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Submitted by Descendant:  William E. PINNEY John Pinney was born May 1813 in Baltimore, Maryland.  He followed the sea from the age of fourteen and ultimately became a sea captain, successful merchant and property owner in Pensacola, Florida. He arrived in Pensacola about 1834 on the U.S. Vandalia, an 18-gun–of-war…

William Augustus Pitcher was born 17 April 1805, in New York State.  Because of poor health he moved to Key West, Florida prior to 1837.  He rented a room in the home of the Munson Family, and on 5 October 1837, he married Hanna Wilhelmina “Minta”, one of the Munson…

Submitted by Descendants:  Beverly MOUNT-DOUDS; Henry Lee and John Gilbert PITTS Benjamin Pitts was born around 1815-1820, in Georgia.  He married Serena Cowart in Henry County, Alabama on the 5th of August 1833.  Serena was the daughter of Henry T. Cowart and Rachel LaFever who were married in Jefferson County, Georgia…

Submitted by Descendants:  Mary Ann (Pitts) FLOWERS Benjamin Pitts was born around 1815, in Georgia.  He served in the Seminole Indian Wars.  He can be found on the muster rolls of Captain Samuel Stephens, Company of the First Brigade of Florida Militia.  This company was mustered in at Marianna, Florida…

Submitted by Descendants:  Antonieta Echenique and Frank S. BERNARDINO; Luis ECHENIQUE JR.; Alejandro José, Ana Maria Bernardino, Cecilia Cristina, Laura Antonieta, Maite Carolina, GARCÍA; Susana C Echenique MATOS; Francis A Echenique, Jack Luis, and Olivia A McCLINTOCK; Erik Frank, Paul Alexander and Rosa Bernardino RAMOS; Andrea C., Paola I., and…

Submitted by Descendants:  Sarah Elizabeth McSWAIN William J. Powell was born in Pike County, Alabama in 1840.  He served at Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War and lost his left arm as the result of a battle injury.  Upon his return to Alabama, he married Sarah Emilie Adams. In 1866,…

Submitted by Descendants:  Debra Lauren, Jessica Taylor, Lillian Karene Wheeler FELTNER, and Russell Allen WHEELER Sr. Elisha R. Prevatt traveled to Florida from Georgia sometime after the death of his father, Peter Prevatt.  Naomi, Elisha’s mother, along with his wife Elizabeth and son are listed in the 1850 census for…

Submitted by Descendant:  John Albert BURNETT William Kell Prevatt was born on the 23rd of October 1856 in Columbia County, Florida.  He was the son of James and Sarah (Williams) Prevatt.  In 1860 he and his parents were enumerated in the census of New River County, Florida, the Prevatt homestead having…

Submitted by Descendant:  Stephen J. COX Matilda A. “Matilly” Renfroe was the first daughter born to Enoch and Winifred (Howard) Renfroe about 1815 in Georgia.  Sometime between 1820 and 1830 the family moved to the Florida Territory and settled in Jefferson County. Matilda’s first marriage, to John C. Neil/Neal, took…