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The Amelia Island Genealogical Society will conduct Beginning Genealogy Classes on six Saturdays beginning January 11, 2025.  Classes begin at 9:30am and are held in the Community Room of the Fernandina Beach Public Library.  This has been an annual event since the Society was organized 33 years ago.  The cost is $50 per person or $85 per couple.  Class size is limited.  To register, contact Jean Mann at 904-261-0211 or by email at mann14@ix.netcom.com.

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Mott Cemetery

Abram Isabel Mott Cemetery and Plantation Monument This cemetery is located north of Hilliard on US Highway 1, turn right on Murhee Road, and go 1.2 miles to a locked gate on the left side of the road. This cemetery is on Rayonier land about .44 miles further inside their property. A visit requires Rayonier permission which must be obtained from their US Forest Resources group, Coastal Resources Unit located at 851582 US Highway 17 North. The list of burials is derived from three sources: Physical surveys by the Amelia Island Genealogy Society in 1995 and 2012, WPA Graves Registration…

Motes Cemetery

This cemetery is near Baldwin Florida. To reach it from Callahan, take US 301 south to CR 119 at Bryceville, Go right (west) to CR 121. Turn left (south) and go about 1 1/4 miles to a dirt road on right. Turn right and go about 1/3 mile to the end. A residence is on right. The cemetery is laid out facing east with the gate on the east side. For the latest 2014 survey, the cemetery was divided into in XY grid with four divisions, A1 (100 X 100ft), A2 (50 X 100ft, B1 (100 X 50ft) and B2…

Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

This cemetery is south of Hilliard. To reach it from Hilliard, take St. George Road (CR121) and proceed south for 9 miles. Turn right and go 2/10 mile to the cemetery on right. Graves were inventoried in order, but no layout exists for the cemetery. Alternatively, go the junction of CR 121 and CR 108, south west of Hilliard FL. Follow Carrol Corner Rd. 0.2 miles and the cemetery is on the right. Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Location (Nassau County)2936 Mill Creek Rd.Hilliard, FL GPS Location 30.606267, -82.001412

Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Interments

The cemetery was inventoried December 4, 1998, by…

Martin Cemetery

This cemetery is in Sandhill Florida. To reach it, go north on US 17 from Yulee, turn left onto CR 108, go over the I-95 overpass, continue past Owens Road, through Evergreen to the Sandhill community. Turn right onto a small dirt road 4/10 mile before Lessie Road. Go 1/10 miles down the dirt road and you will find the cemetery tucked in the middle of a small stand of old oak trees surrounded by pine trees. Martin Cemetery Location (Nassau County)04 mile before Leslie Rd on CR 108FL 32097 USA GPS Location 30.700505, -81.769691

Martin Cemetery Interments

The cemetery is…

Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

The Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church is on the CCA – Thomas Creek Tract. Some sources place this cemetery about 9 miles south of Callahan off US 1 near Thomas Creek, but we have no definite confirmation of the cemetery location. According to information found in Volume 3, #2 of the Jacksonville Genealogical Society Quarterly, published in 1975, this was once a large cemetery which was abandoned in 1955. The Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church once stood on this site. The only Surviving grave that can be identified is that of Caroline E. Hightower. According to Linda Dyal Johns, Her great-grandfather, John…

Live Oak Cemetery

The Live Oak Cemetery, also known as the Dyal Station Cemetery, is located near Callahan Florida. To reach it from Callahan, at the intersection of SR15/US301N and A1A/301S, go north on SR 15 past the Nassau County Fairgrounds and turn left on Dyal Road and go about one mile. Just before the railroad tracks, turn left onto dirt road. Turn left on Congregation Lane. The church and the cemetery are on the right. The Live Oak Baptist Church was established in 1845 in a one-room log cabin. Later, the church membership met in a schoolhouse. In 1903, B. G. Dyal…

Little Cemetery

This Cemetery is located in Sec. 23 Township 2 North Range 23 East Near Callahan. The location information was not provided by the survey team. Grave numbers are from first to last, with row not recorded. The GPS data is take from the center of the Township and Range data so it may not be precise. Little Cemetery Location (Nassau County)River RoadCallahan, FL GPS Location 30.5825705, -81.9844753 (not precise)

Little Cemetery Interments

AIGS members provided the survey, and they were combined with a separate survey by Lori Bragg. survey dates were not recorded either case.

