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[jasonc]

Graves and church pics taken

 

[jasonc]

View attachment 6538 View attachment 6538 AirDancer

 

[jasonc]

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[jasonc]

the church east side, this church sat at another location rotting and was restored and placed at the location its at. the graves were visible for years as a kid I was always wanting to get this close to see how old they were. at 12 , I wouldn't have been disappointed. up to the early 2000's they were buried in the woods. I will post the info on that.

 

[jasonc]

other gravesView attachment 6542

 

[jasonc]

View attachment 6543 that is a sad one as the parents with son must not be together but there is no date of their deaths

 

[jasonc]

the other two are in this is image. I will post them as well. the Harrison isn't much. the other one which I posted is being supported by the slab behind it which has no name. its likely a headstone.

 

[jasonc]

Macedonia Baptist church viewed from the southView attachment 6544

 

[jasonc]

the marker which would be the dedication stone is on the current church which is walking distance from this . I can get the image of that next time in Gifford. it has the dedication date of 1929, if I remember right. that likely means this church was a white church with black church then later became a primary black one. I know a member of my church who is from here and one who attends this church and will know the story.

 

[jasonc]

viewed from the north west and this isn't a big church. it might hold 100 at the most.View attachment 6545

 

[jasonc]

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[jasonc]

View attachment 6547 slab behind the smith head stone.

 

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[jasonc]

http://legacy.visitflorida.com/en-u...-old-macedonia-colored-church-in-gifford.html

edifice was built in 1908. interesting so the headstone isn't the one im talking about. ok.

 

[AirDancer]

I no longer remember which little community it was, but the last time I was in Scotland, the little community was dedicated to reclaiming many of the old tombstones. Some of those stones were 300 years old. Old church records were able to identify many of those tombstones. Written record of what had been on those stones made the reclaiming much easier. I now wish I had taken pictures of the on-going work. It was fascinating.

 

[jasonc]

I wonder if I can find any records on them. I may shoot the historical society an email with pics. surely they know about it. just there is a lot to record here.