The Higginbotham Family Cemetery is located on the private property of the estate of Linton L. Owens Jr., Evergreen, Florida, approximately 1/2 mile from the southeastern 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 road to the Owens farmhouse. The house and outbuildings can be seen from CR 108.

Higginbotham Family Cemetery Location

(Nassau County)
57200 Lazy Acres Land
Evergreen , FL 32097 USA

GPS Location 30.706081, -81.732803

Higginbotham Family Cemetery Interments

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wdt_ID	Gravesite Id	Individual ID	First name	Last name	Maiden name	estimated birth date	Birth month	Birth day	Birth year	Death month	Death day	Death year	Cemetery name	Cemetery ID	Gravesite note
1,712	1712	605249	Burris	Higginbotham		0			1759	Jan	10	1812	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Revolutionary War soldier, Enlisted in Georgia. Rank unknown. Wife was Donna Izabella. Other Sources list wither 1816 or 1820 as the death year.
1,713	1713	605250	Joseph P.	Higginbotham		0			1853			1927	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Husband of Josephine Higginbotham. Masonic Emblem
1,714	1714	605251	Pollie A.	Farmer		0	Dec	13	1849	May	18	1881	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	"Rest thou in peace, thy race is over and set thy sun, Thy God has bid thy troubles cast and called thy home to rest in peace"
1,715	1715	605252	Hattie	Sheppard		0	Apr	15	1888	Apr	9	1918	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	L.L. Owens note, Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Higginbotham
1,716	1716	605253	Margaret E.	Acosta		0	Feb	14	1829	Sep	28	1911	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008
1,717	1717	605254	Thomas J.	Stewart		0	Oct	12	1872	May	28	1886	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Son of George & Julia F. Stewart
1,718	1718	605255	W.H.	Higginbotham?		0							Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	No other information, Higginbotham assumed.
1,719	1719	605256	Mabel E.	Higginbotham		0	Sep	26	1878	Dec	10	1888	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Daughter of W.F. & Lizzie Higginbotham. Some surveys show a death date of 1883. The Owens survey shows 1888
1,720	1720	605257	Pollie	Higginbotham		0	Dec	1	1880	Dec	28	1881	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Dau of W.F. & Lizzie Higginbotham
1,721	1721	605258	Jamie	J.A.H.		0							Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Jamie on head marker, J.A.H.on foot marker,
1,722	1722	605259	Martha E.	Higginbotham		0	Apr	7	1862	Jan	12	1917	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Wife of A.J. Higginbotham
1,723	1723	605260	Margery Murrhee	Higginbotham	Murrhee	0	Feb	10	1833	Jan	23	1877	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Wife of Thomas Higginbotham
1,724	1724	605261	Walter	Higginbotham		0	Jan	23	1869	Mar	1	1880	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008
1,725	1725	605262	Josephine E.	Higginbotham		0			1863			1940	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Wife of Joseph P. Higginbotham
1,726	1726	605263	Jack H.	Stalnaker		0			1863	Apr	6	1928	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	65 years, birth year estimated
1,727	1727	605264	Elizabeth	Higginbotham		0	Oct	12	1882	Jun	13	1874	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Wife of A.J. Higginbotham
1,728	1728	605265	A.J., Sr.	Higginbotham		0	Mar	7	1815	Nov	5	1897	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Pvt Co. K 2nd Fla Cav CSA. Sheriff of Nassau County. Had three wives. Masonic Emblem on tombstone
1,729	1729	605266	Thomas	Higginbotham		0							Higginbotham Cemetery	1008
1,730	1730	605267	Mary Guinn	Higginbotham	Guinn	0	Feb	9	1885	Oct	21	1929	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Wife of A.J. Higginbotham
1,731	1731	605268	Eliza	Higginbotham		0	Mar	4	1851	May	5	1918	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Elija on one survey
1,732	1732	605269	R.L.	Higginbotham		0	Nov	14	1865	Nov	26	1896	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Owens survey shows birth year of 1860 all others 1865
1,733	1733	605270	Joseph A.	Higginbotham		0	Oct	30	1846			1862	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008
1,734	1734	605271	Mary	Higginbotham		0							Higginbotham Cemetery	1008
1,735	1735	605272	J. K.	McCaskill		0	Sep	18	1889	Nov	16	1900	Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	Son of Mr. And Mrs. D. J. McCaskill
1,736	1736	605273	Alex	Higginbotham		0							Higginbotham Cemetery	1008	CSA, unit unknown. No dates. Data from WPA graves registration.
			First name	Last name	Maiden name				Birth year			Death year

A survey of the cemetery was made by L. L. Owens, Jr. on October 18 1979. Kenneth and Nancy Sturges evaluated the cemetery again in March, 1998.

Burris Higginbotham Grave Dedication

Burris Higginbotham, is buried in this cemetery. He was a soldier in the Revoutionary War, and the owner of large tracts of land in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia.

In a letter to Helen B. Hodges, of Callahan in October 1979, L. L. Owens describes the events of Burris Higginbothams’s burial at the cemetery.

“At the time of the funeral and burial, there was lot of rain, causing the water in the Little St. Mary’s river swamp to be unsually high. They had to cross this water with horse and wagon with the body of Burris Higginbotham. There were afraid the body of the wagon with the body of Burris would float down stream, so they cut a good size tree, taking two cuts of the tree, nailing them together and floating the body of Burris across the stream where another horse and wagon brought the body on for burial”

The headstone on Burris Higginbotham’s grave shown here was dedicated on Oct. 1, 2005 to pay tribute to a true Florida Pioneer, and Revolutionary War Soldier.

Pictures are from the dedication on Oct. 1, 2005 and were taken by Linda Davis.