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Submitted by Descendant:  Jane Richarde BUCK Jobe Tison Richard was the son of John Charles Richard and Melinda Tison of Alachua County.  His brother, John Charles Richard lived in Middleburg, FL with his wife, Mary Morgan.  The following is a copy of a letter written by John C. Richard from…

Submitted by Descendants:  Amy Katherine, John Albert, and John Edward ROBERTS Jonathan Knight Roberts was born 15 November 1826 in Lowndes County, Georgia and was the son of Lewis and Mary (Knight) Roberts.  He moved with his parents circa 1844-1845 to Columbia County, Florida.  The family is listed in the…

Submitted by Descendant:  Don W. ALLEN Nicolas Robinson was born circa 1792 in South Carolina.  He married Elizabeth Slade on 22 October 1820 in Tattnall County, Georgia. Nicholas and Elizabeth had at least thirteen children and it appears the first two were born in Georgia prior to 1825 and the…

Submitted by Descendant:  Wynn WHALEN Edgar Wesley Rountree was born 12 January 1879 in Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, to J.R. and Lula Rountree. He married Lillian Alabama “Bama” Ward in Pinkard, Alabama, in 1904 and they had three sons:  Edwin Wesley, William Erwin, and Richard Elvin.  The 1920 census shows…

Submitted by Descendant:  Gloria KEMP William Rowell was born in South Carolina about 1791.  William married Sarah Dixon in Monroe County, Georgia on 18 September 1826.  He signed as a petitioner (Wm Rowell) on the “Petition to Acting Governor Westcott by Citizens of Jefferson County, Florida” on 18 January 1832.…

Alonzo ROYAL & Annie KILLEBREW Lindsey Clyde ROYAL Submitted by Descendants:  Amanda Mae, Brianna Lyndsay, Justin Andrew, Kevin Matthew, Lacie Victoria, Margaret Ann ROYAL, and Robert Jason FRYE; Susan ROYAL Jones; Cheryl Lynn, Daniel Lee, Lindsay Clyde Jr., Robert Lindsay ROYAL and Jordan Matthew ROYAL-WEISER Arriving from Brooks County, Georgia,…

Submitted by Descendant:  Joyce Louise Russell BEVEL John Russell was born in South Carolina at the time it was a possession of the British Crown.  During the American Revolution.  The South Carolinian Loyalist sought sanctuary in the Bahama Islands and was granted acreage on at least three islands by King…

Submitted by Descendant:  Tally Sanborn BROWN Robert Sandlin was born 3 April 1790 in Duplin County, North Carolina.  He was the son of John and Catherine Sandlin. He served in the War of 1812, and about 1822 was living in Duval County, Florida.  On 12 December 1822 he was married…

Submitted by Descendants:  Dr. Richard Daniel CASON and Caroline Hollis Cason PRANGE Robert Sandlin, the son of John Sanderlin, was born in North Carolina on 3 April 1790.  (Robert and his son Jessee changed the last name from Sanderlin to Sandlin in the mid-1800s.)  Robert spent his early years in…