Kings Ferry Cemetery

To reach Kings Ferry Cemetery, also known as the Haddock Cemetery, go North on County Road A121 off CR 108 between Hilliard and US17. Go approximately 6 miles. On the left is a dirt road marked with a sign, “King’s Ferry Cemetery”. Turn left, the cemetery is on the right about 1/2 mile. -OR- From the intersection in Kings’ Ferry off CR A121 and Lessie Road, go south for 1.6 miles, turn right on a dirt road marked with the sign, “King’s Ferry Cemetery.” The cemetery is on the right about 1/2 mile. Many of the plots are surrounded by…

Keen Cemetery

The Keen Cemetery is located near Crawford Florida. To reach it, from Callahan, go south on SR200/US301 for about five miles. Go left on Thomas Creek Road for 2.8 miles, proceeding in a southeasterly direction. Turn right on Ratliff. Go over the railroad tracks. Turn right on Keen Cemetery Road. Keen Cemetery Location Keen Cemetery (Nassau County)Keen Cemetery RoadCrawford, FL 32011 USA

Keen Cemetery Interments

A flag pole in the cemetery has the following inscription: “Eagle Project – Justin Dyal, BSA Troop 55, 4-9-88.” The Cemetery was inventoried on May 16, 1998 by Ken and Nancy Sturges, Wanda Simpson and Mary…

Jones-Jacobs Cemetery

Jones-Jacobs Cemetery, is in Evergreen Florida, also known as Elmore Wilds Cemetery, and may also have been known as Evergreen Cemetery. Go north on US 17 to CR 108. Turn left, proceed to first paved road on left (Sandhill Dump), turn left. There is a fork in the road at about 600ft, take the right fork to the locked gate. About 8/10 mile from CR 108 are two cemeteries here, Jones-Jacobs and Wilder-Wilds. The Wilder-Wilds data is reported separately. Jones-Jacobs Cemetery Location (Nassau County)Evergreen, FL GPS Location 30.686872, -81.724684

Jones-Jacobs Cemetery Interments

This cemetery was inventoried in March 1998 by Kenneth…

Jones Cemetery – Callahan

Jones Cemetery – Callahan To reach this beautifully kept cemetery, Turn left off SR 200 at Callahan Florida going north one block on US 1/301.t Turn left on on on Brandies Avenue (CR 108) and at the railroad track, keep to your right following River Road (CR108). Go 1.5 miles, and turn right on Jones Cemetery Road. The cemetery is about 100 yards down the road, with the main entrance on the right. This is a very old cemetery, with 1,550 graves in the oldest (Eastern) section and about 420 graves on the west side. There are twelve Confederate Civil…

Jones Cemetery

Jones Cemetery is between Yulee and Callahan Florida. To reach it, take Griffin Road off SR 200 (Turn north at Mt. Olive Church, 3.5 miles East of Callahan on A1A.) 2 1/2 miles to the end of Griffin road. Turn left at the end of the road. The cemetery is in a pasture on left on privately owned land. Information about this cemetery was supplied by Carl Jones of Pages Dairy Road in Yulee, a descendant of the people buried there. He said that John David Jones was the first Nassau County man killed in the Civil War, but no…

Hughes Jones Cemetery

This Cemetery is located in Yulee Florida. To reach it, go to the intersection of US 17 and A1A, go north on US 17 to Pages Dairy Road. Turn right on Pages Dairy Road, then right on Florida Avenue. This cemetery is known locally as the Yulee cemetery in addition to being called the Hughes cemetery. The Jones portion of the cemetery is in a large fenced-in plot of in the southwest corner of main Cemetery, it is really a privately owned cemetery whose owners chose to remain independent. The main Cemetery is divided into sections for the inventory but…

Hilliard Community Cemetery

The Hilliard Community cemetery is located in Hilliard. To reach the cemetery, go north on US 1 past the traffic light in the center of Hilliard for approximately one mile. The cemetery is located on the right beside the church. Hilliard Community Cemetery Location (Nassau County)552056 US 1Hilliard , FL 32046 USA GPS Location 30.699293, -81.922678

Hilliard Community Cemetery Interments

This cemetery was inventoried November 22, 1998 by Kenneth Sturges and Jan Warren.

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