Submitted by Descendants: Andrew Jason, Jason Ryan, and Ryan Samuel LAW Joseph Elliott Law was born 15 February 1799 in Liberty County, Georgia, and was one of four children born to Thomas Elliott and Sarah Sallens Law. He received land…
Eliza LANIER
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL Eliza Lanier was born 30 March 1859 in Polk County, the daughter of John Lanier and Margaret Hogan, who were both pioneers of Florida. Eliza married John James Bronson on 24 December 1874…
Sumter LAND
Thomas Jefferson Land Submitted by Descendants: Charles Edward and Scarlett Estella SCOTT Sumter Land may have been born in South Carolina, but Florida was his home for many years. He is shown as a signer on an 1831 petition to…
William LaMEE
Submitted by Descendant: Maurice “Pat” LaMEE Born in Brest, France, on 8 May 1812, William Lamee went to sea at the age of twelve and arrived on Florida’s east coast in 1835. He settled in the Mayport area where he…
James Henry KNIGHT & Cynthia ROWELL
Amanda Cedelle KNIGHT & William Rogers DIXON Submitted by Descendants: Charles Nicolas, Gunner Julian, Myra Marie, Sharon Baker ADERMAN; Victoria Lynne A Sarah Ann HARRISON der Sarah Ann HARRISON man LANGSTON; Erin Taylor, Steven F., and Suellen Baker PAIT; Payton…
Jonathan KNIGHT & Elizabeth TUCKER
Submitted by Descendants: Charles Nicolas, Gunner Julian, Myra Marie, Sharon Baker ADERMAN; Victoria Lynne A Sarah Ann HARRISON der Sarah Ann HARRISON man LANGSTON; Erin Taylor, Steven F., and Suellen Baker PAIT; Payton Lane and Tina Pait PELLITTERI Jonathan Knight…
Emily JOYNER
Submitted by Descendant: Anne Hammond CONNELL Emily Joyner and John Martin Geiger moved to Florida about 1832-33. She was born about 1804, possibly in McIntosh County, Georgia, and raised in Wayne County, Georgia, where her father Charles Joyner (b. 1778…
Oscar Zachariah JONES
Submitted by Descendants: Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Oscar Zachariah Jones was born April 4, 1894 in the small settlement of McCrabb. At the time this area near Oldtown was considered Lafayette County, but would…
Aretus W. JONES
Submitted by Descendants: Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Aretus W. Jones was born in Alabama about 1827. Prior to 1850 he moved with other family members to the Madison County area of Florida. This area…