |
31 Oct 1974 |
|
Roberts, Julius |
10 Nov 1910 |
9 Feb 1970 |
GA PFC US Army WWII |
Roberts, Sidney |
9 Apr 1917 |
21 Oct 1977 |
|
Roberts, Stacey |
1 Mar 1704(?) |
11 Jul 1757(?) |
|
Roberts, Tamara |
11 Mar 1974 |
28 Oct 1980 |
Outside chain link fence |
Robertson, Robert Parham |
|
1889 |
unmarked; 4Sgt Co D 3rd Fla Inf CSA |
Scott, Lillian |
31 Oct 1938 |
25 Mar 1972 |
|
Shingles, Bishop David W. |
21 Oct 1902 |
27 Jun 1969 |
|
Shingles, Henry |
1891 |
15 May 1938 |
FL PVT 443 Res. Labor BN WWI |
Shingles, Herman L. |
23 Apr 1923 |
23 Oct 1963 |
FL SGT 167 CML Smoke Genr Co. WWII |
Shingles, Willie |
23 Nov 1886 |
18 May 1982 |
|
Smith, Bibb |
8 May 1893 |
21 Apr 1978 |
PVT US Army WWII |
Smith, Katie |
|
16 Dec 1959 |
|
Thomas, Elizabeth |
1872 |
28 May 1907 |
|
Thomas, Lucile |
17 Oct 1906 |
25 May 1982 |
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Unknown |
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Unreadable |
Unknown |
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3 in a row unreadable |
Unknown |
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3 in a row unreadable |
Unknown |
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3 in a row unreadable |
Unknown |
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Metal marker |
Unknown child |
17 Feb 1926(?) |
6 Dec 1927 |
|
Williams, Leroy |
10 Sep 1910 |
9 Jan 1969 |
FL Tec 5 1908 QM Co WWII |
Williams, Neal |
5 Jun 1889 |
1 Nov 1918 |
Pvt 54th Co 13th Tng Bn Dep Brig WWI |
Wooten, Kansas |
25 Oct 1858 |
4 Aug 1878 |
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Many sunken unmarked graves all through the woods. There could be more head stones further in the woods.
Date of site report narrative -
September 2001
Surveyed by members of the WCHS, June 2006
Some information taken from Register of Deceased Veterans 1940-41
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