Last Updated on March 29, 2023 by Dennis 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. Hillsborough County Cemetery Records Hosted at […]
Last Updated on June 17, 2012 by Interviewer: Rachel A. Austin Person Interviewed: Luke Towns Location: Jacksonville, Florida Age: 100+(?) A Centenarian Luke Towns, a centenarian, now residing at 1335 West Eighth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, was the ninth child born to Maria and Like Towns, slaves, December 34, 1835, in a village in Tolberton County,
Last Updated on June 13, 2012 by Interviewer: Jules A. Frost Person Interviewed: Josephine Anderson Location: Tampa, Florida “I kaint tell nothin bout slavery times cept what I heared folks talk about. I was too young to remember much but I recleck seein my granma milk de cows an do de washin. Granpa was old,
Last Updated on November 21, 2020 by Dennis The second Seminole war against the Indians and runaway Blacks in Florida commenced in 1835. A treaty had been concluded with the Seminole warriors, by which they agreed to remove beyond the Mississippi. A party of the Indians had proceeded to the territory appointed for their reception,
Last Updated on December 25, 2012 by Charles Carrol Todd8, (Samuel B.7, Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 29, 1857, died Jan. 10, 1902, married Dec. 25, 1889, at Plant City, Fla. Children: 2099. Flossie Delle, b. June 2, 1891. 2100. Marie Lou, b. Nov. 25, 1894. 2101. Frederick E., b. Feb. 12,
Last Updated on January 8, 2013 by Samuel Bryan Todd7, (Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 2, 1814, in Enosburg, Vt., died May 30, 1870, in Cat Creek, Ga., married Martha Knight, who died in 1916, at their home in Ga. They lived for a number of years in Tampa, Florida, where their
Last Updated on August 31, 2012 by Interviewer: W. W. Dixon Person Interviewed: Alexander Robertson Location: White Oak, South Carolina Age: 84 Ex-Slave 84 Years Old Alexander Robertson lives as a member of the household of his son, Charley, on the General Bratton plantation, four miles southeast of White Oak, S.C. It is a box-like
Last Updated on December 31, 2012 by Edward Livingston Todd8, (Samuel B.7, Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Sept. 16, 1866, was twice married, first, Jan. 1, 1890, Emma Hall, who died Oct. 4, 1898, second, Nov. 18, 1899, Minnie Ola Chastaine. Mr. Todd lived in Georgia, where he farmed until Dec., 1894, when
Last Updated on June 20, 2012 by Interviewer: Jules A. Frost Person Interviewed: Mama Duck Location: Tampa, Florida Age: 109 “Who is the oldest person, white or colored, that you know of in Tampa?” “See Mama Duck,” the grinning Negro elevator boy told me. “She bout a hunnert years old.” So down into the “scrub”
Last Updated on June 17, 2012 by Interviewer: J. M. Johnson Person Interviewed: Mack Mullen Location: Jacksonville, Florida Age: 79 Mack Mullen, a former slave who now lives at 521 W. First Street, Jacksonville, Florida, was born in Americus, Georgia in 1857, eight years before Emancipation, on a plantation which covered an area of approximately
Last Updated on October 13, 2013 by Dennis Mocogo Indians, or Mucogo Indians. Meaning unknown. Connections. They belonged with little doubt to the Timucuan division of the Muskhogean linguistic stock. Location. About the head of Hillsboro Bay. Villages. None are mentioned under any other than the tribal name. History. The chief of this tribe gave
Last Updated on December 21, 2012 by MILLER, Lola Blanche Todd8, (Samuel B.7, Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 19, 1868, died July 23, 1906, married March 10, 1892, John D. Miller, who died Nov. 25, 1906. She married second, May 24, 1898, Frank M. Branch, at Plant City, Fla., where she lived
Last Updated on June 1, 2011 by Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Huela Van McKenzie, 79, of Baker City, died Dec. 27, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. A memorial service will be scheduled later. Huela was born on Feb. 11, 1926, at Plant City, Fla., to Hulon and Gladys Hamilton Van. After graduating
Last Updated on June 20, 2012 by Interviewer: Jules A. Frost Person Interviewed: Dave Taylor Location: Tampa, Florida A Marine In Ebony From a Virginia plantation to Florida, through perils of Indian war-fare; shanghaied on a Government vessel and carried ’round the world; shipwrecked and dropped into the lap of romance – these are only
