Subj: LOGAN Date: 11/3/98 5:08:21 PM Pacific Standard Time From: E8805 To: FLJACKSON-L@rootsweb.com I am in search of who the parents are for my great-great grandfather William H. LOGAN, b. Nov 15, 1822 in Richmond Co., GA. He had been a citizen of Florida since 1847. William H. LOGAN m. Abbie C. BULLOCK on Jan 20, 1862. He owned land in Cypress. William and Abbie had the following children: George A. Mary C. Arthur L. Elizabeth A. William H. Laura A. Martha B. John A. Any one who has any information on my great-great grandfather would be greatly appreciated. Laura

The SLOAN Family and Memories of Jackson County, Florida By: Frank Sloan <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bettymaes/SLOANFamily.htm"> http://hometown.aol.com/bettymaes/SLOANFamily.htm</A> I would like to see more like this. I have created a link for Memories of Jackson County, Florida on the Jackson Co FL web page. Send in your memories for the pages.....Jackson, Liberty, Gadsden..or Washington ....Thanks, Betty

Can someone answer these questions? Please e-mail Yvette Thompsoni if you can help. Subj: Florida archives Date: 11/2/98 1:19:25 AM Eastern Standard Time From: <A HREF="ross3@bellsouth.net">ross3@bellsouth.net</A> (Ross Thompson III) To: bettymaes@aol.com I am looking for slave records. Were records of slaves usually kept with the purchases for the plantation? ex. seed, animals... If so would I find this information in the tax records. I was at the courthouse this summer and the books in the basement aren't indexed. I don't know where to start down there. Also the WPA conducted interviews in the 1930s of former slaves in certain states. Do you know if the Florida Archives would have this type of information from the WPA? Please let me know the answers to the querstions I am planning another trip in December. Thanks, Yvette Thompsoni

In a message dated 98-10-29 23:44:30 EST, BettyMaeS@aol.com writes: << E.W. Jeter and Elizabeth(Jenny) Chason and Ronnery Sigiers Date: 98-10-29 23:44:30 EST From: BettyMaeS@aol.com To: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com NAME: Bonnie Sadler EMAIL: <A HREF="boo@pamlico.net">boo@pamlico.net</A> SURNAMES: Jeter, Chason DATE: Oct 29 1998 QRYTEXT: My Gr.grandfather was E.W. Jeter he married Elizabeth(Jenny) Chason on Oct.14,1888 in Jackson County,Fl.,2nd marriage to Ronnery Sigiers on March 9,1909 also in Jackson County,Fl. Question; Who are E.W.s parents.. Can anyone help here...plese e-mail Bonnie not me....Thanks ...Betty ==== FLJACKSO Mailing List ==== ~~ Jackson/Washington Co, FL, Discussion List ~~ Listowner: Seagee69@aol.com To unsubscribe from FLJACKSO-D, send a message to: FLJACKSO-D-request@rootsweb.com in the body of the message type: UNSUBSCRIBE ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <FLJACKSO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (rly-zc02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.2]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v51.9) with SMTP; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:44:30 -0500 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id XAA22952; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:44:21 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA19091; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:43:59 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:43:59 -0800 (PST) From: BettyMaeS@aol.com Message-ID: <f3bc0ad.363943dd@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:43:09 EST Old-To: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: E.W. Jeter and Elizabeth(Jenny) Chason and Ronnery Sigiers Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 Resent-Message-ID: <"E6XWNC.A.DqE.OQUO2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/110 X-Loop: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLJACKSO-L-request@rootsweb.com >> There was a Capt. Jeter who was the commanding officer of the 5th Florida Co. B, Infantry, Confederate States of America which was recruited in 1863 in Marianna, FL. See "Soldiers of Florida" written by the Board of Education, printed in 1908. Exact name is uncertain in my memory. The text of the book cited my be more specific. Good luck Stan Peacock peacockse@aol.com

