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Submitted by Descendants:  The SUTTON, LEITNER, & McINTOSH Families William Barber was born in 1805 in southeast Georgia.  He was a Private in the First Regiment, also known as Warren’s Regiment, in the Florida Militia starting on 13 June 1837.  He served as a volunteer soldier from the State of…

Submitted by Descendant:  Sandra Caillouet BOYES Thaddeus was born in North Carolina in 1826.  He seems to be associated with James and George Baker who came to Florida from North Carolina in the 1830’s to settle first in Jefferson then Madison and finally in Benton/Hernando Counties. In Benton County on…

Jose/Joseph FONTANET/FONTANE Submitted by Descendants:  Laura Lee BERENSON, Johanna Schuster JONES; Emily Johanna PERKINS and Mary Pauline SCHUSTER Edward Ashton was born between 1746 and 1748 in Ireland to Samuel and Margaret O’Dair Ashton.  After immigrating to the colonies he settled in Georgia.  As Loyalists and upon the evacuation of…

Submitted by Descendants: The LUJAN / PAPY / TOPPINO Families Clara Arnau (aka Arnow) was born 5 March 1804 in St Augustine, East Florida, purportedly into a family originally from Minorca.  At some point Clara became a ward of her brother Stephen who when Clara was 20, in 1824, bonded…

Submitted by Descendant:  Jeannette Marie SAY 1 April 1828 is the day that marked the birth of Venancia Andreu in St. Augustine, Florida to Josef Juan Andreu and his wife Maris Dolores Masters.  Venancia was part of the second generation Andreu’s born following the establishment of the New Smyrna colony…

Submitted by Descendants:  Michelle Marie CAMPOS; Christopher Allan, Mabelle, and Teresa D. SARDINAS Tomas Sebastian Andreu was born the 22 of December in 1757 in Mercadal, Monorca, Balearic Islands, a British Colony at the time.  He was the youngest son of Juan Andreu and Maria Angela Caules and was eleven…

Submitted by Descendants:  Michelle Marie CAMPOS; Christopher Allan, Mabelle, and Teresa D. SARDINAS Tomas Sebastian Andreu was born the 22 of December in 1757 in Mercadal, Monorca, Balearic Islands, a British Colony at the time.  He was the youngest son of Juan Andreu and Maria Angela Caules and was eleven…

Submitted by Descendants:  Thomas Edward BRONSON Eliza Allen was born about 22 November 1811 in North Carolina.  She married David Gornto in Irwin County, Georgia, about 20 November 1827. It is unknown exactly when she and David moved to Florida, sometime after 1841 – the birth of a son, Thomas…

Submitted by Descendants:  Arthur Wesley, Bennie James, Charles Kendrick, Creech Kindrick, Jack Eugene, Jack Eugene, Jr., and Roselle Grantham ALLEN Council B. Allen and his wife, Susan Elizabeth Creech, migrated to West Florida from the Barnwell, S. C. area in the late 1820’s.  Council’s brother Silas Decatur Allen came also. …