RODMAN SIDE CAMP CEMETERY “Located near the center of Kenilworth S/D MB 2 P 4, in the vicinity of Block 60.   Take CR 310 west of SR 19 approximately 3 miles to Florida Road on right.   Turn right on Florida Road, cross Porter Street, and continue approximately 1/2 mile to a barbed wire fence and gate.   Do not go through gate, but turn left and go down road outside of fence approximately 900 feet to 1st grave area on right side of road.  This site is approximately 90 feet from the road and contains three grave headstones with no distinguishable writing on any of the markers.  They are close to the only palm tree in the vicinity.   The second grave is on right side of road and across fence approximately 210 feet north of the first group.   This grave has four metal poles and a fence around it.  Continue down road approximately 400 feet to cemetery on left of road.  Three graves are next to road and a fourth grave, to the right and beyond the first three.   This group of graves is located just before what looks like the old Ocala to Palatka railroad bed, possibly the Ocklawaha Valley RR.  There may be other graves in the area.   “This cemetery was created when Rodman Lumber Company was in full swing and there was a large steam powered sawmill and the town of Rodman with a post office, hotels, etc.  In the early 1900s, the Rodman Lumber Company and the Cummings family played an important role in the history and development of western Putnam County.   “When the original survey was done in 1984 that this list is derived from, some “old timers”-- long since deceased, recalled that at one time there were more than 100 markers in the cemetery.   The place is now completely overgrown and the surveyors could find scant evidence of the numerous graves that must be there.  RODMAN QUAD.   “Section A” N 29o 33.183 W 81o 48.140, “Section B” N 29o 33.151 W 81o 48.086, “Section C” N 29o 033.00 W 81o 48.00, “Section 4” N 29o 33.00 W 81o 48.0), N 29o 33.453 W 81o 48.120.  (Abandoned)”. The above statement is the report submitted to Tallahassee by the 1999 Cemetery Task Force, referring to the main Rodman Cemetery.  (And is the opening statement on my Rodman Cemetery page.)  They made no mention of a Side Camp Cemetery. Likely they didn’t know about it.  It is possible that one of the above GPS coordinates refer to this cemetery. The work presented here was created by FindAGrave member,  L. M. Shiver Thomas, who graciously gave me permission to use it in this Project.  There are no markers existing today.  Therefore, Shiver Thomas pored laboriously over dozens of Putnam County Death Certificates, proving the existence of this cemetery.  So far as is known, this is a small Cemetery for the Black Community at Rodman, most of whom, worked for the Rodman Lumber Company.  Many of the currently known interments are babies and toddlers.  Several ‘residents’ were killed by the Spanish Influenza pandemic.  Several others were felled by Malarial fever—which could be another name for the Spanish Flu.  One man was killed in a house fire. Many thanks go to L. M. Shiver Thomas for this information. HOME
LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS	VOCATION/TRADE	DEATH CERTIFICATES
ALFORD	INFANT FEMALE	9/20/1917	9/20/1917			CERTIFICATE
BENNETT	ARTHUR	2/26/1906	3/19/1917		GOING TO SCHOOL	CERTIFICATE
BERRY	THELMA	3/28/1916	7/30/1917			CERTIFICATE
BRYANT	BLONNELL	10/4/1916	10/14/1917	TWIN		CERTIFICATE
BRYANT	BURNELL	10/4/1916	10/15/1917	TWIN		CERTIFICATE
CLEMMONS	INFANT MALE	6/14/1906	6/14/1906			CERTIFICATE
CUTHBERT	INFANT MALE	11/5/1917	11/12/1917			CERTIFICATE
CUTHBERT	LEWIS FRANK	1/17/1916	8/17/1917			CERTIFICATE
DURANDT	JAMES	1875	10/21/1918		SAWMILL RODMAN LUMBER CO.	CERTIFICATE
ELLINGTON	SADIE BELL	4/5/1916	7/16/1917			CERTIFICATE
GADSON	WALLACE NEWTON	3/17/1890	9/16/1918		SAWMILL LABORER.	CERTIFICATE
GIBSON	CHARLES	1890	10/28/1918		SAWMILL LABORER.	CERTIFICATE
GRIFFIN	THEODORE	10/1/1898	3/24/1917	DIED IN HOUSE FIRE	TIE CUTTER.	CERTIFICATE
JOHNSON	JAMES	1889	6/6/1918		LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN	CERTIFICATE
JONES	SUSIE ANN	ND	10/21/1918			CERTIFICATE
MITCHEL	TOMMIE LENA	1/30/1888	8/4/1917			CERTIFICATE
SMITH	ANNIE WILLIAMS	7/4/1888	6/28/1917		HOUSEWIFE	CERTIFICATE
WIINFIELD	HATTIE	1879	11/5/1918			CERTIFICATE