You might want to consider - Arrowhead Campsites at 4820 E. Hwy 90, Marianna, Tel 850-482-5583 -----Original Message----- From: AHall10643@aol.com <AHall10643@aol.com> To: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com <FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 7:25 AM Subject: Need help for Dykes Reunion location/suggestions >Some of us Dykes descendants are trying to organize a Dykes family reunion to >be held in the spring. >We are trying to decide on a good location in Jackson County, I would like >to hear of the ideas that you guys might have on this subject. >One of or committee members has suggested a private campground with cabins and >pavilion near Marianna, would you happen to know anything about this location >and/or a contact person/phone number? > We plan to make this a 2 day affair. We are open to other reunion ideas, >suggestions, etc. >BY THE WAY.....are there any DYKES subscribed????? Or anyone connected to the >Dykes. I would love to hear from you. >I am connected to the Dykes via my mother's line. >Ann Marlow Hall >CC Holmes.. > > >==== FLJACKSO Mailing List ==== >~~ Jackson/Washington Co, FL, Discussion List ~~ >Listowner: Seagee69@aol.com > >> Old Genealogists never die, they just lose their census << > >

NAME: Bonnie Sadler EMAIL: <A HREF="boo@pamlico.net">boo@pamlico.net</A> SURNAMES: Jeter, Chason DATE: Oct 29 1998 QRYTEXT: My Gr.grandfather was E.W. Jeter he married Elizabeth(Jenny) Chason on Oct.14,1888 in Jackson County,Fl.,2nd marriage to Ronnery Sigiers on March 9,1909 also in Jackson County,Fl. Question; Who are E.W.s parents.. Can anyone help here...plese e-mail Bonnie not me....Thanks ...Betty

Thanks everyone for sending me your thoughts on Jackson County; it really helps me get a picture of the area Chris

In a message dated 10/29/98 9:32:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, AHall10643@aol.com writes: << One of or committee members has suggested a private campground with cabins and pavilion near Marianna, would you happen to know anything about this location and/or a contact person/phone number? >> Anne (and others) I can think of three options Florida Caverns Lake Seminole Campground by Merritt's Millpond (my mind is blank on their name right now) Cindy

Some of us Dykes descendants are trying to organize a Dykes family reunion to be held in the spring. We are trying to decide on a good location in Jackson County, I would like to hear of the ideas that you guys might have on this subject. One of or committee members has suggested a private campground with cabins and pavilion near Marianna, would you happen to know anything about this location and/or a contact person/phone number? We plan to make this a 2 day affair. We are open to other reunion ideas, suggestions, etc. BY THE WAY.....are there any DYKES subscribed????? Or anyone connected to the Dykes. I would love to hear from you. I am connected to the Dykes via my mother's line. Ann Marlow Hall CC Holmes..

I sent a version of this Chris a few days ago. Maybe others are interested. I live near Graceville in Jackson Co. Fl and have for many periods in my life. My father was restless and moved around Florida throughout his life, often between Jackson Co. and Hillsborugh Co. Fl(Plant City). Many of my earliest memories are of life here in Jackson Co. and I still have lots of family here. To give the place some flavor, I can relate some early memories of life here. For example, during the mid fifties(1956, etc.) some of my uncles were farmers here and were still plowing and cultivating with mules. I can remember going to the farm on weekends and playing around the barnyard in which the mules were kept. The grown sons & daughters(my 1st cousins) would arrive by mule and wagon or pickup truck from nearby farms or houses. I was talking to one of the cousins the other day and he remembered his father buying the farm(100 acres with house and well) for $2700 in either the late forties or early fifties. The deal was struck between my uncle and another local farmer while riding back from an inspection of the place on a mule drawn wagon. My cousin said that my uncle paid half of the money up front in cash and promised to pay the rest as soon as possible. A hand shake sealed the deal. The remainder of the money was paid within two years. The farm had a large frame house that consisted of two huge rooms with a double fireplace between the rooms and a long shed roof kitchen/living/dining room that ran along the entire length of the house. The entire family of up to nine persons lived and worked from these three basic rooms in the rear. The front had a full length porch where most socializing took place. The facilities were a dug well for water in the front yard and an outhouse behind the corn crib. A large ramshackle hay barn with stalls for the mules and general storage space took up most of the yard on one side of the house. On the other side of the main house was a smoke house for home cured meats and sausages. Hog killing time in early winter was a big social occasion as it has been in this part of the country for many decades. Later on my uncle swapped the 100 acre farm and $1000.00 for another farm of 80 acres nearer to town and with more cultivated land. This deal was with the same person that had sold the first farm. Some time later after the swap, my father, sisters and I spent a year, including the winter, in the old three room house. Hot in summer and impossible to heat in winter. Most home life prior to bedtime was conducted in the kitchen around a wood burning stove. That was a bad year for us economically, with a good portion of our protein diet consisting of rabbits and squirrels my father hunted on the property and fish from nearby Holmes Creek. Another of my uncles gave us the use of a log cabin that was even further back in the woods for the next years winter season. That place was really primitive and my father almost died that winter from pleurisy. Regardless, I have fond memories of both places. I guess I was too young to realize that we were in dire economic straits most of the time and just enjoyed the country life. In those days, not so long ago, there was still a livery barn just off the main street of Graceville for farmers still coming for weekend shopping by mule and wagon. As a matter of fact my aunt, father's oldest sister, was killed by getting thrown from a wagon with a runaway mule while on the way to town. The incident occurred in the twenties I think. In my early teens we moved to Plant City for all of my high school years. After high school I went in the Navy in 1964 and stayed twenty years. I made a trip back to Graceville in the late sixties, met and married a local girl. After the Navy we decided to come back here for the peace and quiet. All through the fifties and sixties this area was a strange hybrid of the old and new. Now, with TV and instant communications anywhere, Graceville has more or less joined the mainstream. However, the population of the main cemetery in town is probably larger than the living population within the city limits. It is a nice place to live. Frank Sloan Graceville, Fl

