Aaron TISON
Submitted by Descendant: Glenn F. ROUTH Aaron Tison was born in Glynn County, Georgia on 11 September 1803. He was active in the growth of Florida as evidenced in the Territorial Papers by his signing of petitions regarding the growth…
Agada Maria Coll
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…
Agnes Myrtle MEARES
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie SAY Agnes Myrtle Meares, known as Myrtle, was born 14 October 1901 in St Petersburg, Hillsborough County, Florida. She was the tenth child born to George and Ellen Meares. Raised in St Petersburg, Myrtle graduated…
Alexander James McKENZIE
Submitted by Descendant: David Morgan FRANKLIN Alexander James McKenzie was born 25 January 1810 in Montgomery County Georgia. In the 1820s he moved to Gadsden County Florida with his father and brothers where he settled and married Rebecca Blount in…
Anastacio MABRUMATI
Submitted by Descendants: Kathleen Alicia Tindell BOUCHER and Kathleen Elizabeth Hagan TINDELL Anastacio Mabrumati, son of Antonio Mabrumati and Maria Marcelino, born in Milo, Greece 1751. At the age of 17 years he was picked up by Andrew Turnbull on…
Ann TURLINGTON
Submitted by Descendants: The Alley, Byers, Earnshaw, & Sumara Families Ann Turlington was born 1800, daughter of James Turlington and Nancy Bass of Sampson County, NC. Her father died when Ann was a young child. She married Bailey Chesnut and…
Anna E. “Annie” HILLIARD
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…
Anne Margaret GRAM
Submitted by Descendant: Jo Anne ARNETT Anne Margaret Gram was born in River Falls, Wisconsin, October 30, 1903, moving to Moore Haven, Florida with her parents. Because there was no local high school, she and sister Bertha boarded and went…
Annie Viola WALKER
Submitted by Descendants: Frances Elaine McKENDREE & Robert Taylor KOEHLER Annie Viola Walker, a pioneer of the Tampa Bay area, was a lifelong resident of Florida, having been born 23 August 188 in DeSoto County. Viola was first married to…
Ansel FERRELL
Submitted by Descendant: Paula Townsend MARCZYNSKI Ansel Ferrell was born 14 Sep 1762 in Bute Co., North Carolina. He was a Revolutionary War soldier who fought at the Battles for Guilford Courthouse and Eutaw Springs (among others), where he was…
Antonia Paula BONELLI
Submitted by Descendant: Nancy Evelyn Strauss WHITTLE Antonia Paula Bonelli was born 6 April 1786 in St. Augustine, Florida. She is the daughter of Josef Bonnelli and his wife Maria Moll. Her father was born in Livorno, Italy; her mother…
Antonia Paula de la Resureccion BONELLI
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie SAY Antonia, born 16 April 1786 in St Augustine, Florida, was the first generation of Bonelli’s born in Florida. She was the fifth child and second daughter born to Joseph Giuseppi Bonelli and Maria Moll. …
Aretus W. JONES
Submitted by Descendants: Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Aretus W. Jones was born in Alabama about 1827. Prior to 1850 he moved with other family members to the Madison County area of Florida. This area…
Arial Travis JONES
Submitted by Descendants: Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Arial Travis Jones was born October 13, 1854 in an area then known as Madison County, Florida. This area would soon become Lafayette County in 1856. His…
Bartolome Josef LEONARDI
Submitted by Descendant: Nancy Evelyn Strauss WHITTLE Bartolome Josef Leonardi was born 21 September 1782 in St. Augustine, Florida. He is among the first generation of LEONARDI’s born in Florida. Bartolome is the son of Don Roque Leonardi and his…
Bartolome Josef LEONARDY
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie Say HENRY Roque Leonardy arrived as an indentured laborer under Dr. Andrew Turnbull and is considered the founding father of the Leonardy(I)s of Florida. Born on 21 September 1782 in St. Augustine, Bartolome Josef Leonardy…
Benjamin MOODY
Submitted by Descendant: John Benjamin MOODY III Benjamin Moody, son of Samuel S. Moody and Sarah Lee, was born 15 April 1811, Telfair County, Georgia. Samuel died 1815 in Camden County, Georgia, and in 1820 Sarah and Benjamin moved to…
Benjamin PITTS
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…
Benjamin PITTS
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…
Caroline E. LIVINGSTON
Submitted by Descendants: Daisy Webb, Jason Webb, and Madeline Mae KENNEDY Caroline E. Livingston was born in 1816 in Georgia and moved to Florida with her parents in 1830. She was the daughter of William Livingston and Susannah Wesley Haynes,…
Catherine Amelia “Kitty” CHESNUT
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…
Cathrina Margarite Anna MABRUMATI
Submitted by Descendants: Kathleen Elizabeth Hagan TINDELL and Christine TINDELL-DAWSON Cathrina Margarite Anna Mabrumati was born 13 March 1785 in St. Augustine, Florida. She was one of six children born to Anastacio Mabrumati and Francisca Llebres. Cathrina married Josiah “Joseph”…
Charles L. WILSON
Submitted by Descendants: Debbie, Jann, & Alexis ROTSTEIN Oral history tells us that Charles L. Wilson was born in Bangor, Maine in 1818. Charles L. Wilson registered to vote in the 1845 statewide election in Mineral Springs, Columbia County. He…
Charles McCLELLAN
Submitted by Descendants: Elizabeth Louise McClellan SKILLMAN and Linda Colleen SKILLMAN-MITCHELL Charles McClellan was both a man of the cloth and a man of the soil. Originally from either North or South Carolina, probably the Barnwell district, Charles migrated from…
Clara ARNAU
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…
Council B. ALLEN
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…
Daniel BURNETT, Jr.
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…
Daniel BURNETT, Sr.