Putnam County Directory 1919

Rodman

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES (MOSTLY)

(*Denotes Colored)

*	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	SPOUSE	OCCUPATION
*	ADAMS	ANNIE		DOMESTIC
*	ADAMS	MAGGIE
*	ALEXANDER	BENJAMIN J	AGNES	MILL HAND
*	ALLEN	DAVID	ROSA	TEAMSTER
*	A.M.E. CHURCH--J. J. THOMAS PASTOR
*	ANDERSON	OTIS		MILL HAND
*	ANDERSON	WILLIAM	LAURA
	BASE	RUDY	SADIE	MILL HAND
	BASS	MISS ANNA		DOMESTIC
	BAXTER	WILLIAM L		CARPENTER
	BENARD	THOMAS P	MARY E	GENERAL MANAGER O. V. R'Y
*	BRAY	CHARLIE	MARTHA	MILL HAND
*	BRITT	JESSE		MILL HAND
*	BROOK	JIM	MIMBER	MILL HAND
	BROOKER	WILLARD		MILL WRIGHT
*	BROWN	JAMES		COOK
*	BROWN	WILLIAM	MARY	MILL HAND
	BRYAN	KATHREN		STUDENT
*	BRYAN	MARIE		LAUNDRESS
*	BRYANT	CELIA		DOMESTIC
	BRYANT	JAMES B	MARY	MILL HAND
	CALHOUN	BERTIE C	ESTELLE	ENGINEER
	CAMPBELL	JOSEPHINE V		WIDOW
	CAMPBELL	MELVIN W		MILL HAND
	CHAMPION	JOHN A	AMANDA	FOREMAN PLANER MILL
*	CHISHOLM	ANNA		COOK
*	CHROSS			TIES WILLIAM GRIFFIN
	COBB	THOMAS C		CLRK W A GOETHE
	COOPER	WALTER R		MILL WRIGHT
*	CREST			TIES AUGUSTA GRIFFIN
	CUBBAGE	F L
	CUMMINGS	EDWARD M	JULIA	WKS RODMAN MILL
	CUMMINGS	HENRY S	HATTIE	PRES. RODMAN LUMBER CO.
*	CUTHBERT	EUGUENE	MOLLIE	WKS RODMAN MILL
*	DANIELS	CLEVELAND L		MILL HAND
*	DARSEY	ARCHIE	LEILA	MILL HAND
	DAVIS	GEORGE W	LENA	MILL HAND
	DAVIS	WALTER F		MILL HAND
*	DORSEY	MATTIE		COOK
*	DOUGLASS	ALBERT	ELIZA	TRAIN HAND
*	DOUGLASS	PETER		CLOTHES PRESSER
*	DOUGLASS	RHODA		LAUNDRESS
	DUNCAN	JOHN W	EMMIE	INSPECTOR
*	DUNCAN	THOMAS	ANNIE	MILL HAND
*	EDWARDS	HERBERT		MILL HAND
*	EDWARDS	KIRBY		MILL HAND
*	ELLLIS	JOSEPHINE		MILL HAND
*	ELLOQUIT	MACK	CARRIE	MILL HAND
*	EVANS	NEFF		MILL HAND
*	EWELL	PRISCILLA		DOMESTIC
	FAULKNER	JOHN		FIREMAN
	FAULKNER	MRS SARAH		WIDOW
*	GADSEN	ALLEN	HANNAH	COOK
*	GADSSSEN	WILLIAM		MILL HAND
	GAINEY	NOVEL E	ALINE	SAWYER
	GENERAL MERCHANDISE			RODMAN LUMBER COMPANY
	GENERAL MERCHANDISE			WILLIAM A GOETHE
*	GIBSON	WILLIAM		MILL HAND
	GINN	CHARLES	HELEN A	MILL SUPT
	GOETHE	PERRY B	MINNIE L	ASST SECY-TRES RODMAN LUMBER COMPANY
	GOETHE	WILLLIAM A	SARAH L	GENERAL MERCHANDISE
**	GOIN	ALBERT	LILLY	MILL HAND
*	GRIFFIN	AUGUSTUS	FLORENCE	TIE CONTRACTOR
**	GRIFFIN	ELLIS	MARIA	TIE CONTRACTOR
*	GRIFFIN	HODGES	BLANCHE	MILL HAND
*	GRIFFIN	MILLEDGE		MILL HAND
