Dempsey Cemetery is on the property at 11973 CR 132 SE in Hamilton County, behind the Town and Country Home Center currently owned by William Marable, Jr. The Property Appraiser's record Section 15, Township 1 S, Range 14 E.
From Exit 451 on I-75 at Jasper, take US 129 South and travel 2.7 miles. Turn left onto CR 132 SE and travel 1.3 miles. The cemetery is on the right, approximately 300 yards from the road, behind the Town and Country Home Center. Permission is needed to go behind fence to view the cemetery.
Dempsey Cemetery was first canvassed by Winnie Smith Hodges and published in her book Cemeteries of Hamilton County in 1991. The cemetery was re-surveyed and photographed by Lesleigh Laite Butts April 7, 2007.
Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
Dempsey, Unknown | 15 (?mo) 1813 | 13 Oct 1896 | 'Was married 1855 & come to FLA 1857' |
Dempsey, Barney | 14 Feb 1892 | 8 Oct 1892 | |
Dempsey, Charley | 15 Jan 1887 | 6 Jan 1889 | |
Dempsey, Wesley M. | 26 Jul 1856 | 29 Nov 1893 | |
(Dempsey?), Unknowns (5) | n/a | n/a | |
Additional Comments: There are 5 small concrete headstones on which the inscription is no longer visible. |