CPL. THOMAS C. FILLYAW GRAVE SITE
Located at Davenport Landing, one Civil
War Soldier grave. Take National Forest
Road 77 to the right off SR 19 just south of
the Oklawaha River
Bridge. Go 1.9 miles to National Forest Road 46. Turn right at sign “Davenport Historical
Site”. Follow road to campsite on
river. Look for an old road to right
just before campsite. There is a gate
across the road. You will have to walk
approximately 1,350 feet to the “Historical Site”. Go just past two kiosks, turn right and go down a small
embankment to a small stream. Cross
stream. You may have to look for the
trail going east. Follow the trail east
and south about 400 feet to the grave site.
It is marked with four metal posts, about three feet high, with a metal
rail around the top.
The marker reads: “Thomas C. Fillyaw, b. May
25, 1830, CORP. 10 BN
GA INF, d. Dec
8, 1873, put here by his son T. T. Fillyaw.” There is also a plaque on the end of the
fence with additional information, indicating that he was a Corporal. Plaque gives genealogy as follows:
T.
T. Fillyaw, b. 9/30/1858
d. 4/15/1941
T.
T. Fillyaw’s son, W. E. Fillyaw
b. 9/20/1884
d. 11/22/1967
W. E.
Fillyaw’s children: J. T., Lora
Mae, Willie Opal, John Arvil, Roy Edward, Herbert Lee, Cark Berkman, Elbert
Eugene and half-brother Thomas Hunter July 4, 1975.
NOTE:
This site is referred to as “OCALA SCRUB” in the note and Polaroid snapshots turned into the Archives.
N 29o 28.249 W 81o 46.147.
LAKE DELANCY
QUAD. (Neglected).
Last
updated 2/24/2003
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