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Submitted by Descendants:  George Frederick Jr., Louise Beckton, Rebecca Brown, and Robert Franklin SAUNDERS John Alexander Sutton was born 8 February 1818 in Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida to Shadrack Sutton and Susannah Whitehurst.  The first record found of John Alexander Sutton in Hamilton County, Florida is in the Book of Marks…

Submitted by Descendant:  Dennis F. TARATUS Matthew H. Taratus was born 1 September 1843 in Middleburg (then Duval, now Clay Co.) Florida.  He was one of two sons of William Taratus and Hester Ridaught. During the Civil War he served in the Marion Light Artillery, was wounded in the Battle…

Submitted by Descendants:  Anna Rae and Laura Ruth Jones MILLER Emma Ada Tatum was born in Sumter County, Georgia on June 25, 1860.  She was listed with her parents, Orris Tatum and Sarah (Harp), on the 1870 Sumter County census as a 9 year old girl.  Her father, Orris Tatum…

Submitted by Descendant:  Glenn F. ROUTH Aaron Tison was born in Glynn County, Georgia on 11 September 1803.  He was active in the growth of Florida as evidenced in the Territorial Papers by his signing of petitions regarding the growth of Florida and who was to govern Florida.  This occurred…

John TISON Mariah BUFORD Tison Submitted by Descendants:  Catherine Powell, Harris Edmund, and Morgan Catherine KAIN; Virginia Sackhoff POWELL Joel Tison was born on 30 September 1790 in Effingham County, Georgia.  About 1821 he married Dolly and they had eleven children.  By the 1830 census, Joel had moved his family…

Submitted by Descendants:  Carl Edward, James Edward, and Lora L. KRAMER; and Kelly Kramer WEEKLEY Joel Tison was born 30 September 1790 in North Carolina and eventually moved to Effingham County, Georgia, where he married Dolly and had several children.  From there the family moved to Nassau County, Florida, where…

Submitted by Descendant:  Glenn F. ROUTH Martha B. Tison was born in Georgia on 21 April 1826.  On 1 April 1841 she married Henry C. Wilson.  This marriage took place in Alachua County, Territory of Florida.  Between 1841 and 1853 she gave birth to five (5) children, Jasper, Louisa, Frances,…

Submitted by Descendant:  Paula Townsend MARCZYNSK As indicated by the 1895 photo of the family, John Hill Townsend was the true patriarch of this large, extended family.  Although born in Lowndes County, Georgia on 18 Mar 1833, he moved to Florida with his parents and siblings while at a young…

 Submitted by Descendant:  Rollin “Ron” L. Peek James Tompkins and Nancy Ann Pearce were married on 29 July 1830 in Camden County, Georgia,  James was born 16 November 1808 and was the third son of Donald and Frances King Tompkins, and grandson of John and Elizabeth McKay Tompkins. The Donald…