Members of the Dr. Theophilus West Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) have been involved in a noteworthy project to locate, clean up and repair cemeteries in Jackson County with graves of Confederate veterans.
Today they rediscovered the overgrown and forgotten but extremely historic Long Cemetery in Marianna. The cemetery is located down a steep ridge off Kelson Avenue.
Among those buried there is Richard H. Long, a former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and a delegate to Florida's 1838 Constitutional Convention. He also served as a county judge of Jackson County in the years before the Civil War.
Another noteworthy grave is that of Captain William McPherson, C.S.A. He was the adjutant of the Confederate Post at Marianna and was wounded in the Battle of Marianna.
The photo above and the following list of burials was provided by Ashley Pollette of the West Camp. He indicates the group hopes to begin work soon to clean up and repair the cemetery and also will try to open a trail down the hill to the graves so they can be visited again.
Graves:
Richard H. Long - (1791-1865)
Ann G. Long - wife of Richard H. Long. - (1795-1846)
Meta L. McPherson - consort of William McPherson.
William McPherson - Capt. CSA. (died January 25, 1867)
Edmund B. Cobb (Died January 25, 1835)
William F. H. Long - son of Richard H. and Ann G. Long (1825-1858
Henry Long (1815-1869)
Dr. Nicholas A. Long - CSA, Capt. Indian Wars
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