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…
Daniel CAMPBELL
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,…
David GORNTO
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON David Gornto, the son of Nathan Gornto, was born about 1 November 1805 in Georgia. He married Eliza Allen in Irwin County, Georgia about 20 November 1827. It is unknown exactly when he and…
Easter Lucinda WATERS Bronson
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON Easter Lucinda Waters, the daughter of Emanuel Waters and Nancy Elizabeth Gornto Waters, was born abt. 2 May 1856 in Levy County, Florida. She married William Jasper Bronson on 7 February 1878 in Bronson,…
Edgar Wesley ROUNTREE
Submitted by Descendant: Wynn WHALEN Edgar Wesley Rountree was born 12 January 1879 in Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, to J.R. and Lula Rountree. He married Lillian Alabama “Bama” Ward in Pinkard, Alabama, in 1904 and they had three sons: Edwin…
Edward ASHTON and Judith Maria ASHTON
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…
Edwin Thomas BOWMAN
Submitted by Descendant: Virginia Caroline Bowman LAND Edwin Thomas Bowman was born 17 September, 1857 in Schuylkill Haven, PA. When he was 21 he left his Pennsylvania relatives and moved to Florida, settled in Hernando County, at Fairmount. There he…
Elijah PADGETT
Submitted by Descendants: Bridee Page Staats MANNING; Florence Maxine Padgett AND Troy Allen SIKES; Carl Kent, Carl Kent, Jr., Jacklyn Padgett, and Kelli Gail STAATS Elijah Padgett was born C-1824, in Tattnall Co. Georgia, the third son of Hopkins Padgett,…
Elisha R. PREVATT
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…
Eliza ALLEN
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,…
Eliza LANIER
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL Eliza Lanier was born 30 March 1859 in Polk County, the daughter of John Lanier and Margaret Hogan, who were both pioneers of Florida. Eliza married John James Bronson on 24 December 1874…
Eliza MOTES
Submitted by Descendants: Alexander P., Lindsay M., and Richard E. HADDEN Eliza Motes was born around 1821 in Georgia. It is probable that her parents were John and Margaret Motes of Nassau County, Florida. On the 29th October 1840, Jackson Tynum,…
Elizabeth K. NATHANS
Submitted by Descendant: William Thomas Tuttle Elizabeth K. Nathans was a blushing bride when she and her husband, Nicholas Grubb, joined her father, Isaac Nathans, and his family in Florida shortly after her marriage on 17 Dec 1829. She was…
Ellen Louisa LEONARDY
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie SAY Ellen Louisa Leonardy was the sixth child and second daughter of Vicente Leonardy and Venancia Andreu, born circa 1861 in Tampa, Florida. On 27 February 1878, Ellen married George Wesley Meares. Shortly thereafter she…
Emanuel WATERS
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON Emanuel Waters was born abt. 12 Dec 1829 in Georgia. He married Nancy Elizabeth Gornto abt. 12 Jan 1851 in Madison Co., Florida. He was a farmer as well as a husband, father, and…
Emily JOYNER
Submitted by Descendant: Anne Hammond CONNELL Emily Joyner and John Martin Geiger moved to Florida about 1832-33. She was born about 1804, possibly in McIntosh County, Georgia, and raised in Wayne County, Georgia, where her father Charles Joyner (b. 1778…
Emma Ada TATUM
Submitted by Descendants: Anna Rae and Laura Ruth Jones MILLER Emma Ada Tatum was born in Sumter County, Georgia on June 25, 1860. She was listed with her parents, Orris Tatum and Sarah (Harp), on the 1870 Sumter County census…
Enos EVANS
Submitted by Descendants: Idell Elizabeth, Michael James, William Aaron Jr., William Rickey BURNHAM Enos Evans served as a private in Col. John McKinnon’s company during the Florida Indian Wars. During one battle, Enos was shot in the neck. According to…
Felicia BUCHANI
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…
Florida W. MURRHEE
Submitted by Descendants: Gregory N., Jon L III, and Jon L. COURSON Jr. Florida W. Murrhee was married at a young age to Joseph Alexander McIntosh. Together they raised a large family and today have many descendants who meet each…
Francis Marion CANADA
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…
Francisca de Paula Petronita FONTANET; Joseph DELESPINE; Frances Jane DELESPINE; Christian Jacob Bernhard BOYE
Submitted by Descendant: Submitted by Descendants: Laura Lee BERENSON, Johanna Schuster JONES; Emily Johanna PERKINS and Mary Pauline SCHUSTER Francisca, or Frances as she was known, was born in St. Augustine on 31 May 1792, and baptized there on 6…
Frank Burdette HAGAN
Submitted by Descendant: Frank HAGAN Francis Burdette Hagan was born 11 September 1827 at Black Creek, Duval County, Florida and traveled with his parents (purported to be the son of Malachi Hagan) over the next few years before settling in…
Fred MADDOX
Submitted by Descendant: Charlotte Maddox PIERCE Fred Maddox was born 7 February 1889 in Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida to John Wesley Maddox of Apalachicola and Charlotte Wall Maddox of Cheltenham, England. In 1905 Fred, his brother Roy, and their father,…
Frederick Valdemar GRAM
Submitted by Descendant: Jo Anne ARNETT Frederick Valdemar P. Gram (2/15/1971 – 11/19/1936) whose grandfather was mayor of Gram, Denmark, and brother Victor became Denmark’s Minister of Defense, came to this country in 1891. He soon returned to Denmark to…
Gaspar PAPI / PAPY
Submitted by Descendant: Latrell E. MICKLER Gaspar Papy was born about 1751 in Smyrna, Asia Minor, now Izmer, Turkey. He was Greek and of the Roman Catholic faith. He was the only person from Smyrna to join the ill-fated venture…
