DEWITT CEMETERY (SATSUMA HEIGHTS)

Is owned by A. M. Dewitt via Tax Deed Book G Page 443. Parcel #39-11-26-8470-0330-0010. Contact person for more information is George Winch. See the Property Appraiser’s information at the link.. Take US 17 south through Satsuma, turn right on CR 309. Cross the railroad and turn right on First Street, 3/4 mile to First Avenue. The cemetery is on the N/W corner of First Street and First Avenue. This is a ten acre tract of land.

This cemetery was visited by the Cemetery Task Force in 1999. Their report follows:

“Graves were found north of the NE corner of a large cleared area in the south 1/3 of the tract (see aerial photo). The grave nearest the cleared area is that of Nolie Sheffield, B. Dec 15, 1902 and D. July 12, 1952. The first GPS reading was for this grave.”

“Another site was found north of the first grave about 100--150 feet. This site has one headstone base. The marker was not located, but is probably near by buried under leaves and debris. The site is marked with 4 galvanized posts about 4 feet tall, and there is a roll of old field fence at the site. The second GPS reading is for this site.”

“There were several depressions in the area that indicates other unmarked graves. SATSUMA QUAD. N 29^o 33.665 W 81^o 40.008 and N 29^o 33.691 W 81^o 40.038. (Neglected/Abandoned).”

The 1919 Putnam County Directory lists a Henry and Nolie Sheffield, living in Satsuma, employed as ‘Laborers’.

Here is the ‘Satsuma Heights’ entry from the 1919 Putnam County Directory. In that Henry and Nolie Sheffield were denoted as ‘Colored’, suggests that this cemetery was for the African-American residents of this area, and the cemetery we know as Satsuma, or Satsuma Heights Cemetery was reserved for the ‘White’ residents. This is strictly an *educated guess* on my part. If anyone has more authoritative knowledge, please let me know.

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Mary E. Murphy

Putnam County Directory 1919

Satsuma

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES

(*Denotes Colored.)

*	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	SPOUSE	OCCUPATION
	ALVERS	OLLIE F	ILLIS	BRIDGE TENDER DUNNS CREEK
	BAKER	WALTER	JOSEPHINE	FARMER
	BAKER	THOMAS F	KATE	FARMER
	BAKER	WILLIAM J		U S A
	BAKER	MRS MARY		LVS WILLIAM CATO
*	BALLARD	EDWARD	MARY	LABORER
	BAPTIST CHURCH
*	BARBER	FLOYD		SEC HAND
*	BELLAMY	EDWARD		LABORER
*	BEST	LEWIS J	ELIZABETH	LABORER
*	BROWN	ROBEERT	ROSA	LABORER
*	BUTLER	REV A J
*	BUTLER	JULIUS	REBECCA	ENGINEER
	CATO	WILLIAM L	LIZZIE L	FARMER
	CHALFINCH	HENRY W		BEACON TENDER
	COUNCE	ANDREW J	HATTIE M	CLERK F V OWENS
	CURTIS	CHARLES A		CARPENTER
*	DAVIS	JERRY		LABORER
*	DIKES	HENRY		LABORER
*	DORSETT	CLIFTON		SEC HAND
*	DOUGLASS	THEODORE		LABORER
*	EDWARDS	REV ROBERT	JOSEPHINE
	ENGELBACH	ARTHUR		TRUCKER
	ERNEST	H L		JEWELER
*	FIELDS	THOMAS		WATCHMAN
*	FLOWERS	CLAUDE	LIZZIE	LABORER
*	FLOYD	FRANK F		LABORER
	GENERAL MERCHANDISE--FRED V OWEN
*	GORDON	HENRY	BERTHA	LABORER
	GREEN	HENRY L	L B	BRIDGEMAN, BUFFALO BLUFF
	HAID	ROBERT	GERTRUDE	WKS SATSUMA COMPANY
*	HALL	ROBERT	WINNIE	LABORER
*	HARDY	JAMES	ROSA LEE	LABORER
*	HARRELL	DANIEL	L C	LABORER
*	JEFFERSON	THOMAS	FANNY	LABORER
*	JENKINS	J	MARY A	LABORER
	JERNIGAN	HENRY	BELLA	BRIDGEMAN, BUFFALO BLUFF
*	JOHNSON	EDWARD	ELLEN	LABORER
*	JOHNSON	WILLIAM
*	JONES	MAJOR	SARAH	LABORER
	JORDON	MISS CORNELIA
	JORDON	TERRELL		see FOREMAN A C L R'Y
*	LIVINGSTON	CHARLES		LABORER
	LOVELAND	CLIFTON W	ANNA C	MGR SATSUMA CO
	M E CHURCH
*	MILLER	FRED		SEC HAND
	MURPHEY	TRUE J	MARY J	FRUIT GROWER
*	MURPHY	JOE	CLARA	FARMER
*	MURRAY	JACK		LABORER
*	MURRAY	THOMAS	HATTIE	LABORER
*	OTIS	LOVE		SEC HAND
	OWEN	WILLIAM H		LVS FRED V OWEN
	OWEN	FRED V	JOSEPHINE P	MERCHANT/POST MASTER
	PAYNE	AARON		FARMER
	PAYNE	MISS LULA		LVS AARON OWEN
*	PEOPLES	EDWARD	RUBY	LABORER
*	PERKINS	WALTER	SOPHIE	LABORER
*	PHENZY	WILLIAM		LABORER
	POST-OFFICE--F V OWEN PM
	PRATT	ALICE W	WIDOW RICHARD H	LVS FRED V OWEN
	QUIGLEY	THOMAS	ELVIRA	FOREMAN SATSUMA CO
*	RAYMOND	ARTHUR	ALBERTA	LABORER
*	RICH	THOMAS		SEC HAND
*	ROBINSON	JOSEPH	EMMA Z	LABORER
	SATSUMA CO FARMS CLIFTON LOVELAND MANAGER
*	SHEFFIELD	HENRY	NOLIE	LABORER
*	SIMMONS	JOHN R	CLARA	LABORER
*	SINGLETON	SYKES		LABORER
*	SMITH	JERRY R		LABORER
	SQUIRES	JAMES W	ALICE	FARMER
	SWEAT	ROAN	OLA	BRIDGEMAN BUFFALO BLUFF
*	THOMAS	JOSEPH
'	THOMAS	JAMES		SEC HAND
*	THOMAS	BEN		LABORER
	WANGBICHLER	GEORGE	ANNA	RETIRED
*	WILLIAMS	CHARLES		LABORER
*	WILLIAMS	JACOB	BERTHA	LABORER
	WILSON	ROBERT C	ELSIE	FOREMAN SATSUMA CO
*	WILSON	JOHN		LABORER
	WILSON	LEWIS C	EMMA	STABLE FOREMAN SATSUMA CO
	WILSON	LEWIS F		LABORER
*	WRIGHT	GEORGE	TANNIE	LABORER
*	WRIGHT	JOSEPH		FARMER

This list is provided as a courtesy to researchers. It's inclusion in no way implies that the people listed as living in the Satsuma area in 1919, were in fact buried in the area. They may have moved elsewhere since the publication of the directory.

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Last updated 8/8/2017