Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON Nancy Elizabeth Gornto was born abt. 1833 in Georgia. She was the daughter of David Gornto and Eliza Ann Gornto. It is unknown exactly when she migrated to Florida with her parents but it…
David GORNTO
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON David Gornto, the son of Nathan Gornto, was born about 1 November 1805 in Georgia. He married Eliza Allen in Irwin County, Georgia about 20 November 1827. It is unknown exactly when he and…
Robert GORMAN, William Gorman and Elizabeth CARNEY
Submitted by Descendants: Katherine Grace and Nancy K. EVANS; Josephine Searle KING William Gorman was born in Camden, County, Georgia, about 1790 and purchased land in the Waukeenah vicinity of Jefferson County, Florida, in 1826. A Leon County, Florida, marriage…
Mary GODWIN
Submitted by Descendants: Julian W, Paula A., and Waldo W. DAVIS Mary Godwin was born on the 14 of November 1844 in Columbia County, Florida. She was the daughter of another pioneer, Solomon Godwin and wife Mariah Tyner. Soloman Godwin,…
John Martin GEIGER
Submitted by Descendant: Anne Hammond CONNELL John Martin Geiger, born 1798 in Bulloch County, Georgia, was raised in Wayne County, Georgia, where he married Emily Joyner in 1825. His parents were Felix Geiger, Sr., and Mary Martin. Paternal Grandfather Hans…
Peter Antonio GANDOLFO
Submitted by Descendant: Charles Williard LORD Peter Antonio Gandolfo was born 3 April 1802, in Genoa, Italy, and arrived in Key West, Florida in 1829, where he declared his intention to become a United States citizen. The oral history of…
Peter Antonio GANDOLFO
Submitted by Descendants: The LUJAN / PAPY / TOPPINO Families Peter Antonio Gandolfo was born 3 April 1802 in Italy. He arrived in Key West, Florida in 1829 traveling from the Kingdom of Sardinia which controlled his part of Italy. …
William GAINER
Jane L. WATTS Submitted by Descendant: Ellen Lavara Gainer WRIGHT William Gainer and Jane L. Watts, who hailed from Georgia, were married 21 January 1813. During the campaign of 1818, William came into the Territory of Florida with Andrew Jackson,…
Francisca de Paula Petronita FONTANET; Joseph DELESPINE; Frances Jane DELESPINE; Christian Jacob Bernhard BOYE
Submitted by Descendant: Submitted by Descendants: Laura Lee BERENSON, Johanna Schuster JONES; Emily Johanna PERKINS and Mary Pauline SCHUSTER Francisca, or Frances as she was known, was born in St. Augustine on 31 May 1792, and baptized there on 6…
Ansel FERRELL
Submitted by Descendant: Paula Townsend MARCZYNSKI Ansel Ferrell was born 14 Sep 1762 in Bute Co., North Carolina. He was a Revolutionary War soldier who fought at the Battles for Guilford Courthouse and Eutaw Springs (among others), where he was…