Pine Ridge Cemetery
James St. Park
South Daytona, Volusia Co., Fla.

On May 3, 1899 Thomas and Martha Johnson deeded to the Pine Ridge African American Cemetery Association trustee's  the land in South Daytona for the cemetery.
This was a black cemetery in South Daytona and when the association failed to maintain it the site fell into disrepair. On June 13, 1966 the City Council adopted a resolution that it was abandoned and became  property of the City of South Daytona as designated park land.
There were no headstones left due to weathering and vandalism so the burials are unmarked and there is a possibility some of the persons could have been disinterred and moved to a different cemetery.
The city placed a monument recognizing the cemetery in 2007.

Greg Bartholomew provided the following information on the Significance of the resource and message on the plaque.

  1. Resource Description

The historic condition of the resource is that the cemetery was failed to be maintained and those interested in its use have failed to keep and preserve it as a resting place for the dead and permitted it to be thrown to the commons; that the graves have worn away, grave stones and monuments have been destroyed so the graves have lost their identity; that said cemetery has been mistreated or neglected so as to entirely lose its identity as a graveyard and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. It was therefore declared abandoned on June 12, 1966 by Resolution 66-112 of the City of South Daytona.
The current physical condition of the property is a public park with a range of facilities for recreation. Those facilities include racquetball courts, tennis court, baseball fields and a youth recreation center. The property is owned and maintained by the City of South Daytona.

  1. Statement of Significance

The significance of this resource is that it was a cemetery where sons and daughters of freed slaves were buried as they worked in the Town of Blake planting orange groves, constructing the Flagler Railroad around 1892 from Daytona Beach to New Smyrna Beach (currently the FEC RR) and as domestic workers for the citizens of the Town of Blake.
The Town of Blake had a train depot that was heavily used to ship citrus and other products out of the area. The Town of Blake was recognized and had its own official post office and in 1951 the Town of Blake was incorporated as the City of South Daytona.
Also, one of the trustees of the Pine Ridge African American Cemetery was T. W. Gooden, who signed the proclamation for the incorporation of Daytona Beach.
The Town of Blake became the City of South Daytona in 1951.
The Town of Blake was known for shipping citrus and other products out of the area from its train depot.
The Town of Blake also had its own post office at the time.

Marker Text

Pine Ridge African American Cemetery
Town of Blake
Located near this site is the Pine Ridge African American Cemetery where the sons and daughters of freed slaves who helped construct the FEC railway, planted orange groves, and were domestic workers for the residents of the Town of Blake were buried. The burial grounds were lost in the 1920’s when the graves had worn away and the grave stones and monuments had been destroyed and lost their identity. In 1966 the City of South Daytona declared the cemetery abandoned and no longer respected by the public as a cemetery.

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The names are from the Bingham and Maley  (Baggett & Summers) 1901 thru 1921 Funeral Home records John Woodard found in the Daytona Library, They were just card files and not the record itself so not much information was on the cards.
B. =Black,  M.=Male,  F.= Female, S.=Single  Md.=Married
Copyright ©2010, John Woodard, W. R. Morgan 

ALSTON, Henry W., d. Nov. 6, 1905  age 57  B.

ANDERSON, Paul A., d. July 22, 1903  age 35  Stepfather Peter Miller/Lettie Miller

ASIA, Thomas, Apr. 3, 1905  age 26

BENNETT, Wife of Ned,  d. Dec. 25, 1901  age 36

BONNER, Richard James,  d. Nov. 4, 1906  age 25  B. M. S.