*	GRIFFIN	WILLIAM	LELA	TIE CONTRACTOR
*	GRIGSBY	HARVEY		MILL HAND
	GROOVER	ADALPHUS	SARAH	MILL HAND
	GROOVER	CHESTER		MILL WRIGHT
	GROOVER	ROY		ENGINEER
*	HAGAN	GEORGE		MILL HAND
*	HAINES	WILLIAM	CORA	MILL HAND
*	HALL	HENRY		MILL HAND
*	HAMMOND	HENRY		MILL HAND
*	HARDY	JOSEPH		MILL HAND
*	HAYES	BENJAMIN	SADIE	MILL HAND
*	HAYES	REMUS	ROSA	MILL HAND
*	HOLMES	HATTIE		DOMESTIC
	HOTEL GRANT RODMAN LUMBER COMPANY
*	HOWARD	DANIEL E	MARY A	CARPENTER
	HUBBARD	EUGENE	FRASIER	SAW FILER
	HUGGINS	LOVIEE P	ELSIE A	ENGINEER
*	HUTSON	SNOOK		TIE CHOPPER
*	ISOM	WILLIAM	VICTORIA	YARD MAN
*	JACKSON	JAMES		MILL HAND
*	JACKSON	SOLOMON		TEAMSTER
*	JAMES	LEE		MILL HAND
	JAMES	MANLEY	MAGGIE	WATCHMAN
*	JAMES	PETER	SARAH	MILL HAND
*	JAMES	SUSAN		DOMESTIC
*	JENKINS	MOSES		MILL HAND
	JERKINS	THOMAS L	ALICE	WKS RODMAN MILL
	JOHNS	NATHAN J	HENRIETTA	FARMER
	JOHNS	WILLIAM H	CRECY	FARMER
*	JOHNSON	JAMES	ROSA	MILL HAND
*	JONES	ELIJAH		MILL HAND
	JONES	JOHN G	DELIA	FARMER
	JONES	OLIVER	VALDA	MILL HAND
*	JONES	WILLIE		FARM HAND
	KEEL	EDWARD	SALLY	CARPENTER
*	KING	WESLEY	FLORENCE	FARM HAND
*	KNOWLTON	CORNELIUS	SUSIE	MILL HAND
	LANGFORD	J FRANK		MASTER MECHANIC O. V. R'Y
	LANGRUM	M. J.		MACHINIST
*	LEE	HOLLIS		COOK
*	LEVANE	DAVID	HESSIE	MILL HAND
*	LEWIS	CHRISTOPHER		MILL HAND
*	LEWIS	EDWARD	CLARA	MILL HAND
*	LEWIS	FRANK		MILL HAND
*	LOTT	AARON		MILL HAND
*	MACK	ERNEST	FLORA	MILL HAND
*	MACKWELL	CHARLES		MILL HAND
	MARSHALL	MISS MARIE		STENOGRAPHER RODMAN LUMBER CO.
*	MARTIN	MACK		FARM HAND
*	MATTHEWS	GEORGE		FARM HAND
*	MATTHEWS	WILLIAM	MAUD	MILL HAND
	MCGARRAH	MOSES I	MINNIE	MARKER
	MCLEOD JR	ROBERT W		U. S. NAVY
	MCLEOD SR	ROBERT W		LUMBER INSPECTOR
	MCNIVEN	JOHN		FIREMAN
*	MCRAE	AMOS		MILL HAND
*	MILES	JOHN	CHARITY	MILL HAND
	MINTON	WALTER I	CARRIE	FOREMAN RODMAN FARM
*	MITCHELL	QUEEN		LAUNDRESS
*	MITCHELL	THOMAS		MILL HAND
*	MOBLEY	ULASSEE(?)		MILL HAND
*	MONROE	ROSA		LAUNDRESS
*	MOORE	EMMA		LAUNDRESS
	MORRISON	ROBERTA O		POSTMASTER
	MOSELEY	BRANTLEY	EMMA	WORKS RODAMN LUMBER CO.
*	MUNGER	CHARLIE	SALLIE	MILL HAND
	MURDOCK	WILLIAM		MILL HAND
*	MYERS	DAVID		MILL HAND
	MYRICK	JOHN C	WINNIE	CLERK ROD COMMISSARY
	O. V. R'Y CO GENERAL OFFICES
	O'BERRY	CHARLES O		U S NAVY
	O'BERRY	DAVID L		U S ARMY
	O'BERRY	J FRANKLIN		U S ARMY
	O'BERRY	JAMES F	ELIZABETH F	STOCK MAN
*	OLIVER	JAMES		FARM HAND
*	OLIVER	JOHN		MILL HAND
