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) |