General Floyd YATES
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL Floyd was born 30 May 1882 at Shingle Creek, Osceola County, Florida, the son of William Henry Yates and Mary S. Bronson. He was the grandson of pioneers James Yates, Jr. and Mary…
George McSWAIN
Submitted by Descendants: Sarah Elizabeth and Thomas Ross McSWAIN According to the Civil War Pension application of their son, Alexander McSwain, George McSwain and Jane (McMillan) McSwain moved to Walton County, Florida in about 1837. They had nine children. Of…
Giles Underhill ELLIS
Submitted by Descendants: Baxter Jennings, Dakota Jennings, Daniel Jordan, Justin Allyn, Justin Allyn Jr., LaRue Carlton, Reid James, Roper Jordan Jr., Roper Jordan III ELLIS Giles Underhill Ellis was descended from the Virginia Ellises who were early settlers in America. …
Hansford ALFORD
Submitted by Descendant: John Albert BURNETT Hansford Alford was born circa 1812 in South Carolina as per the 1850 census for Columbia County, Florida. Hansford Alford was evidently in Florida when he served as a 1st Corporal/Private in Day & Wilder’s…
Henry C. WILSON
Submitted by Descendants: Corey Ryan, Karen Lyn, Kaylee Ann, Maedell “Mae” Routh, and Max Clinton CARR, Jr.; Kaitlin Courtney, Kimberly Kay Carr, Kristin Nicole, and Lindsey Kay MARTIN; and Glenn Franklin ROUTH When you consider the professional positions he held…
Henry Haywood William HARRELL
Submitted by Descendants: Ireland Kate, Justin Lee, Lee Henry, Orbra Warthen, and Orbra Warthen HARRELL, Jr.; Caleb Nicholas, Jared Wade and Lydia Karen HATCHER; Karen Harrell Logan LEWIS; David Scott LOGAN; Cindy Logan Hatcher REYNOLDS Henry Haywood William Harrell was…
Isaac NATHANS
Submitted by Descendant: William Thomas TUTTLE Isaac Nathans was born in Philadelphia. At about age 46, Isaac settled in Quincy, Florida, sometime before the 1820 census, with his second wife and five children. All counted, Isaac had three wives, seventeen…
Isaac Pierson HARDEE
Submitted by Descendants: Halley Bronson Jr., Halley Bronson III, and Halley Bronson IV LEWIS Isaac Pierson Hardee was born in Horry County, South Carolina, the grandson of Joseph Hardee who served in the South Carolina Militia at the Battle of Guilford…
Isaac VARN / VARNS / VARNES Sr.
Submitted by Descendants: Blake Timothy, Charles Franklin, Eden Michele and Jessie Irene Hogarth BEARD; Amanda Faye, Brenda Cothren, and Jared Lamar BECK; Robbyn Ronea, and Stephanie Maranda GRINER; Dana Nicole, Erik Andrew, and Jean Beard SCHMIDT; Cynthia Cothren Griner and…
Ivey ROYAL & Mary Ann ROYAL
Alonzo ROYAL & Annie KILLEBREW Lindsey Clyde ROYAL Submitted by Descendants: Amanda Mae, Brianna Lyndsay, Justin Andrew, Kevin Matthew, Lacie Victoria, Margaret Ann ROYAL, and Robert Jason FRYE; Susan ROYAL Jones; Cheryl Lynn, Daniel Lee, Lindsay Clyde Jr., Robert Lindsay…
Jacob WORLEY
Submitted by Descendants: Christina M., James M. Jr., Lisa L., Raylene M., and Stephanie M. WORLEY Jacob Worley was born about 1821 in Camden County, Georgia. He appears on the list of voters from the Cedar Creek area of Duval…
James A. BLANTON
Submitted by Descendant: Lynda Blanton WILSON James A. Blanton was probably born in Sampson County, North Carolina on 07 August 1813. He died 12 September 1894 in Taylor County, Florida. On 09 December 1835 he married Catharine McDonald.He was a…
James A. HALL
Submitted by Descendants: Heather Danielle, Paula Townsend, and Tara Lynn MARCZYNSKI James Alfred Hall was born in Georgia, but moved to Florida when he was a young boy. His family settled in Hamilton County, Florida and he lived there most…
James Ellis BLANTON
Submitted by Descendant: Lynda Blanton WILSON James Ellis Blanton was born on 09 October 1844. He died 28 September 1917 in Lee, Madison County, Florida. On 01 February 1866 he married Sarah Delilah Morgan. She was born on 02 February…
James Henry KNIGHT & Cynthia ROWELL
Amanda Cedelle KNIGHT & William Rogers DIXON Submitted by Descendants: Charles Nicolas, Gunner Julian, Myra Marie, Sharon Baker ADERMAN; Victoria Lynne A Sarah Ann HARRISON der Sarah Ann HARRISON man LANGSTON; Erin Taylor, Steven F., and Suellen Baker PAIT; Payton…
James M. BURNSED
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…
James TOMPKINS
Submitted by Descendant: Rollin “Ron” L. Peek James Tompkins and Nancy Ann Pearce were married on 29 July 1830 in Camden County, Georgia, James was born 16 November 1808 and was the third son of Donald and Frances King Tompkins,…
Jasper Newton WILSON
Submitted by Descendants: Aliah Anne FARLEY; Audrey Michel, Austin Ray, Ethan Kyle, Ira Henry, Keira Elizabeth, Kyle Edward, Michael Lee, Reece Everett, Susan A Routh, Thomas Cole, Thomas Harold, and Trace Michael JACKSON The eldest of five children, Jasper Newton…
Jesse WIGGANS
Submitted by Descendants: Halley Jr., Halley Bronson III, and Halley BRONSON IV Jesse Wiggans was born Tatnall County, Georgia and moved to Columbia County, Florida where he enlisted in Captain W. B. North’s Company of Florida Volunteers and served from…
Jobe Tison RICHARD
Submitted by Descendant: Jane Richarde BUCK Jobe Tison Richard was the son of John Charles Richard and Melinda Tison of Alachua County. His brother, John Charles Richard lived in Middleburg, FL with his wife, Mary Morgan. The following is a…
Joel TISON
Submitted by Descendants: Carl Edward, James Edward, and Lora L. KRAMER; and Kelly Kramer WEEKLEY Joel Tison was born 30 September 1790 in North Carolina and eventually moved to Effingham County, Georgia, where he married Dolly and had several children. …
Joel TISON
