Several years ago Jim Webb was kind enough to look up a reference of the
death of my GrGrGrandfather Elihu Atwater who died October 17, 1828. He was an
attorney and was trying a case in Tallahassee and died(?) in his buggy on his
way home to Quincy. This is family tradition and possibly he had a stroke, or
was thrown from his buggy while on his way home and possibly died as a result
of that. Surely that would have made news in a newspaper in north Florida but
Jim did not find a reference in the pap
If anyone wants photos of tobacco barns, I took some this weekend of barns I worked in as a child and teenager in Concord "Coonbottom". I am sending them to Loretta, but will be glad to share with anyone--just contact me directly.
Angela Cassidy
Tallahassee
angela_b_cassidy@yahoo.com
Aaesmawmaw@aol.com wrote:
Brian,
did you live on the same road that Burt Farm was on, it was a Tobacca Farm,
I used to work in the Tobacca Barns back about 1962, George Hubert Jones was
my brother-in-law, did you eve
Jane,
Our historical society has not started on any cemetery projects. I'm more or less taking that on myself, with the help of my aunt, Donna Warlick. It's a weekend project for us, when it's not too hot and not too cold. We have taken photographs of all of the tombstones in these cemeteries:
Concord, Florida (eastern Gadsden County)
1) Vickers Cemetery
2) Concord Cemetery
3) Thompson-Burns Cemetery
Quincy, Florida (west side near Gretna)
1) Edwards Cemetery off of S.R. 65
2) Si
I will be visiting Quincy the week of March 21, and would like to hire
someone familiar with the court house to show me around. I plan to research
my family..Paul James Neeley and Mary Frances Wilkinson-Neeley (1916-1930
approx). and I will be coming across country to do so. I was advised to
hire someone to help save time. They are buried in the East side cemetery,
which I visited in 1992. I did notice that on the cemetery listing online
that baby Patrick is not named buried with them, but he is, and pe
Would anyone know of a list of the people buried in Old
Philidelphia Church, Quincy?
jane
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Subject: [FLGADSDE] Re: FLGADSDE-D Digest V06 #4
> Several years ago Jim Webb was kind enough to look up a reference of the
> death of my GrGrGrandfather Elihu Atwater who died October 17, 1828. He
> was an
> attorney and was trying a case in Tallahassee and died(?) in his buggy on
> hi
Thanks -- I will remember that.
jane
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Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [FLGADSDE] newspapers
>
> In a message dated 2/12/2006 10:29:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> sarahmck@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> I thank you but I would be looking for Daniel and Marget McKenzie's
> death/burial or anything about them. I do not have specific dates to look
> up
> but I would need to go thur many papers. I might h
There are certainly newspapers available from the period before Statehood -
I have worked my way through a number of Tallahassee papers from the 1820s.
The Florida State Library has microfilms from some early newspapers - and I
did see some from Quincy, but I think that they were from dates after the
period that you are looking for.
Depending on what you are looking for, you might want to look at the
Tallahassee newspapers from the period. They tended to have news and notices
from the surrounding countie
Brian,
did you live on the same road that Burt Farm was on, it was a Tobacca Farm,
I used to work in the Tobacca Barns back about 1962, George Hubert Jones was
my brother-in-law, did you ever know them?
Sorry I dont' know anything about your family, I was just checking about the
farms back then, I rode by there about 3 years ago and it had all changed, I
couldn't even point out where the Tobacca Barns stood. I would love to have
some pictures of the Tobacca Farms and the Barns back then to put in my
I will try to contact someone who will attend the May homecoming though --
that might be a way of finding out if someone has a lists.
jane
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Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:30 AM
Subject: [FLGADSDE] Re: FLGADSDE-D Digest V06 #7
> RE: Old Philadelphia Presbyterian Church Cemetery:
> As I understand it the First Presbyterian Church in Quincy was started
> with
> members from the Old Philidelphia as their Charter mem
Sheila and other readers:
In reference to your earlier e-mail: The University of Florida has not done anything about indexing the hundreds of historic newspapers in the Florida Newspaper Collection and does not have a name or subject index to the contents of the papers in the collection. However, sometimes local individuals or groups (such as historical or
genealogical societies) may have published articles, or series of articles, from the local newspapers. Gadsden County does not have a society, .....
The following 18 Gadsden County, Florida Newspapers are on microfilm and
"Indexed" in the University of Florida's Library System.
