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Hatchett Creek - Pons Cemetery Directions: Directions; From Gainesville, go north on SR 24 (Waldo Rd.) toward Fairbanks. Turn right at N.E. 73rd Ave. Go to end of road (about 3.7 miles) to gate. Cemeteries are about another half mile down this trail. Note: These cemeteries are on private property and a key must be obtained to enter. There seems to be four or more small cemeteries dotted through this area of woods. Susie Bonnell, Smith, Holt grew up on the adjoining land. Her father was once plowing in one of his fields and plowed up human bones. Susie remembers that when she was a girl there was another small cemetery about 75 ft. to the south of the Hatchet Creek / Pons Cemetery and there were several wooden markers in this area. There is no trace of these markers today. This Information may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons, without consent from Dot and Paul Cox Additional information on this Cemetery by Jonnie Silas Ownbey **All photographs will open in a NEW browser window.** |
| Last Name | First Name & Title | Birth Date | Death Date | Comments |
| Smith | Dennis Berry Pete | 9/3/1934 | 3/21/1993 | From paper Funeral Home marker |
| Pons | 1925 | 1925 | infant of Robert & P.M. Pons | |
| Pons | Robert Wilbert | 6/3/1920 | 1/21/1921 | |
| Smith | James W. | 1936 | 1991 | |
| Smith | James N. | |||
| Scanlon | Rosa Bell | 2/7/1895 | 5/11/1957 | |
| Padgett | Clyde Lee Sr | 7/25/1920 | 1/21/1987 | US Navy WWII |
| Padgett | George | 5/25/1895 | 11/12/1978 | US Army WWI |
| Padgett | Gertrude | 12/24/1897 | 6/20/1962 | |
| Smith | Infant of Perry & Willie Mae Smith | |||
| Fowler | Harrison H. | 2/5/1911 | 1/6/1979 | |
| Fowler | Lannie Nobles | 5/8/1914 | 1/26/1941 | |
| Nobles | Alvin Oscar | 8/15/1882 | 7/25/1948 | |
| Nobles | Carrie | 4/23/1893 | 5/29/1935 | |
| Nobles | Alvin Harold | 7/17/1930 | 11/18/1931 | |
| Nobles | Baby | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Ponds | Sim (Simeon) | 1/8/1882 | 9/8/1937 | |
| Ponds | Louise | 8/4/1887 | 4/12/1929 | |
| Ponds | May Louise | 5/16/1915 | 3/16/1917 | |
| Warren | Albert D. | 4/12/1927 | 10/5/1947 | Fla. Pvt. Infantry 1st Div. WWII |
| Parker | Ruth Pons Cox | 8/14/1909 | 2/27/1989 | |
| Warren | Ottis Elmer | 4/28/1902 | 3/16/1936 | |
| Warren | Ruth Virginia | 11/12/1934 | 2/2/1935 | |
| Cox | Josephine Jane | 3/16/1937 | 3/28/1938 | Infant of Joe & Ruth Cox |
| Silas | Rachel Christeen | 1/6/1945 | 6/?/1945 | |
| Pons | Thurman Pete | 10/6/1929 | 5/11/1952 | |
| Taylor | Baby | 10/12/1935 | 10/12/1935 | |
| Pons | Avery M. | 6/30/1908 | 5/30/1948 | |
| Pons | Salome | 2/13/1920 | ||
| Pons | Thurman P. | 1909 | 1950 | |
| Pons | Peter | 12/7/1875 | 2/4/1911 | |
| Pons | Susie | 1858 | 1916 | |
| Pons | Jacob | 1850 | 1927 | |
| Note: There are about 25 graves with only a cinder block on each. 1 grave marked with a brick and an old vase. | ||||
| About 60 feet form the East of the Pons Cemetery is another small cemetery surrounded by an old falling wooden fence. There are several unmarked sunken graves, some have seashells on them. | ||||
| Surname | Given Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comments |
| Donaldson | W.F. | 2/10/1875 | 12/17/1901 | |
| Donaldson | W.H. | 7/9/1837 | 7/24/1902 | |
| Kite | Mattie S. | 4/10/1877 | 6/16/1901 | |
| Sparkman | H.P.A. Prevatt | 5/16/1816 | 8/25/1896 | w/o John Sparkman |
| Sparkman | John | 1/31/1812 | 6/27/1863 | |
| Sparkman | A.J. | 12/28/1851 | 11/?/1861 | |
| Massey | Kisiah Sparkman | 3/4/1849 | 5/?/1882 | w/o A.C. Massey |
| There is an area enclosed by a chain link fence. In it are 3 small markers with no information on them, and 4 sunken graves with seashells on them. Also in this fenced area are the following. | ||||
| Raulerson | Gennie Spurlock | 8/19/1900 | ||
| Raulerson | Cornelia | 3/31/1900 | 9/29/1900 | |
| Raulerson | Peter E. | 8/29/1870 | 10/3/1871 | |
| Raulerson | Hardee | 5/21/1832 | 11/21/1884 | |
| Raulerson | Hardy M. | 8/19/1874 | 7/22/1932 | |
| Sparkman | Peter | 11/?/1870 | 54 yrs. 5 mos. 29 days | |
| Sparkman | Mary Clement | 11/2/1898 | ||
| Massey | J.H. | 8/28/1844 | 12/7/1884 | Behind the chain link fence |
| From the northwest corner of the Pons Cemetery go north about 110 feet to another cemetery. We found 2 cement slabs under years of pine needles and leaves. | ||||
| Gatlin | Lucy F. | 3/11/1862 | 9/29/1906 | |
| Gatlin | Ezekiel | 6/10/1853 | 6/24/1919 | |
| Notes on Hatchet Creek Cemetery by
Jonnie Silas Ownbey.
My Mother was Ruth
Parker. Her maiden name was Ponds. Her and her parents are buried
in the Pons Cemetery. Her parents were: Sim (Simeon) Ponds and
Louise Conway Ponds. Note that her parents name is spelled PONDS.
Therefore Ruth Parker's maiden name was also spelled Ponds.
Ruth Parker was also married to John F. Silas. They had two children. I am their daughter. The second child is buried in the Pons Cemetery. Her name was Rachel Christine Silas. I have a copy of her birth certificate and the spelling of her middle name should be Christine not Christeen. Rachel Christine was the infant daughter of John and Ruth Ponds Parker Silas. |
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