John TISON Mariah BUFORD Tison Submitted by Descendants: Catherine Powell, Harris Edmund, and Morgan Catherine KAIN; Virginia Sackhoff POWELL Joel Tison was born on 30 September 1790 in Effingham County, Georgia. About 1821 he married Dolly and they had eleven…
John (Jack) TOWNSEND
Submitted by Descendant: Paula Townsend MARCZYNSKI John (Jack) Townsend, son of John and Keziah Hays Townsend of South Carolina, moved to Lowndes County, Georgia in Dec 1825 along with his brothers Jesse, Allen, and David. Jack was commissioned 1st Lieut. of…
John Alexander SUTTON
Submitted by Descendants: George Frederick Jr., Louise Beckton, Rebecca Brown, and Robert Franklin SAUNDERS John Alexander Sutton was born 8 February 1818 in Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida to Shadrack Sutton and Susannah Whitehurst. The first record found of John Alexander…
John C. HOUSTON
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…
John Carroll HOUSTON; Sarah Ann HARRISON; Jane HARVEY; Louisa Ann HOUSTON; Charles W. JOHNSON
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…
John Christopher PILLANS
Submitted by Descendant: May Fair Murrell GOWDY John Christopher Pillans was born 18 February 1780 in Charleston, South Carolina. He lived in Charleston, married Elizabeth Palmer of that city in 1811 and was the owner of a cotton plantation on…
John CRAIG
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…
John Daniel WILLIAMS
Submitted by Descendants: John Albert and John Edward BURNETT John Daniel Williams was an early pioneer of Florida during the Territorial Period (1821-1845) of the State’s history. He was the son of William Williams and Sarah Harvey and was born…
John Daniel WILLIAMS
Submitted by Descendants: Vivian “Babe” Carter DAVIS; Jessica Harper HOOVER; Sylvia “Peggy” Carter MANN; and Paul Vaughn WYNN John Daniel Williams was born in Tattnall Co., Georgia in 1816. He came to Columbia Co. Florida, with his parents, William Williams…
John Francis WEBB
Submitted by Descendants: Daisy Webb, Jason Webb, and Madeline Mae KENNEDY John Francis Webb, son of John Webb and Elizabeth Lawson was born in 1804 in Liberty County, Georgia. By the time he was thirteen, John was an orphan and…
John HAGUE (HECK)
Submitted by Descendants: Byron Samuel CLEMONS for Holly Mae CLEMONS John Hague (Heck) was born in the Ebenezer Settlement in Effingham County, Georgia on 3 April 1767. He was married twice. His first wife was Agnes Poulidge (Pouledge) and they…
John Hill TOWNSEND
Submitted by Descendant: Paula Townsend MARCZYNSK As indicated by the 1895 photo of the family, John Hill Townsend was the true patriarch of this large, extended family. Although born in Lowndes County, Georgia on 18 Mar 1833, he moved to…
John James BRONSON
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL John James Bronson was born 3 February 1852 In Osceola County, the son of James Robert Bronson and first wife Sarah Yates. He married Eliza Lanier on 24 December 1874 in Orange, now…
John JOHNSON, a.k.a. Knud Sorensen Bie
Submitted by Descendant: Pamela Newton MOORE Knud Sorensen Bie was born 12 May 1815 in Grimstad, Norway. At an early age he knew that he would follow in his father, grandfather, and brother’s footsteps, one day becoming a captain of…
John Light TOWNSEND
Submitted by Descendants: Heather Danielle, Paula Townsend, and Tara Lynn MARCZYNSKI John Light Townsend was the son of Gilchrist County Pioneer, John Hill Townsend (certificate C757). He was born in 9 Sep 1856 in the Willeford District of Alachua County,…
John Martin GEIGER
Submitted by Descendant: Anne Hammond CONNELL John Martin Geiger, born 1798 in Bulloch County, Georgia, was raised in Wayne County, Georgia, where he married Emily Joyner in 1825. His parents were Felix Geiger, Sr., and Mary Martin. Paternal Grandfather Hans…
John MATHEWS
Submitted by Descendants: Alexander Kent, Jon Karl, Pamela Denise DOKE; Andy Neal, and Neil Doke DUKES; Mable Claire Doke ELLINGTON; Burnell Mitchell and Patricia Dianne McLean SCHUSTER John Mathews was born 5 May 1800 in Georgia. When he was about…
John MORRISON
Submitted by Descendant: Sara Parham JOHNSON John Morrison was born circa 1807 in North Carolina. He lived in Georgia, marrying Sibbiah Blair born 1801. While living in Georgia, they had 4 children and then moved to Marion County, Florida. There,…
John NELSON
Submitted by Descendant: Lynda Nelson BODELON John Nelson was born Jens Nissen 22 April 1812 in Haderslev, Denmark. According to family oral history, at the age of 12, he was sold by his father as a hired servant, soon after…
John PINNEY
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…
John R. CHESHIRE
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…
John RUSSELL
Submitted by Descendant: Joyce Louise Russell BEVEL John Russell was born in South Carolina at the time it was a possession of the British Crown. During the American Revolution. The South Carolinian Loyalist sought sanctuary in the Bahama Islands and…
John Warren BECKTON
Submitted by Descendants: Jeannette Louise Saunders FLYNN; George Frederick Jr., Louise Beckton, Rebecca Brown, and Robert Franklin SAUNDERS John Warren Beckton was born 2 January 1841 in Madison County, Florida, the son of Joseph Beckton and Jane English who were…
John Wesley VICKERY
Submitted by Descendants: John Edward Jr. and Trysha Lee KRASNOSKY; Camryn Nicole, Kathryn Danielle, and Tami Krasnosky SKIPPER John Wesley Vickery, son of Richard Vickery and Mary Lucinda Entrekin was born on 9 August 1838 in Escambia County, Florida. John…
John WHALTON (aka Walton)