BONNER, Soloman, d. Sept. 9, 1905  age 16   B. M. S.  Parents Lewis Bonner, Mary Burnny

BRAYBOY, Maggie, d. Oct. 22, 1905  B. age 42  O. P. Frank Brayboy

BROWN, John,  d. Apr. 10, 1907  age 30  B. M. S.  Father George Brown

BROWN, William,  d. Sept. 11, 1902  age 30

BUCHANAN, Eliza, d. June 15, 1903  age 19   Parents, C. P. Childs

BURKE, Dora, b. 14 Feb., 1874  d. 9 July, 1915  age 41

BUTLER, David,  d. Feb. 11, 1905  age 31

BUTLER, Wife of David, d. Apr. 2, 1902  no age given Husband David Butler

CLEMENTS, Henderson, d. Dec. 1, 1901  no age given

CLEMENTS, Julius, d. Mar. 30, 1903  age 40  (Bill paid, Mason's Lodge)

COUNT, P. C., d. 27 May 1913  age 63

CUNNINGHAM, Frank, d. Jan. 6, 1908  age 35  B. M. S.,  O. P. Jane Gooden

DAVIS, Niecy, d. July 20, 1905  age15 mo's  Parents K. D. Davis

EDMONSON, Grandmother of Rollie, d. Feb. 5, 1906  age 98  B.

EDMONSON, Shirdy, d. Aug. 17, 1905  age 65  Parents, Chester Edmonson/Winnie

EDWARD, Susan,  d. Nov. 29, 1904  age 65

FOOTMAN, Peggy, d. Oct. 13, 1906  age 27  O. P. Charles Footman  B. F. Md.

GAMBLE, Solomon, d. Dec. 27, 1905  age 25  B. M. S.,  O. P. Sarah Gamble Thompson

GIBSON, Daniel, d. Mar. 6, 1905  age 63

GIBSON, Ed, d. 16 May 1913  age 42

GORDON, Mattie, d. Jan. 27, 1904  age 20   Parent: Wm Gordon/ Louisa Gordon

GRANT, Laurel Milford, d. Mar. 23, 1904  1 yr 19 days,  Parents, Samuel/Rosa

GRIFFIN, Lewis, d. Aug. 8, 1905  1 month  Parents, Otis Griffin/Sallie Griffin

GRIFFIN Marian, d. Aug. 20, 1907  age 3   B. F. S.   Father Osborn Griffin  Bertha Griffin

GRIFFIN, Mary Lizzie,  d. Nov. 1, 1905  age 21  Father  Jonas Griffin

GRIFFIN, Osborn, d. Mar. 26, 1907  no age given  B. M. 

HENRY, Julius, d. Jan. 3, 1906  11 Yrs  18 Days  Father: James Henry

HOARD, Laura,  d. may 24, 1904  age 30

HUBBARD, Thomas, d.  Feb. 4, 1906  age 32

JACKSON, James L., d. Feb. 28, 1903  age 37

JAMES, Infant of Charles James, b. 28 Sep. 1917  d. 1 Oct. 1917   4 days old

JOHNSON, Addie,  d. May 21, 1901  age 45

JOHNSON, Hazel Lena, d. May 7, 1906  6 mo's 3 days   Parents Louis Johnson/ Maggie Cements  (Clements?)

JOHNSON, Patsy,  d. June 13, 1920  age 24   Ned Bennett

JOHNSON, Thomas, d. Oct. 11, 1905  age 44   B. M. Md.,  O. P. Martha Johnson

JOHNSON, Willie, d. may 16, 1904  age 15  Parents: Frank Johnson

JONES, Anna,  d. Feb. 8, 1906  age 24  Father E. L. Muse  O. P. W. M. Jones

JONES, Jessie, d. 29 Apr. 1910  age38

JOYNER, Hettie,  d. Mar. 10, 1907  age 17 yrs 7 mo's 5 days Father James Small

MCALLISTER, Georgie Ann,  d. Feb. 3, 1906  age 55  B. F. Md.  Husband Mack McAllister

MCARTHUR, Mary,  d. Feb. 11, 1906  age 26  O. P. Charlie Crews

MCCALL Willie, d. Dec. 8, 1906  age 10 & 7 mo's  Mother Phyllis McCall

MCGEE, James Lewis, d. Aug. 3, 1905  age 35

MERRIT, Robert, b. 14 Jan. 1906  d. 13 Nov., 1916

MILLER,  Child of,  d. Nov. 2, 1906  age 2 1/2   D. A. Miller  Claudia Davis

MILLER, Esther Ann, b. 29 May 1857  d. 27 May 1913  age56

MILLER, Ross M., d. Nov. 7, 1906  no age given  B. M. Md.

