yngedtn1@juno.com wrote: > > Hi, I'm new to a new list, of course, and am looking for the place in > Columbia County where possible family members of Readding BLOUNT may be > buried. It was said to be the oldest cemetery in Columbia County, Lake > City and located on the Suwanee River, according to family papers. > I live close to this area and can't find it. Info on this family is > below. Any help appreciated to find this cemetery or any related > information on these people. > Thanks, > Fannie > =================================================== > John & Martha (Lewis)Blount of Beaufort Co., NC., supposedly had a son > named JACOB. > Jacob moved with his brother, Churchill Blount, to the Beaufort District > of S.C., and thus that JOHN BLOUNT, father of Jacob & Churchill Caldom > Blount, was the progenitor of the family in Florida. > > Supposedly Jacob Blount m. Mrs. Martha (Radford) Spears and they had 3 > children, namely: > 1.Jacob Jehu Blount b. 1786, Beaufort Dist., SC, m. Hannah Richardson. > They moved later to Columbia Co., FL. > > 2.Radford Blount d. Savannah, GA. Dau Elizabeth Blount. > > 3.John Churchill Golding Reading Blount (known as Reading, etc.) b. 12 > March 1791, SC, died 22 Feb. 1879, Polk Co., FL. Married 3 times. > Wife #1 Elizabeth Varn (1795-1861) > " #2 Elizabeth Marsh > " #3 Mrs. Leacy (Whidden) Collins > > Reading had children by all 3 wives. > > Reading BLOUNT and his first wife Elizabeth VARN , moved to the Columbia > Co. area in FL. settling on the Suwannee River, where he remained until > Jan. 1852. > At that time he moved his family to Peace Creek, a part of old > Hillsborough County, now Polk, as one of the first settlers of the > eastern portion of the county. > Readding married Elizabeth Varn, b. 1795, who died in Tampa, FL. in 1861 > at the age of 66. > Readding and Elizabeth had a daughter, Mrs. Streety PARKER, and sons > Reilly, Owen, Nathan and Jehu. > Readding served in the war of 1812, stationed at Savannah, and served 5 > years as a volunteer in the war with the Seminoles. > He died in Polk County on Nov. 1, 1878 > His son Owen, married to Henrietta BRUNSON/BRONSON was my husband's > gr-grandfather. Henrietta was the daughter of James C. Brunson, born > Henrietta E.C. Bronson, 1833, Columbia Co. > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Fannie, Have you been to Prospect Church Cem? I was just there in June looking for some of the Whiddens. Leacy Whidden was my G.G.G.-aunt. I could take you back there but I don't know if I can tell you how to get there. I don't remember any Blounts being buried there. I crossed over the river into Hamilton Co. and just past a convenience store on the right in White Sprgs. I took a road to the east for 15 miles before I come to road that said Prospect Church. It is back near the river. I know where Reading Blount is buried with two of his wives in Bartow Fl. Leacy is buried out of Ft. meade with her Parents in old Elam cemetary. That was land given to the church by her father, James W. Whidden, and was adjacent to the home place. The old church was taken out last year by a tornado. My G.G. G-father, John Whidden, was born in Columbia Co. He was youger than Leacy and the 5th boy in the family of 7 boys, two of who were killed by the seminoles in 1849 and 1856. Denton Cash P.S. I live in Wauchula Fl. south of Bartow 23 miles.