Submitted by Descendant: John WHALTON John Whalton arrived in St Augustine in Spanish Florida around 1818. It is believed that he was born in New York into a family that had originally come from Ireland. By 1819, John had won…
John WHITEHURST
Submitted by Descendant: Erman Edward MURRAY John A. Whitehurst was born about 1815 in Georgia, he first settled in Hamilton County, Florid about 1835. He fought twice, in 1836 and 1840, with the Florida Militia during the Seminole wars. He…
Jonathan KNIGHT & Elizabeth TUCKER
Submitted by Descendants: Charles Nicolas, Gunner Julian, Myra Marie, Sharon Baker ADERMAN; Victoria Lynne A Sarah Ann HARRISON der Sarah Ann HARRISON man LANGSTON; Erin Taylor, Steven F., and Suellen Baker PAIT; Payton Lane and Tina Pait PELLITTERI Jonathan Knight…
Jonathan Knight ROBERTS
Submitted by Descendants: Amy Katherine, John Albert, and John Edward ROBERTS Jonathan Knight Roberts was born 15 November 1826 in Lowndes County, Georgia and was the son of Lewis and Mary (Knight) Roberts. He moved with his parents circa 1844-1845…
José Baltazar Victorino PAPI / PAPY
Submitted by Descendant: Latrell E. MICKLER José Baltazar Victorino Papy was born in St. Augustine, Spanish East Florida, 10 Mar 1801, the ninth and last child of Gaspar and Ana Pons Papy. He was later known as Joseph B. Papy…
José Gaspar Blas PAPY
Submitted by Descendant: Latrell E. MICKLER José Gaspar Blas Papy was the second eldest child and the first son born to José Baltazar Victorino Papi / Papy and Rafaela Ynes Maria Remualda Oliveros. He was born in St. Augustine, St.…
Joseph Alexander McINTOSH
Submitted by Descendants: Gregory N., Jon L. III, and Jon L. COURSON Jr. Joseph Alexander McIntosh was born in Nassau County, Florida and lived there his entire life. Deserted by his father, he was raised by his Grandfather, Joseph Alexander…
Joseph BONELLY
Submitted by Descendants: Marguerite Jule Pacetty BROWN; Frances Mordina Brown EVANS; David William, Marguerite Marree Evans, and Robert Thomas MATHEWS Joseph Bonelly, son of Tomas Bonelly & Maria Mariano, was born about 1757 in Livorno, a port city on the…
Joseph E. LAW
Submitted by Descendants: Andrew Jason, Jason Ryan, and Ryan Samuel LAW Joseph Elliott Law was born 15 February 1799 in Liberty County, Georgia, and was one of four children born to Thomas Elliott and Sarah Sallens Law. He received land…
Joseph Henry SEABROOK
Submitted by Descendant: Dorothy Seabrook Welch SMITH According to records in two family bibles, Joseph Henry Seabrook was born 7 November 1804 at “Point Tranquil” Wadmalaw Island, SC, the son of Joseph Smelie Seabrook and Harriet Reynolds. A small notebook…
Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM
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…
Josiah SECKINGER
Submitted by Descendant: Hilma Dickson ARDITO Josiah Seckinger was born on 26 Jan., 1809, in Effingham Co., GA. He came to Florida as a soldier to fight in the Indian Wars. He reenlisted numerous times, he’s found in the Muster…
Juan Bautista (John B.) Serapis FERREIRA
Submitted by Descendants: Brendan Jennings, Frank Joseph III, Marie Cecelia, and Mary Frances SANTRY Juan Bautista Serapis Ferreira was born in Spanish East Florida’s St. Augustine on November 13, 1813 to Francisco Lorenzo Ferreira and Josepha Fernanda Martha Estefonopoly. His…
Juan Bautista Serapio FERREIRA
Submitted by Descendants: Andre Eugene FERREIRA Juan Bautista Serapio Ferreira was born in St Augustine, East Florida 13 November 1813. It was at the beginning of Florida’s Second Spanish Period when his grandfather, Juan Bautista Ferreyra of Villa de Murcia,…
Juan Bautista Serapio FERREIRA
Submitted by Descendants: Joseph Foster, Thomas Randall, and Timothy Joseph BUTLER Juan Bautista Serapio Ferreira was born in St. Augustine on November 13, 1813. He was the grandson of Juan Bautista Ferreyra of Portugal who, with his wife Elizabeth Nixon…
Juan HERNANDEZ
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…
Kirsten Marie BRUN
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.…
Lucinda Matilda HUTCHINSON
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…
Manning Jiles WILLIAMS
Submitted by Descendants: Jetti Rae, Luke Quin, Rafael Quin, and Virginia Belle GODWIN; and Dena Elizabeth JOHNSTON Manning Jiles Williams possessed a true “pioneer” spirit. At the fledgling age of fourteen (born June 21, 1823), the young Georgian answered the…
Margaret Elizabeth “Eliza” DOLAN and Martin DOLAN
Submitted by Descendants: Calista Cameron, James Stephen, Jane Ferrell, Joseph Cameron, Madeleine Claire, and Thomas Benjamin BODIFORD; and Mildred Amelia FERRELL Martin Dolan was born in Ireland about 1823 but it is unknown when he immigrated to America. He was…
Margery HARRIS
Submitted by Descendant: Nicholas J. LINVILLE Margery Harris was born in Nassau County, Florida on 28 January 1845, and lived her entire life in Florida. She married James Madison Wilson on 6 January 1859 in Clay County, Florida. They had…
Maria Catalina “Mary” BONELLY
Submitted by Descendants: Marguerite Jule Pacetty BROWN; Frances Mordina Brown EVANS; David William, Marguerite Marree Evans, and Robert Thomas MATHEWS Maria Catalina Antonia “Mary” Bonelly was born 20 February 1784 in St. Augustine, Florida, daughter of Joseph Bonelly of Livorno,…
Maria MOLL
Submitted by Descendants: Marguerite Jule Pacetty BROWN; Frances Mordina Brown EVANS; David William, Marguerite Marree Evans, and Robert Thomas MATHEWS Maria Moll was born in Ciudadela, Minorca, and the second largest of the Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain. …
Mariah BUFORD
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…
Martha Ann P. SEVER
