Southeast Orlando in Orange County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lock Family Cemetery

Est. 1887

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 28, 2023

1. Lock Family Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Also known as the Boggy Creek Cemetery, this pioneer family cemetery was established in the Boggy Creek community for William Rufus Lock and his descendants. Lock had been granted exemption from serving in the Confederate Army so he could maintain order in his home town in Echol County, Georgia. His son. Pvt. James Calvin Lock, fought in the last conflict of the Union Army's campaign through Georgia and Alabama known as "Wilson's Raid" or the Battle of Girard in Columbus, Georgia, on April 16, 1865. After the Civil War. Lock and his family relocated to Boggy Creek from Georgia where they farmed and raised livestock during the open range years. This cemetery was part of the original land purchased by Nancy P. Locke in 1881 from the Trustees of the State of Florida's Internal Improvement Fund for the sum of one dollar an acre. Among the burials is Jane Green, a well-known. independent pioneer woman of Creek Indian ancestry who ran cattle with Mose Barber and had a St. John's River creek and swamp named after her. The cemetery also contains graves of veterans from the Civil War, World War I. World War II. the Korean War,

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and the Vietnam War.

Erected 2022 by The Lock Family and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1182.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 16, 1865.

Location. 28° 23.714′ N, 81° 19.666′ W. Marker is in Orlando, Florida, in Orange County. It is in Southeast Orlando. It is on Boggy Creek Road (Florida Route 527A) west of Wetherbee Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Orlando FL 32824, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Florida.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 28, 2023

2. Lock Family Cemetery Marker

marker, measured as the crow flies: 1972 B-52 Crash (approx. 4.3 miles away); The Pine Castle Homestead / Pleasure Beach (approx. 5.7 miles away); Conway Chain of Lakes/ Union Church (approx. 6.1 miles away); St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church/Datson Dairy (approx. 6.3 miles away); Conway First Baptist Church/Fort Gatlin (approx. 6.9 miles away); Barber-Mizell Feud / Barber Park at Lake George (approx. 7 miles away); The Council Oak (approx. 7.2 miles away); Fort Gatlin 1838 (approx. 7.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Orlando.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Citrus Industry and Red Hill Groves/Conway School (was approx. 7.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Lock Family Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 28, 2023

3. Lock Family Cemetery

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 28, 2023

4. Lock Family Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,367 times since then and 260 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 28, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.