Lake Bird Cemetery

This cemetery is located just east of US221 about 10 miles north of the Perry, FL Courthouse. It is behind the Lake Bird United Methodist Church on Lake Bird Road.  [*1]

From the post office in Lake Bird, go north on State Rd. No, 35 for 1/2 mile. Then turn right on graded road, this side of concrete bridge and continue 3/4 mile to cemetery which lies 50 ft on the left side of road.  [*2]

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Chancy, John ~ ? - ? Pvt Co D 1st Fla Cav
McDaniel, William ~ 1831 - 1909 Pvt Co E 1st Ga Reg
Sheffield, Glasson G. ~ ? - ? Pvt Co C 29th Ga Cav

Some surnames of those buried here include: Agner, Allen, Andrews, Beach, Bellamy, Bishop, Blanton, Bradeen, Breeden, Broadwater, Carroll, Chancey, Clark, Copeland, Cruce, Davis, Durden, Dykes, English, Franklin, Godwin, Hanbury, Hart, Hayes, Heathington, Hendry, Horton, Howard, Johnson, Jones, King, Kirk, Ledford, Lee, Lopez, Lovett, Lundy, Lytle, Massey, Matthis, McCants, McDaniel, Miller, Mixon, Morgan, Murphy, O'Quinn, O'Steen, Otto, Parker, Pearson, Pickles, Planton, Poppell, Porter, Roberts, Ruediger, Russell, Sheffield, Shiver, Simmons, Simpson, Slaughter, Sowell, Starling, Stearman, Steely, Stephens, Stewart, Taylor, Townsend, Trammell, Tuten, Wambolt, Whiddon, Wilcox, Williams, Willis, Woodard, Wynn, York, Young

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[*1] from Survey of Taylor County, Florida Cemeteries by Jessie H. Paulk and Delma Wilson Paulk

[*2] from WPA Project

Visit FindAGrave.com for much more informaton and photos of many of the gravestones.

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