Samuel C Bellamy Family Cemetery, Jackson County,
Florida
Section 28, Township 6, Range 10
This was a family cemetery on the Bellamy plantation was was the home of Samuel C. Bellamy. All that reamins today is two memorial markers. This cemetery was turned under in the last 10 years. There is a lot of history concerning the Bellamy plantation and the Bellamy family which you can read inthe history of Jackson County, FL due out in Jan., 1985.
BELLAMY, Elizabeth Jane, b. 1819? d. 11 May 1837, Wife of Samuel C. Bellamy, Daughter of William Groom of North Carolina
Another marker with no information
Elizabeth Jane (Croom) Bellamy
Today, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy's tombstone is the only reminder of the tragedy that took place many years ago. It stands about a half-mile from the river in an overgrown field, near a few crumbling bricks and an old cistern, used to cool food and drinks during plantation days.
BELLAMY, Elizabeth Jane, CROOM, born 28 Mar 1819, died 11 May 1837, married May 11, 1837 to Samuel C. Bellamy
`"Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Jane, late wife of Samuel C. Bellamy and daughter of Gen. William Croom of North Carolina, who departed this life at her residence, Florida, May 11, 1837, aged 18 years, 2 months."
(According to the Tallahassee Floridian and Journal, three days after Christmas, on Dec. 28, 1853, Samuel C. Bellamy committed suicide by lifting a razor and slitting his throat.) Where is he buried?
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