Nancy GORNTO

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…

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,…

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…