FRANCIS COMMUNITY CEMETERY (BLACK AND WHITE)

 

 

Here are two instances where your correspondent must post bad news.  

 

These two cemeteries have been destroyed because of greed, and the fact that the neighbors and relatives of the internees did not speak up.  The official report turned into Tallahassee as part of the State Cemetery Task Force, says the following:

 

FRANCIS COMMUNITY (WHITE) CEMETERY, lies under the playground of Kelley Smith Elementary School.  Parcel #16-10-26-0000-0040-0000.  PALATKA QUAD.  N 29 o 38 026 W 81o 42.290.  (Destroyed).

 

FRANCIS COMMUNITY (BLACK) CEMETERY, lies under the paved parking lot of Sunrise Foods at the corner of HWY 20 and Round Lake Road.  Parcel #09-10-26-0000-0340-0110.  PALATKA QUAD.  N 29o 38.174 W 81o 42.235.  (Destroyed).

 

During the past couple of years, some family researchers have come across a few Death records for individuals living in the Francis area, which suggest that they were buried in one of the Francis cemeteries.  They were kind enough to send copies of those records to me for inclusion in the Project.  This list is compiled from the information that is on the death records, as well as additional information from the Putnam County Census Records,  the Putnam County Marriage Records, and the 1919 Putnam County Directory.

 

Many thanks for this information, goes to Ms. Ann Williams, Ms. Kim Wilcox, and Mr. Lon Sullivan.

 

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

BURIAL DATE

GENDER

ETHNICITY

BIRTHPLACE

ADDRESS AT DEATH

COMMENTS (sic)

VOCATION/TRADE

BONNETT

EASTER

1881

9/16/1930

9/17/1930

F

B

 

FRANCIS FL

WIFE OF JOHN BONNETT

HOUSEKEEPER

CANNON

INFANT

1/26/1905

1/27/1905

1/27/1905

F

W

FRANCIS FL

FRANCIS FL

INF DAU OF J W CANNON AND IDA MOTES.  [May be buried In Peniel.]

 

CANNON

JOHN W

5/14/1860

11/7/1923

11/8/1923

M

W

 

FRANCIS FL

SON OF JAMES CANNON AND REBECCA SMITH. MARRIED BUT SPOUSE'S NAME UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 63.  [May be buried In Peniel.]

FARMER

COPPECK

MORRIS

3/15/1887

10/28/1939

10/31/1939

M

C

GRAYMOUNT EMANUEL GA

16 OCEAN ST PALATKA

WIDOWED. WIFE'S NAME WAS MAGGIE. AGE 52Y 7M 13D

 

DANIELS

JANE

1833+-

10/27/1918

10/28/1918

F

W

 

PALATKA FL

WIDOW. ABOUT 85 YEARS OLD. UNKNOWN AS TO HUSBAND OR PARENTS AT THIS TIME

 

FAULKNER

INEZ

3/23/1906

6/17/1923

6/19/1923

F

W

PALATKA FL

 

DAU OF J H FAULKNER AND JANNETT HAM. DIED IN ST AUGUSTINE

 

HANCOCK

MARTHA A

3/10/1863

12/22/1933

12/23/1933

F

W

FRANCIS FL

FRANCIS FL

DAU OF JOHN WILKERSON AND MARY HICKS. WIFE OF N. J. HANCOCK.  [May be the same Martha A. Hancock buried in the Hancock Family Cemetery.]

HOUSEKEEPER

JACKSON

HELEN

3/1867

12/19/1928

12/19/1928

F

C

SOUTH CAROLINA

FRANCIS FL

HUSBAND'S NAME UNKNOWN; FATHER MAY HAVE BEEN A 'KIRKLAND'

DOMESTIC

LUNDY

HENRY

1872+-

6/30/1919

7/1/1919

M

C

 

FRANCIS FL

WIDOWED. ABOUT 47

FARMER

MILLER

HARVEY

1863

6/5/1933

6/6/1933

M

C

 

FRANCIS FL

WIDOWED

LABORER

MILLER

JUNIOUS

1923

10/7/1928

10/14/1928

M

C

PALATKA FL

PALATKA FL

SON OF NELSON AND ANNA GENERAL MILLER. 5 YEAR OLD CHILD

 

MILLER

W H

1853+-

7/20/1933

7/22/1933

M

C

AUGUSTA GA

FRANCIS FL

SON OF ALFRED MILLER AND HANNAH SNEED. MARRIED BUT NAME OF WIFE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. ABOUT 80.  [May be buried In St Joseph.]

MINISTER

MURRAY

PRINCE

1865+-

11/24/1938

11/25/1938

M

C

GEORGIA

FRANCIS FL

WIDOWER. WIFE'S NAME WAS REBECCA.  IN 1919, HE MARRIED ANNIE HORNE OF FRANCIS.

LABORER

ROBINSON

PERLY

1895+-

10/18/1918

10/19/1918

F

N

GEORGIA

FRANCIS FL

DAU OF B A EVANS AND MARTHA CRAWFORD. MARRIED BUT NAME OF HUSBAND UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. ABOUT 23.  [May be buried In St Joseph.]