Submitted by Descendants: Thomas Pope BURNETTE; Ansley Elizabeth, David Thomas, Jordan Alana, Melissa Myers Burnette, and Mikayla Myers CORSON Martha Ann P. Sever is believed to be the daughter of William Sever and Priscilla Lewis who were in Madison County…
Martha TISON
Submitted by Descendant: Glenn F. ROUTH Martha B. Tison was born in Georgia on 21 April 1826. On 1 April 1841 she married Henry C. Wilson. This marriage took place in Alachua County, Territory of Florida. Between 1841 and 1853…
Mary BUSH
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,…
Mary Elizabeth COX
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…
Mary GODWIN
Submitted by Descendants: Julian W, Paula A., and Waldo W. DAVIS Mary Godwin was born on the 14 of November 1844 in Columbia County, Florida. She was the daughter of another pioneer, Solomon Godwin and wife Mariah Tyner. Soloman Godwin,…
Mary S. BRONSON
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL Mary was born 11 March 1848 in Hamilton County, Florida, the daughter of James Robert Bronson and first wife Sarah Yates. The family was listed in the 1850 Columbia County census. Mary married…
Mary Virginia MURRAY-HALL
Submitted by Descendant: Jackson Lee LANDERS Mary Virginia Murray-Hall was born 13 February 1823 in Duval County, Florida. She married John C. Houston in Pablo Beach, Duval County, Florida on 22 September 1836 where they remained until 1842. It was…
Matilda A. RENFROE
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…
Matthew H. TARATUS
Submitted by Descendant: Dennis F. TARATUS Matthew H. Taratus was born 1 September 1843 in Middleburg (then Duval, now Clay Co.) Florida. He was one of two sons of William Taratus and Hester Ridaught. During the Civil War he served…
Moses Andrew McCLELLAND
Submitted by Descendant: Cecil P. PEEL Jr. Moses Andrew “Lamb” McClelland was born circa 1821 in Telfair County, Georgia, the son of Silas McClelland and Penelope Anderson. The family relocated to Florida in the 1830’s and on 17 June 1837,…
Nancy F. SIKES
Submitted by Descendant: Paula Townsend MARCZYNSKI For too many years, women’s contributions to history have been overlooked or ignored as unimportant, even though they provided the foundation and background for all future generations. They endured many hardships as they cooked,…
Nancy GORNTO
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON Nancy Elizabeth Gornto was born abt. 1833 in Georgia. She was the daughter of David Gornto and Eliza Ann Gornto. It is unknown exactly when she migrated to Florida with her parents but it…
Neill I McKINNON
Submitted by Descendant: Steven Charles WALLACE Neill I. McKinnon was born 21 March 1830 in Red Bay, Walton County, Florida to Lauchlin Love McKinnon and Belle Anne McIver, who had come to the Walton County area from Richmond County, North…
Nicholas GRUBB
Submitted by Descendant: William Thomas TUTTLE Nicholas Grubb was newly married at age 29 when he and his wife, Elizabeth K. Nathans settled in Florida in late 1829 or early 1830. Nicholas quickly became interested in politics. His name can…
Nicholás PONCE de LÉON
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…
Nicolas ROBINSON
Submitted by Descendant: Don W. ALLEN Nicolas Robinson was born circa 1792 in South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Slade on 22 October 1820 in Tattnall County, Georgia. Nicholas and Elizabeth had at least thirteen children and it appears the first…
Oscar Zachariah JONES
Submitted by Descendants: Jeffords Donalson Jr., Laura Ruth Jones, and Mary Hannah MILLER Oscar Zachariah Jones was born April 4, 1894 in the small settlement of McCrabb. At the time this area near Oldtown was considered Lafayette County, but would…
Patrick Augustus McGRIFF
Submitted by Descendants: Jason Lewis, Keri Lee, and Lee McCormick CORNMAN; Carolyn Marie, Jean McCormick, Kevin Conner, and Susan Leslie IMES; Brian James, Dean Griffin, Ethel Griffin, and Scott Wallace MCCORMICK; William Henry WILLIAMS, Jr. Patrick Augustus McGriff, also known…
Peter Antonio GANDOLFO
Submitted by Descendants: The LUJAN / PAPY / TOPPINO Families Peter Antonio Gandolfo was born 3 April 1802 in Italy. He arrived in Key West, Florida in 1829 traveling from the Kingdom of Sardinia which controlled his part of Italy. …
Peter Antonio GANDOLFO
Submitted by Descendant: Charles Williard LORD Peter Antonio Gandolfo was born 3 April 1802, in Genoa, Italy, and arrived in Key West, Florida in 1829, where he declared his intention to become a United States citizen. The oral history of…
Peter Dolphus OUTLAW & Margaret BOLTON
Maggie OUTLAW & Ira W BASS Submitted by Descendants: Amanda Mae, Brianna Lyndsay, Justin Andrew, Kevin Matthew, Lacie Victoria, Margaret Ann ROYAL, and Robert Jason FRYE; Susan ROYAL Jones; Cheryl Lynn, Daniel Lee, Lindsay Clyde Jr., and Robert Lindsay ROYAL;…
Priscilla IVEY
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…
Quinn “Time” BASS
Submitted by Descendants: Garrett Armstrong, Heath William, Stuart Armstrong, and Whitney Susan BAILEY Time was born in 1871, he was a second generation Floridian. His family was in the cattle business. He became a stock trader and had moved to…
Rafaela Ynes Maria Romaulda OLIVEROS
Submitted by Descendant: Latrell E. MICKLER Born 7 Feb 1803 in St. Augustine, Spanish East Florida, Rafaela Ynes Maria Romaulda Oliveros was the daughter of Sebastian Oliveros (born in Bonafacia, Corsica, France) and Catalina Antonia Alzina/Usina (born in St. Augustine,…
Robert GORMAN, William Gorman and Elizabeth CARNEY
