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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 1855, most likely in Columbia County, Florida to Melvina Newmans…

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, Georgia.  He was the son of Samuel Davis and Elizabeth…

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 came to the United States with his parents as a…

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 Cox family first appears in the Gadsen County, Florida 1830…

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 that, as newlyweds, this young couple traveled to Florida onboard…

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 Bailey died before 1 July 1839. In August 1843 the…

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 owned land there and had 13 children. He remained in…

Submitted by Descendants:  Sarah Elizabeth and Thomas Ross MCSWAIN William Cawthon was born in 1785 in Georgia.  In the early 1800s he moved to what was then Henry County, Alabama, the area now known as Dothan.  In the 1820s this area was known as Cawthon’s Cowpen because this is where…

Submitted by Descendants:  Ralph R. and Stuart Allen CAMPBELL; Angela Lynn HILL Daniel Campbell was born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, on 12 December 1725, to Angus Campbell and Isobell Munroe.  In 1749 he was married to Effia McLean, daughter of David McLean and Anna Gordon.  Effia was born…