	OUTLAW	BEVILLE S	THERESA	TIME KEEPER RODMAN LUMBER CO.
*	PARKER	WILLIE		DOMESTIC
	PETERS	GARFIELD	ELLEN	BLACK SMITH
	PILLANS	CHARLES P	NELLIE	AUDITOR O. V. R'Y
*	PINKNEY	CHARLES		MILL HAND
	POST OFFICE ROBERTA O MORRISON
*	POWERS	POLLY		LAUNDRESS
*	PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
	PUBLIC SCHOOL
	RAULLSON	JESSE		WORKS RODMAN MILL
*	RETT	THOMAS		MILL HAND
*	RICHARDSON	CHARLES		MILL HAND
*	RILLINS	ISAAC		MILL HAND
*	RIVERS	ANNIE		DOMESTIC
	RODMAN BAPTIST CHURCH
	RODMAN LUMBER CO. H. S. CUMMINGS PRES.
	RODMAN M. E. CHURCH (SOUTH)
*	RUSSELL	EDWARD		PLANER MILL
	SAMMONS	JOHN A		U S NAVY
*	SANDERS	JOHN		MILL HAND
*	SANDERS	THOMAS		MILL HAND
*	SANDERS	WILLIAM		MILL HAND
	SANFORD	MALLORY		CHAUFFER
	SAUCERMAN	JOHN		FIREMAN
	SAUCERMAN	MRS SARAH		WIDOW
	SAUNDERS	CLAUDE		MILL HAND
	SAVAGE	ROBERT		MILL HAND
	SAVAGE	ROBERT C	MARY J	WOODSMAN
*	SCOTT	FANNY		DOMESTIC
*	SHARP	JOSEPH	MARY	MILL HAND
*	SHARPER	ISAAC	CELIA	MILL HAND
*	SHAVERS	HAMPTON	NEELY	MILL HAND
*	SHAW	ALICE		DOMESTIC
*	SHERID	INEZ		LAUNDRESS
*	SIMMONS	SINGLETON		MILL HAND
	SMITH	J LEROY	DOLLY	MANAGER RODMAN COMMISSARY
*	SMITH	JOSEPH		MILL HAND
*	SMITH	ROSA		DOMESTIC
*	SNIPE	MOSES		MILL HAND
*	SOMMERS	GEORGE		MILL HAND
*	STEWART	CHARLES		MILL HAND
*	STROMAN	SAMUEL	LOU	MILL HAND
	SURRENCY	W H
	TAKASH	GEZA E	FLORENCE	FARMER
	TARVER	LUCIUS B		BLACK SMITH
*	THOMAS	CELIA		COOK
*	THOMAS	JAMES		MILL HAND
	THOMAS	LOVICK H	EVA C	SECT-TRES RODMAN LUMBER CO
*	THOMPSON	PAUL
*	TIE CONTRACTOR, ELLIS GRIFFIN
*	WAFFORD	THOMAS	ADDIE	MILL HAND
	WALTERS	MRS ANNIE
	WARD	BRUCE		FLAGMAN
	WELLS	JESSE		BOILER MAKER
*	WESLEY	EDWARD A. T.		TIE CUTTER
*	WESTON	HENRY		FARM HAND
*	WILCOX	JULIA		SEAMSTRESS
*	WILEY	MAMIE		DOMESTIC
*	WILLIAMS	EDWARD		MILL HAND
*	WILLIAMS	HENRY	MARY	MILL HAND
	WILLIAMS	WILLIAM	LILLY	MILL HAND
	WOODRUFF	OSCAR C		FOREMAN SHINGLE MILL
*	WORNOCK	ROBERT		MILL HAND
*	YATES	TROY		FIREMAN

This list is provided as a courtesy to researchers. It’s inclusion in no way implies that the people listed as living in Rodman in 1919, were in fact buried in one of the ‘lost’ 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 Cemeterian

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Your Ancestors

Last updated:  10/5/2018

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