Florida Pioneer Biographies

Submitted by Descendants:  Garrett Armstrong, Heath William, Stuart Armstrong, and Whitney Susan BAILEY Priscilla Ivey was born in Hamilton County, Florida 26 Jan 1842.  Her father Thomas Ivey and mother died when she was a young girl.  She then went to live with her uncle in Jacksonville, Florida, and then…

Submitted by Descendants:  Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Lucinda Matilda Hutchinson was born 09 Jan 1857 in Bradford County, Florida.  Her parents were William Hutchinson and Elizabeth Meeks of Emanuel County, Georgia.  Her father, William Hutchinson served with the Georgia Infantry during the Civil War.…

Submitted by Descendants:  Joseph Newton and Pamela Newton MOORE; Melissa Moore STOCKHAM John Carroll Houston was a captain in the Revolutionary War, serving with the South Carolina militia.  He was granted 265 acres of land in Beaufort, South Carolina, for his service in the war.  John was born about 1756…

Submitted by Descendant:  Jackson Lee LANDERS John C. Houston was born on Big Talbot Island, Duval County, in August of 1813.  He married Mary Virginia Hall in Pablo Beach on 22 September 1836, and they remained in Duval County until 1842 when they traveled south via steamboat to take advantage…

Submitted by Descendants:  Waldo W. DAVIS and Gloria Beatrice Ann HART William henry Willingham was born 18 April 1816, possibly in Oglethorpe, Georgia.  William voted in the 1845 state election in Columbia County and served four enlistments in the Indian Wars. He married Anna. E. “Annie” Hilliard on 23 July…

Submitted by Descendant:  Elizabeth Marion Stover BAILEY Joseph Higginbotham was born 1837 in Spring Grove, Marion Co., Florida, to David Bod Higginbotham and Elizabeth Hughes.  By the time of the 1850 Federal Census Joseph was living with his family in Putnam County, Florida.  Joseph Higginbotham married Frances Beck 30 Oct…

Submitted by Descendant:  Tally Sanborn BROWN Zilphia Hicks was born 26 January 1806 in Camden County, Georgia, the daughter of John Hicks.  She married Robert Sandlin from North Carolina 12 December 1822. About 1827 they moved to a homestead in forested land near Blounts Ferry, Florida.  There on their homestead…

Submitted by Descendant:  Filiberto J. R. HENDERSON Juan Hernandez was born 23 August 1761 at Mahon, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.  His parents were:  Gaspar Hernandez and Margarita Triay.  This family can be traced back in the parish records of Mahon to 1648.  In that year Francisco Hernandez, native of Vilanova,…

Submitted by Descendants:  Corey James, Heather Ann, Jason Michael, and Mary Ann Sullivan MAMMEN William Charles Hawkins, son of William Hawkins and Mary Elizabeth Cox, was born 21 October 1843 in Leon County, Florida.  His parents were both born in South Carolina. After his father was awarded a land warrant…