MILLER, Stephen,  d. Jan. 20, 1907 no age given  B. M.

MILLER, Charles P., d. Oct. 30, 1905  age 38  B. M. Md.

MOBLY, John, b. 30 Jan., 1916  d. 4 Feb. 1916  6 days old, Father, Andrew Mobly

MOORE, Sarah G., d. 20 Aug. 1910  age31

MORRISON, George, d. 03 Jan., 1915  age 43

MOSBY, Agnes, d. 10 Oct. 1910  age 43

POWELLS, Isaac, d. 9 Feb. 1910  age 75

ROBERTS, Daniel, d. May 21, 1901  age 62   Miranda Davis

ROBINSON, Alice, d.  Sept. 6, 1906  age 85  O. P. Theaddeus Gooden

ROBINSON, Mary D., d. June 6, 1907  age 9  Mother Alice R. Robinson

ROBINSON, Mrs. Courtney,  d. Oct. 22, 1903  age 100 

SIMMONS, Lena, d. Sept. 21, 1907  age 17  Father Enoch Jones

SINGLETON, Ella,  d. June 23, 1904  age 25 

SINGLETON, Sip, b. 15 July 1857  d. 30 Jan. 1916

SLATER, No first name,  d. Oct. 13, 1907  age 18  Father James Slater

SLATER, no first name,  d. Sept. 30, 1907  age 2 Father James Slater

SLATER, Mary,  d. July 29, 1907  no age given    O. P. James Slater

SMITH, Caberchion, d. Jan. 22, 1907  age 28  Father Walker Smith  O. P. Thornton Smith

STEPHENS, John,  d. June 22, 1906  age 64  B. M. S.   Father Billie Stephens

TAYLOR, Stephen, d. June 7, 1904 

THOMPSON, Carrie,  d. May 8, 1904  age 40 

THOMPSON, Gertrude, b. June 1878  d. 1 Mar. 1915

THOMPSON, Henry, d. Apr. 4, 1907 

THURMON, Solomon,  d. Apr. 23, 1907  age 54  9 mo's 6 days  O. P. Alice Thurmon

TOLLIVER, Midget, d. July 22, 1903 

TURNBULL,  Daughter,  d. Mar. 2, 1904  age 10  Kitty Turnbull

TURNIPSEED, Rutha, d. June 6, 1902  age 3 - 6  Dean and Rana Turnipseed

UNKNOWN NEGRO, d. 16 Oct 1913  no age given

WALSTINE, L. E. Robert (Allie),  d. June 12, 1902  age 14-7  Andrew Walstine

WARD, Augustus, d. Mar. 16, 1904  age 50 

WESTCOTT, wife of William, d. Aug. 4, 1901 

WILLIAMS, Cherry,  d. Nov. 11, 1907  age 70 O. P.- E. J. Jordan & Lewis Holly

WILLIAMS, Della, d. Oct. 5, 1905  B. F. Md.    O. P. Adeline Andrews

WILLIAMS, Infant, b. 21 Jan. 1917  d. 30 Jan. 1917  9 days old  Father, Pompey Williams

WILSON, Catherine, d. Sept. 24, 1901    Relative, F. Wilson

WINBURN, Robert, d. Jan. 5, 1905  age 19

WRIGHT, Mabel Virginia, d. May 31, 1904  age 11  Grandchild of Richard Jones

YOUNG, Rachel, d. Dec. 7, 1906  age 28 Parents, Theaddeus Gooden/ Janie Cunningham

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