Naval Live Oaks

The live oak (Quercus virginiana) has evergreen leaves, elliptical in shape and olive-green in color. Its leathery trunk and crooked branches are dark reddish brown and can grow 40 to 50 feet tall. Often covered with Spanish moss, it is ...

Naval Live Oaks Reservation

President John Quincy Adams commissioned the Naval Live Oak reservation in the early 19th Century and appointed Henry Breckenridge as the overseer. While the caretaker only stayed on a few years, his legacy of planting Live Oaks is still evident ...

Live Oak

Located just three miles off Interstate 10 in northern Suwannee County, Live Oak is a picturesque town that serves as the county seat. Founded in 1863, the town boasts several historic buildings and an abundance of recreation opportunities in nearby ...

Live Oak Cemetery

East portion reserved for graveyard, 1829; west part purchased City of Selma, 1877.

Here are buried:

William Rufus King, 1786-1853, Vice President of U.S. 1853.

John Tyler Morgan, 1824-1907, U.S. Senator, Brig. Gen. C.S.A.

Edmund Winston Pettus, 1821-1907, U.S. Senator, Brig. Gen. C.S.A.

Nathaniel H. ...

Live Oak Cemetery

The original four-acre section of this cemetery included land donated by James M. Turley (1856-83) and Andrew Jackson Hammett (1829-1907). the oldest grave is that of Turley's daughter, Tennessee Belle Hart, and her baby, who died on Aug. 27,1874. A ...

Live Oak Park

1914

Live Oak Park was created in 1914 when the City of Berkeley purchased four acres from landowners R.S. Penniman and Michael O’Toole. Mr. Penniman’s brown shingle house served as the park clubhouse and also, from 1916-1936, as Berkeley’s North Branch ...