Submitted by Descendants: Baxter Jennings, Dakota Jennings, Daniel Jordan, Justin Allyn, Justin Allyn Jr., LaRue Carlton, Reid James, Roper Jordan Jr., Roper Jordan III ELLIS Giles Underhill Ellis was descended from the Virginia Ellises who were early settlers in America. …
William Hampton DOWLING
Submitted by Descendant: Laura Kathryn HERZOG William Hampton Dowling was born 26 May 1811 in Jeffreys Creek, Darlington District, South Carolina. He was the son of William Hampton Dowling, SR. and Sarah Elizabeth Watson. Sometime after 1820, his parents relocated…
Margaret Elizabeth “Eliza” DOLAN and Martin DOLAN
Submitted by Descendants: Calista Cameron, James Stephen, Jane Ferrell, Joseph Cameron, Madeleine Claire, and Thomas Benjamin BODIFORD; and Mildred Amelia FERRELL Martin Dolan was born in Ireland about 1823 but it is unknown when he immigrated to America. He was…
Seaborn DOBSON
Submitted by Descendants: Amy Katherine, John Albert, and John Edward BURNETT Seaborn Dobson was the son of Isaiah Dobson and Sarah Yelvington and was born 15 December 1825 in what was then Leon County, Florida Territory. He was married circa…
Z. A. “Zara” DAVIS
Submitted by Descendants: Amy Katherine, John Albert, and John Edward BURNETT Z. A. “Zara” Davis came to the State of Florida and resided in the area that later became Baker County. He was born 26 September 1826 in Bulloch County,…
John CRAIG
Submitted by Descendants: Derald E., Emily Anne, Gabriel John, and Matthew Nicholas EVERHART John Craig, an Irishman from King County, was one of a handful of original settlers to put down roots in Manatee County. Born in May 1813, John…
Mary Elizabeth COX
Submitted by Descendants: Corey James, Heather Ann, Jason Michael, and Mary Ann Sullivan MAMMEN Mary Elizabeth Cox was born in South Carolina, 19 November 1812 to Stephen Cox, b. 24 August 1786 and Mary Borono, b. 26 October 1785. The…
Agada Maria Coll
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie Say Agada Maria Coll was born 4 September 1751 in Mahon, Minorca to parents Bartolome Coll and Josepha Sintes. It was there in Mahon that she married her first husband in February 1766. Research indicates…
Catherine Amelia “Kitty” CHESNUT
Submitted by Descendants: The ALLAY, BYERS, EARNSHAW, & SUMARA Families Catherine Amelia “Kitty” Chesnut was born 31 Aug 1831 in Sampson County, North Carolina, youngest child of Bailey Chesnut and Ann Turlington. The family moved to Thomas County, Georgia, where…
John R. CHESHIRE
Submitted by Descendants: Carl Edward and James Edward KRAMER; Kelly Kramer WEEKLEY Born about 1800 in Bladen County, North Carolina, John R. Cheshire married Tobitha hall in 1828 and settled in Hamilton County, Florida, where he was a farmer. He…