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Submitted by Descendant:  Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL Floyd was born 30 May 1882 at Shingle Creek, Osceola County, Florida, the son of William Henry Yates and Mary S. Bronson.  He was the grandson of pioneers James Yates, Jr. and Mary Polly Lamb and great grandson of pioneers James Yates, Sr.…

Submitted by Descendant:  Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL William Henry Yates was born circa 1851 in, Orange, now Osceola County, the son of pioneers James Yates, Jr. and Mary Polly Lamb, and grandson of pioneers James Yates, Sr. and Agnes Rowland. In circa 1867 he married Mary S. Bronson, daughter of…

Submitted by Descendant:  Nancy Lee Eaton SHIVER Robert Youngblood is listed on 1820 U.S. Federal census in Nassau County, Florida.  His parents are unknown.  He is listed on census as being born in Georgia.  In 1829 he married Mary A. Watson in Duval County, Florida. He was well educated and…

Submitted by Descendants:  Sarah Elizabeth and Thomas Ross McSWAIN According to the Civil War Pension application of their son, Alexander McSwain, George McSwain and Jane (McMillan) McSwain moved to Walton County, Florida in about 1837.  They had nine children.  Of those nine, four of the children married into the family…

Submitted by Descendant:  Steven Charles WALLACE Neill I. McKinnon was born 21 March 1830 in Red Bay, Walton County, Florida to Lauchlin Love McKinnon and Belle Anne McIver, who had come to the Walton County area from Richmond County, North Carolina.  He resided in Red Bay, Walton County, Florida all…

Submitted by Descendant:  David Morgan FRANKLIN Alexander James McKenzie was born 25 January 1810 in Montgomery County Georgia.  In the 1820s he moved to Gadsden County Florida with his father and brothers where he settled and married Rebecca Blount in 1829.  Rebecca Blount and Alexander McKenzie had seven children.  Alexander…

Submitted by Descendants:  Gregory N., Jon L. III, and Jon L. COURSON Jr. Joseph Alexander McIntosh was born in Nassau County, Florida and lived there his entire life.  Deserted by his father, he was raised by his Grandfather, Joseph Alexander Higginbotham.  He served as a Confederate Soldier during the Civil…

Submitted by Descendants:  Jason Lewis, Keri Lee, and Lee McCormick CORNMAN; Carolyn Marie, Jean McCormick, Kevin Conner, and Susan Leslie IMES; Brian James, Dean Griffin, Ethel Griffin, and Scott Wallace MCCORMICK; William Henry WILLIAMS, Jr. William McGriff was born in South Carolina, circa 1771, the son of Revolutionary Soldier Colonel…

Submitted by Descendants:  Jason Lewis, Keri Lee, and Lee McCormick CORNMAN; Carolyn Marie, Jean McCormick, Kevin Conner, and Susan Leslie IMES; Brian James, Dean Griffin, Ethel Griffin, and Scott Wallace MCCORMICK; William Henry WILLIAMS, Jr. Patrick Augustus McGriff, also known as Patrick A. McGriff or P.A. McGriff, was born on…