Submitted by Descendants: Katherine Grace and Nancy K. EVANS; Josephine Searle KING William Gorman was born in Camden, County, Georgia, about 1790 and purchased land in the Waukeenah vicinity of Jefferson County, Florida, in 1826. A Leon County, Florida, marriage…
Robert SANDLIN
Submitted by Descendants: Dr. Richard Daniel CASON and Caroline Hollis Cason PRANGE Robert Sandlin, the son of John Sanderlin, was born in North Carolina on 3 April 1790. (Robert and his son Jessee changed the last name from Sanderlin to…
Robert SANDLIN
Submitted by Descendant: Tally Sanborn BROWN Robert Sandlin was born 3 April 1790 in Duplin County, North Carolina. He was the son of John and Catherine Sandlin. He served in the War of 1812, and about 1822 was living in…
Robert YOUNGBLOOD
Submitted by Descendant: Nancy Lee Eaton SHIVER Robert Youngblood is listed on 1820 U.S. Federal census in Nassau County, Florida. His parents are unknown. He is listed on census as being born in Georgia. In 1829 he married Mary A.…
Roque Pelligrino LEONARDY
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie SAY Roque Leonardy was born 9 October 1741 in Italy. Roque was baptized as Rocco Peligrino Leonardy. Sometime after his arrival in the “New World” his name was Anglicized to Roque. During 1768 he set…
Rosa Myra Monteil BASS
Submitted by Descendants: Anna Rae, Mary Hannah Miller, and Emma Jean Woodall RIGSBY Rosa Myra Monteil Bass was born in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia on November 30, 1881 to parents Needham Franklin Bass and Emma Ada Tatum. When Rosa was…
Samuel PARKHILL
Submitted by Descendant: Harriet Holmes RAFFO Samuel Parkhill was born in Londonderry, Ireland. He came to America when he was a very young man. He settled in Virginia and lived with his brother John Parkhill. Samuel received an education in…
Samuel R. McCLELLAN
Submitted by Descendants: Elizabeth Louise McClellan SKILLMAN and Linda Colleen SKILLMAN-MITCHELL Only sixteen when his father died, Samuel McClellan clearly inherited his father’s work ethic as well as his religious beliefs. Moving in with his eldest sister, Margaret Stephens, Samuel…
Sarah C. SULLIVAN
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson Neel Sarah was born 18 October 1881 in Osceola County, the daughter of James Mitchell Sullivan and Elizabeth Padgett. Her grandparents were Henry Morgan Sullivan and Rebecca Durrance who were married 31 December 1846…
Sarah Elizabeth GRUBB
Submitted by Descendant: William Thomas TUTTLE Sarah Elizabeth Grubb, the fourth child of Nicholas Grubb and Elizabeth K. Nathans, was born in Quincy, Florida on 13 Sep 1837. Sarah remained in Florida for more than thirty years. At the age…
Sarah SPEIGHT
Submitted by Descendants: Jason Lewis, Keri Lee, and Lee McCormick CORNMAN; Carolyn Marie, Jean McCormick, Kevin Conner, and Susan Leslie IMES; Brian James, Dean Griffin, Ethel Griffin, and Scott Wallace MCCORMICK; William Henry WILLIAMS, Jr. Sarah Speight was born in…
Seaborn DOBSON
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…
Sidney Ann BROWNLOW
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…
Simeon Lyte TOWNSEND
Submitted by Descendants: Heather Danielle, Paula Townsend, and Tara Lynn MARCZYNSKI Simeon Lyte Townsend was born a simple country boy, but through his love of reading and learning, he became a well-educated and respected man. He was soft spoken, an…
Smith STRINGER
Submitted by Descendants: Heather Danielle, Paula Townsend, and Tara Lynn MARCZYNSKI Smith Stringer was the oldest son from the first marriage of Daniel Stringer (who owned an extensive amount of land in Thomas County, Georgia adjacent to Leon County, Florida,…
Sumter LAND
Thomas Jefferson Land Submitted by Descendants: Charles Edward and Scarlett Estella SCOTT Sumter Land may have been born in South Carolina, but Florida was his home for many years. He is shown as a signer on an 1831 petition to…
Thaddeus Lafayette BAKER
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…
Theodore SHEMETYLLO
Submitted by Descendants: Gregory N., Jon L., and John L. COURSON III Theodore Shemetyllo was born in Minsk, Poland, on 27 September 1814. Little is known of his childhood except that he was born of nobility and well educated. This…
Thomas (Tomas) PAXETI
Submitted by Descendants: Marguerite Jule Pacetty BROWN; Frances Mordina Brown EVANS; David William, Marguerite Marreé Evans, and Robert Thomas MATHEWS Thomas Paxeti was born at New Smyrna, los Mosquitos, San Pedro Parish (Volusia County) Florida on 10 February 1776 –…
Thomas Jefferson BRONSON
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Bronson was the youngest child of William Jasper Bronson and Easter Lucinda Waters Bronson. He was born abt. March 18, 1895 in Alachua Co., FL at this home near Trenton and…
Thomas Joseph ADAMS
Submitted by Descendants: William Gilbert ADAMS, Jr. & Ellie Ann ADAMS Thomas Joseph Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Mary Elizabeth Roberts, and was the grandson of Jacob Adams and Wyannie Malone, loyalists from South Carolina, that fled…
Thomas WALKER
Submitted by Descendants: Amy Katherine, John Albert, and John Edward WALKER Thomas Walker was born circa 1796 in Colleton County, South Carolina. His parents are not known at present, but he is thought to have been a descendant of Isham…
Tobitha HALL
Submitted by Descendants: Carl Edward, James Edward, Lora L. KRAMER, and Kelly Kramer WEEKLEY Tobitha Hall was born about 1808 in North Carolina and eventually settled in Hamilton County, Florida, where she remained until her death between 1860 and1870. She…
Tomas Sebastian ANDREU
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…
Tomas Sebastian ANDREU
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…
Tristram BOSTICK, Jr.
