Hays Cemetery, Jackson County, Florida
Survey by: Wayne N
Carpenter |
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| Directions: From Grand Ridge, FL. Take Hwy 69 North to traffic light in Greenwood, FL. (15.8 miles) At traffic light go straight ahead onto Hwy C162. Go 2 miles to hwy C167/Old US Road. Turn right onto Hwy C167/Old US Road and go 2.1 miles to Farm Road. There is also a sign Hays Cemetery Road. Take this driveway which goes behind a mobil home and drive onto the cemetery. You will have to drive through tall grass to the wrought iron fence. It is about 300 feet from hwy to Cemetery. | |||||
Second way to reach Hays Cemetery is leave Marianna, FL on Hwy 90 East. When you reach Hwy 71 North turn left and go to traffic light in Greenwood, FL. Turn Left (west) onto hwy C162 and follow instructions in previous paragraph. |
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Third way is leave Marianna, FL. On Hwy C167/Old US Road Nirth. When you reach Hwy C162 go straight on across it. It is then 2.1 miles to Farm Road and hays Cemetery Road. This cemetery is old with trees and vegetation growing plentiful. There are wrought iron fences |
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Note: This cemetery is old with trees and vegetation growing plentiful. There are wrought iron fences for some family plots. One single grave had a very large oak tree in it. The roots had ruined the marble slab and part of the wrought iron fence was at least 2 feet into the tree trunk. |
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| Surname | Given | Maiden | Born | Died | Notes |
| LEWIS | Nannie S | 1874 | 1964 | d/s Edward Clay Lewis | |
| LEWIS | Edward Clay | 1873 | 1952 | d/s Nannie S Lewis | |
| LEWIS | Amos E (Judge) | 5 Dec 1876 | 18-Sep-1954 | ||
| WAKEFIELD | Lula | HAYS | 30 Apr 1859 | 05-Nov-1941 | w/o O W Wakefield |
| LEWIS | Caladonia | HAYS | 30 Sep 1850 | 31-Jan-1921 | w/o Henry Clay Lewis |
| LEWIS | W A | 11 Oct 1870 | 10-Apr-1915 | WOW memorial headstone | |
| WAKEFIELD | O W | 7 Jan 1861 | 12-Mar-1903 | Safe in the arms of Jesus | |
| HAYS | M M | 21 Dec 1830 | 17-Jan-1913 | "Mother" - Looking this way. | |
| HAYS | Amos | 27 Oct 1822 | 19 Mar 1885 | Aged 62 years - God's finger touched him and he slept. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright. For the end of that man is peace. Our Dear Father | |
| HAYS | Florence | 26 Oct 1863 | <one date> | In memory of - Infant daughter of Amos & M M Hays. Age 1 year 10 mo & 26 days. With all our soul, O Lord we give, the child thy love hath snatched away. | |
| LEWIS | Henry Clay (Hentz) | 18 Mar 1842 | 16 Feb 1878 | s/o Arthur and Isabella Gee Chapman Lewis - When Blooming youth is snatched (rest of epitaph buried) | |
| DICKSON | M N | 4 Nov 1841 | 26 Jul 1896 | And the wife gave in tears and pain, the flower she most did love, she knew she should find him again, in the fields of light above. | |
| HAYS | Harold Alexander | 7 Oct 1857 | 01-Aug-1920 | A gentle voice said "Come." | |
| POWELL | Blanche Virginia | 11 Mar 1860 | 13 Sep 1886 | A Precious one from us has gone, a voice stilled, a place is vacant in our home which never can be filled. | |
| LEWIS | Hallie Corine | <no dates> | She was ready to every good work. | ||
| PIERCE | Mary Maud | LEWIS | 15 Jun 1875 | 23 Mar 1897 | In loving memory of - w/o R S Pierce, MD, The golden gates were opened, a gentle voice said, Come" and with farewells unspoken she calmly entered home. |
| LEWIS | Mary Ellen | 26-Jul-1900 | 13-Jun-1902 | d/o H H & Ruth B Lewis, Mama & Papa Angel. | |
| LEWIS | Amos Mallory | 09-Nov-1908 | 08-Jun-1909 | s/o H H & Ruth B Lewis, Mama & Papa Angel. | |
| LEWIS | Martha Estelle | 08-Jun-1906 | 13-Nov-1909 | d/o H H & Ruth B Lewis, Mama & Papa Angel. | |
| LEWIS | Edna Bivings | 15-Jul-1913 | 12-Jun-1915 | ||
| LEWIS | Henry Hays | 22 Dec 1868 | 06-Oct-1935 | ||
| GRANTHAM | Wm A | 8 Mar 1851 | 3 Nov 1885 | d/s Fannie S Grantham - aged 34 years, 7 mos & 25 days. | |
| GRANTHAM | Fannie S | 22 Jul 1852 | 19 Apr 1886 | d/s Wm A Grantham - aged 33 years, 8 mos & 27 days. | |
