Franklin County FL

The Seminole War of 1816 and 1817 – Indian Wars

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After the close of the war with Great Britain, in 1815, when the British forces were withdrawn from the Florida’s, Edward Nicholls, formerly a colonel, and James Woodbine, a captain in the British service, who had both been engaged in exciting the Indians and Blacks to hostility, remained in the territory for the purpose of forming combinations against the southwestern frontier of the United States. Nicholls even went so far as to assume the character of a British agent, promising the Creeks the assistance of the British forces if they would rise and assert their claim to the land which … Read more

Franklin County Florida Cemetery Records

Florida Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Florida county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Franklin County Cemetery Records Hosted at Franklin Florida USGenWeb Brown-Smith Cemetery Carabelle CemeteryRoberts / Crum Cemetery Sumatra Cemetery Thompson Cemetery Magnolia Cemetery, Confederate Veterans Chestnut Street Cemetery, Confederate Veterans Franklin County Cemetery Records Hosted at Franklin County, Florida USGenWeb Archives Brown & Smith Cemetery Carrabelle Cemetery Confederate Veterans Interred at Chestnut Street Cemetery Confederate Veterans Interred at Magnolia Cemetery Roberts/Crum Cemetery … Read more

Creek Burial Customs

The Creeks had burial customs resembling those of the Chickasaw, and, in some instances, deposited the remains of their dead beneath the floors of their habitations. To quote from Bartram: ” The Muscogulges bury their deceased in the earth. They dig a four-square deep pit under the cabin or couch which the deceased lay on, in his house, lining the grave with Cypress bark, where they place the corpse in a sitting posture, as if it were alive; depositing with him his gun, tomahawk, pipe, and such other matters as he had the greatest value for in his life time.” … Read more