When was the Territory of FL established? When was FLORIDA made a state? What counties were first? thanks, pat kendrick_@webtv.com

I am so embarrassed. I did not mean to forward the previous joke to this list. Please accept my apologies.

A woman meets a gorgeous man in a bar. They talk, they connect, they end up leaving together. They get back to his place, and as he shows her around his apartment, she notices that his bedroom is completely packed with sweet cuddly teddy bears. Hundreds of cute small bears on a shelf all the way along the floor, cuddly medium-sized ones on a shelf a little higher, and huge enormous bears on the top shelf along the wall. The woman is kind of surprised that this guy would have a collection of teddy bears, especially one that's so extensive, but she decides not to mention this to him, and is quite impressed by his sensitive side. She turns to him ... they kiss ... and then they rip each other's clothes off and make hot steamy love. After an intense night of passion with this sensitive guy, they are lying there together in the afterglow, the woman rolls over and asks, smiling,"Well, how was it?" > > > > > > > Keep scrolling, > > > > Leave 'em laughing > > > > > > > The man says, "You can choose any prize you like from the bottom shelf." >>

Thanks, regards, pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crawford, Sparks, Thoman, Crandlemire, Williams Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/672 Message Board Post: Donald Richard "Don" Crawford, 62, went to be with his Lord Saturday, March 23, 1991 in a local hospital. He was a medical technologist with Smith Kline Reference Laboratory and the Sam Houston Hospital Laboratory. He was born May 13, 1927 in High Springs, Florida to Felix and Esther Sparks Crawford. During WWII he served his country in the Navy. On August 26, 1949 he married his beloved wife, Ruth M. Thoman, in Hays, Kansas. Mr. Crawford was a member of the Spring Branch Church of the Nazarene, serving as Head of the Ushers and on the Church Board. Don is survived by his loving wife of 41 years Ruth M. Crawford, Houston; his daughter Radonna Crandlemire, her husband C. Pitt, Brookline, Mass; his sons, Michael D. Crawford and his wife Cindy of Houston; Gregory A. Crawford and his wife Diana of Houston; two grandchildren, Shawn and Danielle. Sisters; Diane Williams of Jacksonville, Fla; Frances Crawford of Birmingham, Ala; and brothers Lamar and Robert Crawford, both o! f Dallas, Texas. Family visitation will be Monday evening from 6pm to 8pm in the Waltrip Funeral Home, 1415 Campbell Road. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 26, 1991 in the Spring Branch Church of the Nazarene, 1001 Campbell Road at 2pm. The Dr. Bill Coulter will officiate. Interment will follow in the Memorial Oaks Cemetery. -- from the Houston Chronicle, March 25, 1991.

I am looking for info on "The Bar of East Florida", a group of attorneys for the early time era of Florida. Does anyone know anything about this group? Or a list of names? thanks, Pat Kendrick_@webtv.com

Pat: I know of a community called Forrest Grove in Alachua County, FL, but don't know if it is the same one you are looking for. This community is basically a little church that is approximately 120 yrs old and a cemetery. The cemetery land was donated by a man by the name of S. L. Blanton. I got this information from Mr. Blanton's great grandson, whose family is buried in that cemetery. Forrest Grove church and cemetery are located sort of in a triangle area between City of Newberry, FL, the City of Alachua, FL, and the town of High Springs, FL. If this is the same community you are looking for, let me know if you have further questions & I will see what I can find out. Connie, Gainesville, FL

I am looking for info on the community of Forrest Grove around 1820 to present. Any help would be great. thanks, pat

New Book online (Well most of it. I have 350 out of 429 pages online). Chancery Order Book A contains some divorces, probate cases, mortgage foreclosures and more. The very beginning of the book is a listing of the sale of the Arredondo Grant. The entries beyond that begin on page 70 and are dated 1852. This is a bound book and these are photographs. Some of the pages had really bad bleed through from the writing on the back of the page. I did the best that I could with each page. http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/Archive/AncientJ/FrontPage.cfm?BID=281 There is no index, but I almost have this book set up to index and transcribe. I neglected to make sure that the forms would pull up the images. They don't. I'll have to fix that Monday morning. And we now have deed books online up through Deed Book 33. This brings us up to April of 1891. The Grantor portion of Deed Index Books 1-2, 3 and 4 are online. I have them set up to be included in our database using Step 1 of our new Deed Index Project. I believe that these 3 index books cover deed books A through 38. Remember, the real power of our website is that you can make it better. Every little bit helps. http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/Archive/CFDocs/VolunHelp.cfm Thanks, Jim Jim Powell Jr Ancient Records Coordinator & Webmaster Alachua County Clerk of the Court Http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/archive/default.cfm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.2.2.1 Message Board Post: YES, MY HUSBAND IS RELATED TO THEM, DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW YET, MY HUSBANDS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JAMES ALEXANDER SUGGS, THEY ALSO HAVE TIES WITH THE BOULWARES AND THE LUMPKINS, WHO ARE BURIED IN MELROSE, FLA. WE LIVE A FEW MILES FROM THERE. I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU LATER, MAYBY WE CAN TIE SOME OF THIS TOGETHER.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Oops!!! In my previous message I said that Zeke III married Caroline Fennel......wrong!! Zeke married Martha Beck, sorry Thats what happens when I don't pull out notes! Dana

