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Snowball Cemetery is in Yulee Florida. To reach it, from SR200, take Chester Road 4/10 mile to the intersection with Page’s Dairy Road. Turn left (west) on Page’s Dairy Road and continue 2.7 miles. Cemetery is on the left. At the time this inventory was made, only two tombstones continue to exist. Mr. Cliff Flood of Yulee told Mrs. McCabe there were Snowballs and Evatts buried in this cemetery. Snowball Cemetery Location (Nassau County)1851 Pages Dairy RoadYulee, FL 32097 USA GPS Location: 30.639441, -81.586941 This Inventory made in February 1994 by Shirley Johnson McCabe, with pictures and additional information supplied by Terrill Thompson. Additional information regarding the cemetery is contained in the published article by Pauline Roberts printed in 1977, The Family of Edwin Ruthben and Charlotte Marion Snowball.

To reach the Russell Family Cemetery, also known as the Russell Cemetery, from the intersection of SR-200/A1A & US-17 go north 2.61-miles to a gravel road on the left. Turn west onto the gravel road, cross the railroad tracks and take the right fork, timber road 56, to the locked Rayonier Corporation gate. Proceed along timber road RD-56 for 1.07-miles, crossing under the power line at 0.7-miles. You will come to an intersection with two roads on the left, one on the right. Turn right (north) on the dirt road, proceeding to a large oak tree; follow the tracks to the right (east) to the cemetery. It is believed that the family home was located north west of the oak tree. The cemetery is on privately owned timber land managed by Rayonier Corportation, and access is available only by contacting Russell family representative David E. White at (386) 292-0955 or through Rayonier directly. The cemetery is within a fenced area approximately 100 X 70 feet, and the burial area seems limited to a 60 X 70 ft area which was surveyed. GPS coordinates of the survey area are included in the attached report. Russell Family Cemetery Location (Nassau County)Timberland, US Highway 17Yulee, FL 32097 USA GPS Location: 30.6589166, -81.647528 Twelve graves were located, all marked with headstones or crosses, with two additional depressions located which might also be graves. The full survey can be viewed by following this link: Russell Family Cemetery survey report prepared by Jim Miller. The survey

River Road Baptist Church Cemetery is in Hilliard. Go south from the center of Hilliard on CR 108 / CR 121 about 11.75 miles. The church shown in the attached photograph will be visible. Immediately behind the River Road Baptist Church across from the fire department is the cemetery. River Road Baptist Church Cemetery Location (Nassau County)21067 County Road 121Hilliard, FL 32046 USA GPS Location: 30.561013, -81.990801 This inventory was done by Kenneth Sturges in March 1998. River Road Baptist Church Cemetery Photographs Pictures are courtesy of Jean Mizell.

This cemetery is in Boulogne, Florida. To reach it, take US 301 north from Callahan and through Hilliard. Just before the St. Marys River and crossing into Georgia, turn right on Lake Hampton Road. Go .4 mile to Pigeon Creek Road. Turn right on this dirt road and follow to the church on the right and the cemetery on the left. Pigeon Creek Primitive Baptist Church was Florida’s only known Protestant church when the territory became a part of the United States. The church was organized on 7 January 1821 by Isom Peacock and Fleming Bates. Other founding church members were Britton Knight, Edward Dixon, Thomas Prevatt, J. E. R. Prevatt, Chloe Knight, Polley Knight, Sarah Dixon, Polley Prevatt, Susannah Prevatt, Susannah Dixon and Ellender Cread. Bates was the first pastor of the church. In 1822, a man named Peter was the first black member of the church making this the first integrated church in Florida. A concrete block church building replaced the original hard pine board and batten building in 1957. The cemetery is laid out facing east with the gate on the west side. The inventory was made in two parts B north half and south half starting on the easternmost row. The north half was begun on the north end of the row working towards the middle; the south half was begun on the south end of the row working towards the middle. Inscription are copies exactly as they appear on the markers. Rows 2 and 3

The Owens Cemetery is in Evergreen Florida, located on the private property of L. L. Owens approximately ½ mile from the southwestern terminus of Owens Cutoff Road at Nassau County Highway 108. When driving northeast, CR 108 takes a right turn, continue straight ahead, across the cattle guard, and follow the ruts to the Owens farmhouse. The cemetery is located on a small rise beneath a canopy of large oak trees with many old azaleas and camellias. A chain link fence surrounds the sixty foot square cemetery. Owens Cemetery Location (Nassau County)Evergreen, FL USA The Owens Cemetery was inventoried by Kenneth Sturges in February 1998, with a second inventory by Linda Davis in April 2010. Florida Master Site File ID NA00994 established circa 1884, graves 10. Owens Cemetery Photograph