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Giddens Homestead Cemetery


This cemetery is located north of Ridge Manor in rural Eastern Hernando County and contains the graves of some of Hernando County's earliest residents. Jackson Madison Smith, who is buried in this cemetery was the brother of Sheriff Hop Smith.

A Cemetery Survey of the known cemeteries of Hernando County was conducted by members of the Genealogy Society of Hernando County for the Hernando Heritage Museum between 1995 and 1998 and is placed on this site with permission. The cemetery surveys have been supplemented with information obtained from published obituaries, Garnett Funeral Home Records and personal knowledge of family members county residents and other sources.

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NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

COMMENTS

GIDDENS, Duncan
1835
1885
h/o Elizabeth Strickland; C.S.A. VET
GIDDENS, Elizabeth
1846
1878

GIDDENS, Elizabeth Joice
1815
 
w/o Patrick
GIDDENS, Elizabeth Strickland
Circa 1835
1889
w/o Duncan
GIDDENS, Ezekial James
1838
1900
C. S. A. VET
GIDDENS, Martin Cornelius
 
 

GIDDENS, Mary
 
 

GIDDENS, Patrick
1805
1860
h/o Elizabeth Joice; Born NC; Fl Indian War
GIDDENS, Patrick Henry
 
 

GREEN, Mary
 


SMITH, Annie
PRE 1888
PRE 1888
Dau. of Fannie & Jack
SMITH, Clayton
1902
1903
son of Fannie & Jack
SMITH, Frances Giddens
1862
1905
w/o Jackson; "Fannie"
SMITH, Jackson Madison 1852
19 Nov 1933
h/o Frances; Brother of W. Hop, (24 Nov 1933 Brooksville Sun)
SMITH, Julie
PRE 1888
PRE 1888
Dau. of Fanne & Jack
SMITH, Novella
1890
1901
Dau. of Fannie & Jack
SMITH, Will Terry
1897
1901
Son of Fannie & Jack