Deadline for owners of tangible personal property to file aįorm DR-405 return with the county property appraiser Barker.Deadline for property owners to file with the county property appraiser for exemptions or agricultural or other classifications The original golf course there was nine holes and was designed by English golfer named H.H. In 1914, it moved to the new golf course built by George Perkins on the grounds of the old plantation in what is now Myers Park. The club dates back to 1908 when the original Tallahassee Country Club was founded on the grounds of the Grove near the Governor’s mansion. Lammers said "only about 15 depressions were visible, but the cemetery is likely much larger than that." His research leads him to believe "more than 100, mostly children" could be buried there. But it is impossible to know without testing. Lammers, who has done extensive research on the Houstoun Plantation, also visited the site last week with local archaeologist Jim Miller and Hutto, a nationally known nature writer who has since moved back to the area. “Leon County had a lot of plantations and there were lots of slaves," she said. "It goes without saying there are cemeteries.” “It’s what we call an ‘unmarked cemetery.' "Ĭlark said the reality of unmarked graves is a “statewide problem,” but at the same time, state archaeologists have been doing “everything in their power” in protecting those sites. “It is definitely a cemetery, that’s all I know,” said Clark, who has reviewed Jones’ report. "We won't know for sure until we get ground penetrating radar (findings)." 'A statewide problem'Ĭlark, regional director for the North-Central Florida Office of the Florida Public Archaeology Network, said she won’t know more until she further studies the site. "It was agreed upon that we request the board members of the club and the city accept the ground penetrating radar services which would be offered free of charge by the National Parks Service," Hollinger said. Hollinger said Clark was able to determine several depressions in the ground. He also was impressed that the site has been preserved by the club and not disrupted by golfers or their carts. There are certain tests that would need to be done to better understand what may be there and the group has devised a potential path to do so.” "It was a very good meeting," Revell said afterward. “After our site visit and consulting historical evidence there is consensus that an area on the course deserves further investigation. and immediate past president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP. “I think it’s high-time that on this city-owned property, there be some type of recognition given to the fact that there is a cemetery there containing the bodies of black people,” said Hollinger, executive director of The National Association for the Preservation of African-American History & Culture, Inc. 20, appealing for the placement of a marker on the Country Club Drive side of the course - emphasizing it’s been 18 years since Billings and Davis first brought it to the city’s attention. Hollinger brought his concerns before the City Commission on Feb. His notes indicated “tee over part of cemetery.” The city votes to review cemetery situation ![]() 2, 1974, describing a “black cemetery” on the “east side of Capital City Golf Course on Country Club Drive.” Jones, who died in 1998, sketched out an archaeological form dated Feb. The late state archaeologist Calvin Jones said the graveyard was possibly a slave cemetery, but no dig was planned at the time. 28, 1971, in the Democrat, indicating the discovery of the cemetery by Florida State University anthropology student Joe Hutto. Digging deeper, Hollinger discovered a four-paragraph story published in Jan.
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