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.2.2 Message Board Post: Connie, Maybe related??? Do you know his line? Mine was in Alachua Co.beginning around 1823. I believed they settled around Newnansville. They left the area in 1840-41 to come to Texas and has been here ever since! Dana

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.3.1 Message Board Post: Monalisa, Thanks for the info but I don't believe that is my Ezekiel! There are 3 Ezekiels in my line that I am researching. Ezekiel I,II,& III. We call them ' Zeke " for short!! Zeke III is the one you mentioned, being a brother to Kitsna. There was another brother, William, and a half brother Isaac. This Zeke married Catherine Fennel and lived happily ever after there around Alachua and Putnam Co. He is buried in Putnam Co along with his wife and brother William. Zeke II was his father and also brother to my GGGrandfather, John A. Suggs. According to census he was born in S. Carolina. Evidently married there to Lydia ??? and had their first child there..being Kitsna in 1830. He was in Florida by 1832. He died in the Seminole war in 1837 and Lydia remarried to a Sparkman....thus Isaac!! The Zeke I is my problem! According to census, the boys say that he was born in S. Carolina. I know he was in S.Carolina around 1800-1810 when Zeke II was born but so far I cannot place him, and I know he was in Georgia in 1818 when John was born and I know he was Florida by 1823. He died there in 1834. This is all I know about him and he is my HUGE brickwall! Thanks for all your interest! Dana

I am in the process of making a web page named "Pendarvis in Florida". The families of James Pendarvis and Nancy Williams, plus a page on Nancy's father- Lew/Lewellen/ Lewelling/Lewallen?? Williams, "Williams/Pendarvis in Florida" I am brand new at making a web page, if anyone has any suggestions or comments on putting a family web page on the internet, please let me know. thanks Pat kendrick_@webtv.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Suggs, Ward, Walker, Gore, Higginbotham, Turner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.3 Message Board Post: In the 1850 Alachua COunty census: Page# Line# Last Name First Name Age Birth Place File Name 8 14 Sugs Ezekeil 18 Florida pg00001.txt 8 13 Sugs Kitsa 20 South Carolina 00001.txt pg8 15 Sugs William age 15 Florida pg00001.txt 19 34 Ellis Elmina 21 Florida pg00001.txt Here is what other information I have on Ezekial Suggs in my line Son of / Suggs, brother of William, Alligood and Charles BUREAU OF THE CENSUS HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON DISTRICT BLADEN COUNTY. Name of head of family: Sugs, Ezekel Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 2 Free white males under 16 years: 2 Free white females, including heads of families: 3 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution Pierce'S Register From Seventeenth Report of the National Society Daughters American Revolution page 21 90625. Suggs, Ezekial = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Pierce'S Register Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783 page 165 Name and Rank: Suggs, Ezk., Pt. Company: Coleman's Dates of Enlistment and Commission: 1 Jan. '82 Period of Service: 12 mo. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): Surname: SUGS Given Name(s): Ezekel Maiden Name: Birth Date: 175? Birth Place: North Carolina Biographical Info: Reference: Heads of fams. at the first U.S. census. NC. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (292p.):18

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Suggs, walker, Turner, Ward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.2.1 Message Board Post: Do you have a Minnie Ethyl Ward Suggs in your line. She was married to Cornelius Cheatum Suggs and I think maybe later to several others. One of them would have been HC Walker.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/230.2 Message Board Post: My husband is a descendant of the Suggs family from Alachua and Putnam Co.

We are researching McNeills from these two counties. We have a huge amount of info put into a format of the sort indicating "what we know" and "what we suppose." etc. We are also researching Jordans and several related surnames. We can be rather specific about what we need and probably where to look. I have someone whom I had talked to about doing it, but he lives a couple of hours away from the area at least. He would be great, but I am still hoping to find someone who won't have the travel hours. If you know someone who is definitely reliable and in the area, could you please write me privately? Thanks so much, Sydney Cardner (the Sydney is female)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/93.121 Message Board Post: I have just discovered that Simon Beckham was my GGGGGrandfather and I too would like to learn more about him. I have leaned that he was born 1765-1775 in NC and died 7/16/1827 in Maury Co. TN. Married 2/8/1798 in Orange Co., NC to Mary Ray, daughter of David Ray. She was born 1784-1794 in NC, and d. 12/11/1832 in Maury Co., TN. Other than their decendants, this is all I know about him for now. Please let me know of anything further you find out about him.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/670 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Henry Moore born in Georgia abt. 1822. He married Elizabeth Mary Calhoun born in S.Carolina abt. 1825. They married abt. 1843. They had four children born in Alachua County. They are listed in the 1850 & 1860 Alachua County Census. One of their sons was Columbus F. Moore born 1847 in Alachua County, he married Macy A.Thomas. Please contact me if you have any info. Thanks.