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Jennings Bluff African-American Cemetery

Jennings, Florida

Jennings Bluff African American Cemetery is located in rural Jennings, Florida. Hamilton County Property Appraiser Parcel 3221-000 in Section 17 Twp 2N Range 13E, owner of record is Suwannee River Water Management District.

From I-75 (west of Jasper) take Exit 460 onto State Road 6 East and travel 1.3 miles, turn left onto US 41 N and travel 2.9 miles to NW 25 Lane (unpaved). Turn right onto NW 25th Lane (there will be a green sign designating Jennings Bluff Cemetery) travel 2.4 miles to cemetery on left.

Jennings Bluff (African-American) Cemetery was first published by Winnie Smith Hodges in Cemeteries of Hamilton County in 1991. The cemetery was re-surveyed and photographed by Lesleigh Laite Butts on March 10, 2006.

Name Birth Death Comments
ANDERSON, Cecia 1915 1992 (Given name is Celia per visitor to cemetery)
BLACK, Blanche Feb 15 1903 May 6 1987
BRASWELL, Ralph B. Oct 22 1964 Apr 10 1988 (Military marker also: "SP4 US Army")
BRASWELL, Willie L. Jun 7 1936 Mar 24 2004 (Scott & Roberts Funeral Home temporary marker only)
BURKES, Georgia Ann Jan 7 1922 Mar 6 2006 (Scott & Roberts Mortuary temporary marker only, "Age 84")
BUTTER, Tobe Feb 8 1902 Sep 17 1977 (Died Hamilton County per visitors to cemetery; dates extracted from FL Death Index)
CUMSBY, Calvin n/a n/a (Died circa 1967 per mother who was visiting cemetery)
DAVIS, Matthew May 17 1961 Aug 27 1990
ENMAN, Henry 1880 1970
GANDY, A. n/a n/a (Unmarked grave)
GANDY, Bird n/a n/a (Unmarked grave; son of A. & Maggie Gandy)
GANDY, Maggie n/a n/a (Unmarked grave; Wife of A. Gandy)
HILL, Claude, Jr. Feb 9 1931 Mar 2 1999
JOHNSON, Baby Hazel Victoria n/a Mar 13 (yr?)
JONES, Sonny n/a n/a (Entry per cemetery visitors, dates unknown)
LEE, Parker, Jr. Nov 12 1932 Sep 6 1983
McCLOUD, Ivory Aug 16 1955 May 17 1986
McCLOUD, John n/a n/a (John's daughter visiting cemetry states he died circa 1946-47)
McCLOUD, Joyce Jul 27 1935 n/a (date inscribed is birth per visitor to cemetery)
McCLOUD, Mattie Ruth Mar 4 1929 n/a (Died Baltimore, MD; day/yr inscribed is birth not death- per visitors to cemetery)
McCLOUD, W. C. Sep 4 1922 Sep 20 1996 "Pvt US Army WW II"
McLEOD, Arthur n/a Aug 4 1932 "Florida Pvt US Army"
McLEOD, Relia Jun 22 1897 n/a Age 19 yrs 24 days
MOBLEY, Henry 1877 1970
MOBLEY, Ike n/a n/a
MOBLEY, Janie Jul 17 1898 Mar 14 1988
MORGAN, A. D. Feb 2 1918 Mar 5 1973
MORGAN, Bunsie n/a n/a (unmarked grave; wife of Doug Morgan)
MORGAN, Doug n/a n/a (unmarked grave)
MORGAN, George n/a n/a (unmarked grave)
MORGAN, Ollie Jul 15 1916 Jul 8 1976
MORGAN, Parker n/a n/a (unmarked grave)
MORGAN, Roland Aug 17 1886 Jul 16 1952 "Florida Pfc 424 Res Labor BN QMC, WW I"
NEWSOME, Bennie D. May 5 1925 Jan 16 1989
ODOM, Mahulda Jul 2 1900 Dec 12 1982
PARKER, Elmer Henry Feb 14 1927 Mar 24 2003
PARKER, Ivory 1902 1964
PARKER, Neter 1882 1959
PARKER, Sam 1876 1959
PAUL, Albert James Jun 22 1922 Jan 29 1983 "US Army WW II"
PAUL, Eliza Feb 6 1917 Oct 1 1990
PAUL, Georgia Jan 1 1890 May 4 1975
PRESIDENT, Aunt Jane n/a n/a (unmarked grave; slave bought for $250.00 brought down by Braddock, Mother of Maggie Gandy)
ROUNDTREE, Amanda 1852 Nov 8 1913
ROUNDTREE, Derrel 1850 1927 Father
UNKNOWN n/a n/a (New concrete ledger, no inscription)
WELCOME, Ellen Jun 5 1890 May 19 1973 Gone but not forgotten
WELCOME, Izell 1925 2004 (Stevens Funeral Home Valdosta, GA temporary marker only)
WELCOME, Lorene Oct 15 1963 Nov 10 2005
WELCOME, Rosabell Jan 20 1919 Sep 28 1974
WILBURN, Alec n/a n/a (unmarked grave)
WILBURN, Evalina n/a n/a (unmarked grave; daughter of Alec Wilburn)

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