 

SANDERS

INFANT

7/5/1934

7/5/1934

7/6/1934

M

W

PALATKA FL

 

INF SON OF NOAH J SANDERS AND CLARISSA WORKS

 

THOMPSON

AMY DANIELS

4/15/1884

12/08/1904

12/9/1904

F

B

 

 

DAU OF GEORGE DANIELS AND WIFE OF JOSEPH THOMPSON

HOUSEKEEPER

WILKINSON

INFANT

3/16/1905

3/16/1905

3/16/1905

M

W

FRANCIS FL

 

INF SON OF ELIJAH WILKINSON AND JESSIE ASHLEY

 

 

Putnam County Directory 1919

Francis

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES

(*Denotes Colored.)

*

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

SPOUSE

OCCUPATION

*

BRACKMAN

M

LIZZIE

LABORER

 

BARBER

BERT

PEARL

FARMER

 

BARBER

MRS CORNELIA

WIDOW

 

 

BECK

JARED

RUBY

FARMER

 

BROWNING

ABIEL T

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER

 

BROWNING

MISS RUTH

 

HOUSEKEEPER

 

BRINSON

ARTHUR L

ETHEL

FARMER

 

BRINSON

HAYWOOD

ELLEN E

FARMER

*

BRYANT

ARTHUR

 

SECTION HAND

 

CANNON

DAVID

 

U.S.A.

 

CANNON

DAVID W

HETTIE

FARMER

 

CANNON

MISS GEORGIA

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER

 

CANNON

JOHN

CALLIE

FARMER

*

DAVIS

HADLEY

 

 

 

DAVIS

MISS MARY E

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER

 

DOBB

JOHN

 

LABORER

*

EVANS

DANIEL

MARTHA

FARMER

*

EVANS

DOE or DOC

MARY

FARMER

*

EVANS

E. M.

BEULAH

FARMER

*

EVANS

WILLIS

LIZZIE

LABORER

*

FRANLYN

EDWARD

 

SECTION HAND

 

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

HENRY REYNOLDS

 

 

 

GRIFFIN

EDWARD

 

LABORER

 

GRIFFIN

POLLY ANN

 

 

 

GRIFFIN

WILEY

 

LABORER

 

HANCOCK

HARDY N

DAISY

FARMER

 

HANCOCK

JACK

 

TELEGRAPH OPERATOR

 

HANCOCK

JAMES

LORENA

FARMER

 

HANCOCK

JOSEPH

VIOLA

FARMER

*

HANCOCK

HARRIS

BEULAH

SECTION HAND

 

HEATHER

MRS MARY

WIDOW

 

 

HEIGHT

CHARLES

 

BLACKSMITH

 

HEIGHT

RAIFORD

 

MACHINIST

 

HICKENLOOPER

THOMAS B

SUSAN

FARMER

*

HORN

HATTIE

 

FARMER

 

JACKSON

IVORY

 

HOUSEKEEPER

 

MANNING

MISS EFFIE

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER

 

MAY

JOSEPH

IZETTA

FARMER

 

MAY

JOHN

SALLIE

FARMER

 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH

  

 

 

 

MILLER

MRS ANNIE A

WIDOW

 

 

MILTON

HENRY E

MINNIE

SECTION FOREMAN A.C.L.

 

MOTES

MISS ALICE

 

CLERK

 

MOTES

MRS ANNIE J

WIDOW

 

 

MOTES

MISS EDNA

 

HOUSEKEEPER

 

MOTES

JOHN

 

U.S.N.

 

MOTES

LEWIS

FRANCES

FARMER

 

MOTES

SILAS

ADA

FARMER

 

MOTES

THOMAS Z

EDITH

FARMER

 

MOTES

WILLIAM J

BERTHA

FARMER

*

MURRAY

PRINCE

 

SECTION HAND

 

POST OFFICE

H W REYNOLDS

 

POSTMASTER

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL

MISS MARY E DAVIS

 

PRINCIPAL

 

REYNOLDS

MISS CARRIE

 

HOUSEKEEPER

 

REYNOLDS

HENRY W

DOLLY

MERCHANT

 

REYNOLDS

KELLY O

 

U.S.A.

 

ROOT

ARCHIE A

FLORENCE

FARMER

 

SANDERS

DENNIS

 

RAILROAD MAN

 

SANDERS

DORSIE

STELLA

FARMER

 

SANDERS

NOAH

 

U.S.A.

 

SANDERS JR

JOHN

LOU

FARMER

 

SANDERS SR

JOHN

WINNIE

FARMER

 

SMITH

JOHN

HATTIE

FARMER

 

SMITH

MRS NAOMI

WIDOW

 

*

SPELLS

GOVAN

AMELIA

FARMER

*

SPELLS

JESSIE

 

DOMESTIC

 

STACY

EUGENE

HATTIE

FARMER

 

SQUIRES

ALBERT

 

FARMER

 

SQUIRES

JOHN

JETTIE

FARMER

 

THOMAS

HENRY

 

FARMER

 

THOMAS

JACOB

 

FARMER

 

WILKINSON

ELIJAH

JESSIE

FARMER

*

WILLIAMS

JAMES W

NETTIE

LABORER

 

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

Anyone viewing this website who might have additional information and/or records, please contact:

 

Mary E. Murphy

Putnam County Cemetarian

Email

 

Thank you,

Your Ancestors

 

 

 Last updated 10/8/2011

 

HOME

 

 Hit Counter