Submitted by Descendants: Barnelia Woodward KRANZ, Charlotte Woodward STRUTH, Laura Woodward WADDELL, and Mary Elizabeth Bostick WOODWARD Tristram Bostick, Jr. was born in Darlington District, S.C. He was the eldest son of Tristram and Nancy Thomas Bostick. He married Ann…
Venancia ANDREU
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…
Vicente Andres LEONARDY
Submitted by Descendant: Jeannette Marie SAY Born in St Augustine 21 January 1823, Vicente was of Italian and Menorcan heritage and second generation Floridian. He was the third son and eighth child born to Bartolome Leonardy and Antonia Paula Bonelli. …
William Augustus PITCHER
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…
William BELLAMY
Submitted by Descendant: Harriet Holmes RAFFO William Bellamy was born in South Carolina in 1802 and settled in the Jacksonville (Cowford)-St. Augustine area with his parents. After a couple of years his father and mother along with the children moved…
William CAWTHON
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…
William Charles HAWKINS
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…
William Craig WALLACE
Submitted by Descendants: Steven Charles and Waldo William WALLACE Jr. William Craig Wallace was born July 9 1848 at Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee and was educated in schools of that state, graduating from King College in Bristol TN and later…
William Elias WESTER
Submitted by Descendant: Deanna D. RAMSEY William “Elias” Wester was the sixth child of William Elias Wester and Susanna Page. After his father’s death in 1808, Elias was raised in Tattnall County, Georgia near the Altamaha River by his older…
William GAINER
Jane L. WATTS Submitted by Descendant: Ellen Lavara Gainer WRIGHT William Gainer and Jane L. Watts, who hailed from Georgia, were married 21 January 1813. During the campaign of 1818, William came into the Territory of Florida with Andrew Jackson,…
William Hampton DOWLING
Submitted by Descendant: Laura Kathryn HERZOG William Hampton Dowling was born 26 May 1811 in Jeffreys Creek, Darlington District, South Carolina. He was the son of William Hampton Dowling, SR. and Sarah Elizabeth Watson. Sometime after 1820, his parents relocated…
William HAWKINS
Submitted by Descendants: Corey James, Heather Ann, Jason Michael, and Mary Ann Sullivan MAMMEN William Hawkins’ actual birth date is unknown, but the 1850 Leon Co. census record states that he was 50 years old. He migrated to the Territory…
William Henry WILLINGHAM
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…
William Henry WILLLINGHAM
Anna E. “Annie” HILLIARD Submitted by Descendants: Holly Hill, Riley Davis, and Taylor Hill HAYNES; Caroline Grace, Jonathan Bennett, Michael Robert, Robert Lewis, and Robert Lewis HILL Jr. Although the exact date and location of William Henry Willingham’s birth remains…
William Henry YATES
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL William Henry Yates was born circa 1851 in, Orange, now Osceola County, the son of pioneers James Yates, Jr. and Mary Polly Lamb, and grandson of pioneers James Yates, Sr. and Agnes Rowland.…
William Isaac “Ike” BRONSON
Submitted by Descendant: Anisca “Nickey” Bronson NEEL “Ike”, also known as “Handlebar Ike” due to his mustache, was born 16 January 1876 in Osceola County. He was the son of John James Bronson and Eliza Lanier, maternal grandson of pioneers…
William J. POWELL
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…
William Jasper BRONSON
Submitted by Descendant: Thomas Edward BRONSON William Jasper Bronson was born abt. 4 July 1854 in Alachua County, Florida. He married Easter Lucinda Waters on 7 February 1878 In Bronson, Levy County, Florida. William Jasper was a farmer all of…
William Kell PREVATT
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…
William LaMEE
Submitted by Descendant: Maurice “Pat” LaMEE Born in Brest, France, on 8 May 1812, William Lamee went to sea at the age of twelve and arrived on Florida’s east coast in 1835. He settled in the Mayport area where he…
William Lee BLANTON Sr.
Submitted by Descendant: Marabeth BLANTON William Lee Blanton Sr. was born 1 May 1892 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida where he lived with his mother and sisters and brother. His father, Luther Lloyd Blanton, died just a few weeks before…
William McGRIFF
Submitted by Descendants: Jason Lewis, Keri Lee, and Lee McCormick CORNMAN; Carolyn Marie, Jean McCormick, Kevin Conner, and Susan Leslie IMES; Brian James, Dean Griffin, Ethel Griffin, and Scott Wallace MCCORMICK; William Henry WILLIAMS, Jr. William McGriff was born in…
William Palmer PILLANS
Submitted by Descendant: May Fair GOWDY William Palmer Pillans was born 25 March 1823 in Charleston, South Carolina. He came to Madison County, Florida with his Father, John Christopher Pillans, in the mid-1830s. William Palmer married Mary Angelina Perry in…
William ROWELL and Sarah DIXON
Submitted by Descendant: Gloria KEMP William Rowell was born in South Carolina about 1791. William married Sarah Dixon in Monroe County, Georgia on 18 September 1826. He signed as a petitioner (Wm Rowell) on the “Petition to Acting Governor Westcott…
William SAUNDERS
Submitted by Descendants: George Sr., George Frederick Jr., Rebecca Brown, and Robert Franklin SAUNDERS William Saunders was born in Florida October 1848, the son of Alexander Saunders and Margaret Hutchison, who were both born in the Bahama Islands. William Saunders…
William W. BARBER
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. …
William WEST
Submitted by Descendant: Elizabeth STRONG William West was born in Barsham, England, about 1798, traveled by ship to the United States in 1819 and after residing in New York and South Carolina, arrived in Jefferson County about 12 February 1830. …
William Willis NETTLES
Submitted by Descendant: Martin Dewayne NETTLES Willis Nettles was a private in the 6th Regiment Florida Militant Seminole War 1835-36. He was born about 1810 in Georgia. In 1832 he married Nancy Ann Lanier, daughter of Hardy Lanier. They had two…
William WORLEY
Submitted by Descendants: Christina M., James M. Jr., Lisa L., Raylene M., and Stephanie M. WORLEY William S. Worley was born to Jacob and Mary in February of 1856. In 1880 William was listed on the Manatee County census as…
Z. A. “Zara” DAVIS
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,…
Zilphia HICKS
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…