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Submitted by Descendants:  Mildred Mable “Millie” CANADA; Pearl Louise Canada COCHRAN; Jeffery Dale EATON Francis Marion Canada was born in Columbia County, Florida in 1840.  About 1862 he married Margaret Albritton, daughter of James and Fannie Raulerson Albritton. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Camp Hunt in Jacksonville, Florida. …

Submitted by Descendants:  Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Mary Bush, born about 1828 in Alabama, was married to Aretus W. Jones on December 23, 1847 in Barbour County, Alabama.  They started their family in Alabama, but would soon move with other Bush and Jones families…

Submitted by Descendants:  Alexander P., Lindsay M., and Richard E. BURNSED James M. Burnsed was born 16 January 1817 in Georgia.  In the late 1830’s, he moved from Georgia to Columbia County, Florida, and settled near the trail from the St. Mary’s River to the Raulerson Ferry, building a fortified…

Submitted by Descendants: Thomas Pope BURNETTE, Ansley Elizabeth, David Thomas, Jordan Alana, Melissa Myers Burnette, and Mikayla Myers CORSON It is believed that Daniel Burnett, Sr. was born in Onslow County, North Carolina circa 1771.  He received land in Bulloch County, Georgia in 1806.  In January of 1816 as a…

Submitted by Descendants: Thomas Pope BURNETTE, Ansley Elizabeth, David Thomas, Jordan Alana, Melissa Myers Burnette, and Mikayla Myers CORSON Daniel Burnett, Jr. was born in Georgia, possibly Irwin County, now known as Lowndes County.  Deed records in Madison County, Florida indicate that he purchased land there in 1838 from James…

Submitted by Descendants:  Carl Edward, James Edward, and Lora L. KRAMER (This was written by Nancy Tyson Bichard in her original application for Mariah Buford) Mariah Buford Tison and her husband, John Tison, left Nassau County for Brevard County around 1860.  They already had seven children when they started out,…

Submitted by Descendants:  John WHALTON Felicia Buchani was born 20 January 1794in St Augustine, East Florida.  Her ancestors were among the first settlers of New Smyrna having arrived from Minorca in the late 1760’s.  Though we do not know how Felicia met her future husband John Whalton, we do know…

Submitted by Descendant:  Jo Anne ARNETT Kirsten Marie Brun was born in Fredericia, Denmark, left family and friends to marry Valdemar Gram 02/15/1899.  Their first daughter, Bertha (Birta) Christine, was born 11/16/1899, and second daughter Anne Margaret, was born 10/30/1903. Kirsten was an excellent cook and seamstress who was rarely…

Submitted by Descendants:  Jeannette Louise Saunders FLYNN; George, Sr., George Frederick, Jr., Rebecca Brown, and Robert Franklin SAUNDERS Sidney Ann Brownlow was born September 1846 in Florida to Joseph Brownlow, from North Carolina, and Frances Margaret Whitehurst from Florida.  We find from census records and homestead papers that Sidney Ann…