The Chattahoochee Bullentin, The Chattahoochee Tribune, River Junction
Tribune, The Gadsden County Herald, Gadsden County Times, The Gadsden
Democrat, The Quincy Commonwealth, The Quincy, Florida Herald, Quincy Herald
(Quincy, Fla.), Quincy Journal (Quincy, Fla.), The Quincy New Era, The Quincy
Republic, Quincy Semi-Weekly Dispatch, The Quincy Sentinel, Quincy Ti
I visited one of the UF libraries this morning and here is what I learned:
The Univ. of Florida participates in inter-library loans, and the person
who I spoke with thought that included the microfilm of old newspapers, so
you can have your local library make a request for a particular roll of
microfilm and view it for a period of time at your local library.
On the subject of indexing, I am not a Library Science person so my
terminology for libraries was off a bit. All old newspapers are "
The University of Florida has not done anything about indexing the hundreds
of historic newspapers in the Florida Newspaper Collection and does not have
a name or subject index to the contents of the papers in the collection.
However, sometimes local individuals or groups (such as historical or
genealogical societies) may have published articles, or series of articles,
from the local newspapers. Gadsden County does not have a society, and no
one individual has done any indexing of the newspapers so f
I have a Sarah Jane Butler who married a Herring and then my Alexander
McKenzie. Does any of that sound like you've heard it before?
jane
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Subject: RE: [FLGADSDE] newspapers
> All that I can say is maybe. My great grandfather had a brother, Henry
> Butler who, at various times, lived in Jackson, Calhoun, and Gadsden
> Counties - and in Bainbridge, GA, for a while. I have
Do any of you have any ties to the BLOUNT family in Gadsden county? There
are a lot of them who still live there, but we have just about given up
finding out who the parents were of Charles Blount, b. 1814 in Beaufort, SC,
moving to Gadsden County around 1820. Would appreciate ANY help you might be
able to give me. Thanks!
The UF libraries will not be closed Monday, Feb 20, for Presidents' Day.
Cheers,
Mary
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> Don't forget Monday is a holiday, they might be closed at the Library.
>
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In a message dated 2/17/2006 8:04:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jackvbutler@comcast.net writes:
I don't mean to keep beating this horse, but I want to make sure that we all
understand what you mean by "Indexed".
I am assuming that you mean that the University has an index for the
newspapers that tells you which roll of microfilm contains which papers
Sorry, my explanation wasn't better. The index lists the name of the
newspaper with the information about the microfilm role and dates. Here
I have been there and so has my cousin who is a minister. We were there at
differnt times but we both spoke to the minister of the home church and
neither of us were able to get a list of who is buried there. I was told
about the old care taker who lived next to the church but I didn't find him
home and calling -- the phone was never answered. I lost the phone number
and so know nothing more.
jane
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Are you able to contact the church to see it there are people in the church
who know of people buried there that have no stones? I have been concerned
that at Old Philidelphia Church in Quincy the graves with stones instead of
markers have no name, wooden crosses have no names, etc. I was told when I
was there visiting that there was a man who lived next to Old Philidelphia
Church who had always taken care of it. I wonder if he knows who is buried
there in unmarked graves. I jsut hate the thought that
I lost the way you change your wemail address--- Sorry.
Also how to post a request.
Thank you Jean Wigggins
jean70461@yahoo.com
---- Sarah Jane McKenzie wrote:
> You don't have any McKenzie connections, do you?
> jane
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [FLGADSDE] Univ. of Florida Newspaper Index
>
>
> > Hello all......I must get to Gainesville some day to sea
Hi,
I don't know, The Quincy paper is called "The Gadsden County Times." I would like to know if they have a old copies also. If you find out please let me know. Thanks.
Jean, from Slidell, LA born and raised in Quincy.
---- Sarah Jane McKenzie wrote:
> Did Gadsden have a newspaper from 1805 till 1868? Was it actively printing during those years?
> jane
>
>
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WEST GADSDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. -- Gadsden County does have an active
historical society with over 100 members. The West Gadsden Historical
Society, Inc. (WGHS) was organized in June 2004 for the purpose of
preserving the history of the western portion of Gadsden County and
interpreting its history to the public. Western Gadsden County, with its
border on the Apalachicola River, and many small towns and communities, such
as Chattahoochee, Hardaway, Juniper, Sycamore, Greensboro, Sawdust, Mt.
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