RICE CREEK COMMUNITY

The hint of the existence of a Rice Creek Community Cemetery came in the form of a query from Deanda Lyne of the Family History Center. A descendent had come across the obituary for Emiline Green, widow of James N. Green, died December 19, 1908, and wanted to know where this cemetery is located.

This cemetery was previously unknown to any of us concerned with this list, or the Cemetery Task Force. We examined the possibility that it might be one of the known cemeteries in the area under a different name, but could find no listing of Emiline Green. Later, Deanda reported back to me via email, that she learned that years ago, when FPL and/or Clay Electric ran their power lines, the cemetery was bulldozed.

That fate befell another cemetery in the area, namely the Poor Farm Cemetery. Because that was a governmental institution, interment records were kept, though somewhat haphazardly, and we are able to have a fairly complete record of it. With a community or private family cemetery, all too often they go the way of Francis Community Cemetery, Mays Cemetery, Jones Road, Taylor Family, and others.

Anyone having any information about this cemetery, location, internees, or anything at all, please contact either Deanda Lyne at the Family History Center, fhc373095@bellsouth.net, or me at Email.

Thank you,

Mary E. Murphy

Putnam County Directory 1919

Rice Creek

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES

(*Denotes Colored.)

*	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	SPOUSE	OCCCUPATION
*	AUSTIN	STEVEN	NETTIE	TURPENTINE HAND
	COLE	JOHN		LABORER
	COUNTY BRIDGE	F. A. GREEN		TENDER
	COUNTY HOSPITAL	B. G. SYKES		SUPERINTENDENT
	DUNBAR	LEWIS		COUNTY HOSPITAL
	GIDDINGS	DELBERTH D		LABORER
	GIDDINGS	MRS. GEORGIA	WIDOW
	GIDDINGS	JOHN E	PEAR
	GREEN	JOSEPH F. A.		COOK
	GREEN	MRS. NANCY	WIDOW
	JOHN	LOREN	HARRIET	LOGGER
*	JOHNSON	WILLIAM		COUNTY HOSPITAL
	KNOWLES	MISS EVELYN
	KNOWLES	GEORGE	BETTY	FARMER
	KNOWLES	MRS. REBECCA	WIDOW
	LARGACCI	BRAMO	ELLA	BRIDGE TENDER A.C.L.
	LAWRENCE	GEORGE	LILLY	BRIDGE TENDER A.C.L.
*	LEE	CAROLINE		COUNTY HOSPITAL
	MALLOY	MACK	BARBARA	FARMER
	MORSE	ELIAS	MARTHA	LOGGER
	NEWSOME	EDWARD		COUNTY HOSPITAL
	NORTH	AGUSTUS		FARMER
	NORTH	MRS. ELIJAH	WIDOW	FARMER
	NORTH	ROY J		FARM HAND
	REGISTER	SAMUEL	MINNIE
	REGISTER	N. S.	LENNIE	DAIRY
	ROBERTS	WILLIAM	ART (ILLEGIBLE—BEST GUESS)	FARMER
	ROSIGNOL	LING		ENGINEER
	SYKES	BUELL	JULIA	SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY HOSPITAL
	THOMPSON	DAVE	LENA
*	WASHINGTON	CHARLES		COUNTY HOSPITAL
	WILKINSON	LEVI	BESSIE	FARMER
*	WILLIAMS	MARY		COUNTY HOSPITAL
	YOUNG	JOHN		FISHMAN
This list is provided as a courtesy to researchers. It's inclusion in no way implies that the people listed as living in the Rice Creek area in 1919, were in fact buried in the area. They may have moved elsewhere since the publication of the directory. It is useful to note that several of the people listed here are noted as being in the County Hospital, aka the Poor Farm

Last updated 6/20/2014

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