| G. | W S | <no dates> | |||
| GARRETT | Henry R | 5 Jun 1830 | 24 Sep 1867 | In memory of - Be ye ready. | |
| WHALEY | Birth Lee | 26 Nov 1888 | 24 Dec 1888 | d/o H E & M E Whaley - Gone to be an angel. | |
| GRANTHAM | Willies | 15 Jul 1878 | 14 May 1880 | ||
| GRANTHAM | <Baby> | 19 Apr 1886 | 10 Jul 1886 | Headstone Broken | |
| LESLIE | Martha D | 19 Mar 1849 | 11 Apr 1857 | d/o Felix & Luny C Leslie | |
| <unknown> | <adult> | ?? | ?? | Limestone slab broke in pieces making information unreadable. | |
| <unknown> | <adult> | ?? | ?? | Limestone slab broke in pieces making information unreadable. | |
| <unknown> | <adult> | ?? | ?? | Limestone slab broke in pieces making information unreadable. | |
| MORGAN | Nicholas | 1782 VA | 1861 FL | ||
| MORGAN | Marcus A B | 1 Jul 1852 | 12 Jul 1859 | In memory of - Only son of N M A & M M Morgan - aged 7 years & 12 days - T' was hard to give thee up, but still our son w'e know, we'll neel, and bow to God's most Holy will, and worship at his feet. | |
| ROBINSON | Henry J | 29 Jun 1840 | 6 Sep 1866 | s/o E A & Elizabeth Robinson - Parted friends may meet again when the storms of life are past; and the spirit free from pain basks in friendship that will last. - Masonic Emblem | |
| ROBINSON | Elizabeth (Mrs) | 18 Nov 1799 | 14 Mar 1872 | In memory of - w/o E A Robinson - Aged 72 years, 3mos & 27 days - Be ye therefore ready, for in such an hour ye think not, the son of man cometh. | |
| ROBINSON | Annie A | 12 Dec 1844 | 13 Aug 1878 | In memory of - d/o E A & Elizabeth Robinson - This is all we can do rest in peace. | |
| ROBINSON | Carrie L | 26 May 1833 | 5 May 1879 | In memory of - d/o E A & Elizabeth Robinson - Sister we have missed you. | |
| ROBINSON | E A | 23 Aug 1799 | 5 Feb 1881 | In God we trust - Masonic Emblem | |
| <unknown> | <no dates> | In Robinson Family Plot | |||
| <unknown> | <no dates> | In Robinson Family Plot | |||
| <unknown> | <no dates> | In Robinson Family Plot | |||
| <unknown> | <no dates> | In Robinson Family Plot | |||
| KNOWLES | Francis (Little) | 3 Jan 1883 | 12 Jul 1883 | s/o F M & Mary Knowles | |
| CLARK | Narcissa F | 3 Sep 1856 | 28 Aug 1861 | In memory of - d/o Seaton I & Mary J Clark | |
| ANDERSON | Dicy A | 21 Dec 1832 | 9 Sep 1872 | Our Mother - w/o J B Anderson - Yes gone to the grave is she whom we loved and lifeless the form that so gently moved the clods of the valley encom pass her head. | |
| BOWLS | Ella Nora (Mrs) | 3 Feb 1853 | 22 Aug 1875 | Sacred to the memory of - w/o J R Bowls | |
| ANDERSON | John B | 19 Dec 1830 | 7 Mar 1896 | Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace. - Capt Co D 6th FL INF Confederate States. | |
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| <unknown> | Headstone broken - part of it missing - An honest man the noblest of God. | ||||
| <unknown> | Headstone broken - part of it missing | ||||
| PRATHER | Oscar Preston | 27 Aug 1838 | 9 Jun 1857 | In memory of - eldest son of A T & S J Prather - Born in Harris Co GA | |
| WELLS | Anderson C | 30 Jan 1834 | 27 May 1857 | In memory of - Born in Harris Co GA - Rest in peace Brother. | |
| <unknown> | <adult> | 8 Jan 184? | 13 Sep 1870 | d/o John & E Ale?????? - Headstone broken - part missing. | |
| COX | <child> | 13 Jan 1869 | d/o ???? Cox - Aged 2 years 1 mo & 8 days - Headstone broken - part missing | ||
| <no last name> | Frank | 1883 | 1883 | In Knowles Family Plot | |
| <no last name> | Emma | 1884 | 1887 | In Knowles Family Plot | |
| <no last name> | Fannie | 1883 | 1887 | In Knowles Family Plot | |
| KNOWLES | Francis Marian | 26 Jun 1847 | 04-Dec-1903 | Father - Pvt Jackson County Home Guard Confererate States Army | |
| KNOWLES | Mary E | COX | 1855 | 1932 | Mother |
| <no last name> | Robert | 1888 | 1906 | In Knowles Family Plot | |
| K. | F. | <no dates> | |||
| KNOWLES | Marion | 1824 | <one date> | ||
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| BELL | Rosine | 1915 | 1916 | ||
Last Updated on 8/29/2000
By Betty James Smith
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