Just a tidbit for thought about What's Jackson County like? The conditions of life for the poor and the rich back before the Civil War (when most of the ancestors came south from Virginia, the Carolinas, and west from Georgia as the populations in those states increased and the land was "used up" - agriculture was not scientific back then, remember) was untamed true, but the people were either large land owners and planters or the tradespeople who supported them. And then there were the small farmers and others who just scraped by. The Civil War devastated both groups. And life was hard for anyone who were among the middle class or poor. There were a few county fathers in Jackson County as in many counties in the Panhandle whose long ties to the Panhandle sustained them, and they became leaders in the political and economic life of the county - though they could not be compared with the moguls of the north and barons of industry who opened the West and the Midwest. North Florida was not the "getaway" for northern industrialists and entrepreneurs like South Florida would become. In Tallahassee the first electric lights came in 1903 to downtown. For the rural counties it may not have been until the REA brought "modern life" in the 20's and 30's. And so it goes ...

Chris......... I lived and spent most of my childhood in Jackson County. I'm no "young-un" and I'm not ancient either (I'm 41). As people settled and migrated the Southern states of the Carolinas and Georgia, land became desirous. Around the turn of the 19th century and with Andrew Jackson's Florida expedition, they learned of the wonderful farmland available in the area. Expansion was imminent. Adjacent to both Alabama and Georgia Jackson County is convenient and the land there is very fertile and wonderful for farming. The county is bounded by three rivers and many lakes which provide plenty of irrigation and navigation, as well as a food source. There are very gentle rolling hills with lush growths of pines, oaks, and other flora and fauna. There are many natural springs to provide clear water at a 72-degree temperature, year round. Jackson County is home to the Florida Caverns. In integrated system of underground caves and caverns that were home to various Indian tribes (prior to the "white man"). The caverns are complete with stalactites and stalagmites It is a fairly large county in area (about 42 miles by 30 miles). Nearly all is farmland and as Mary indicated, primarily used to grow soy beans, cotton, corn, etc. With some seasonal changes generally the weather is quite mild year-round. Economically the county does not provide a lot of industry or high-paying jobs. The median income is very low. But, I say the quality of life makes up for that. In fact, Marianna - the county seat, is listed in the top 100 best small towns in America. People there are cautious but friendly. Their faith is strong (lying in the Bible belt) and brotherhood is vital. The county itself has had a tumultuous past. During the Civil War Marianna was the site of an extremely bloody battle. Tallahassee, Florida's capitol, was the only Southern capitol not captured by Union troops because of the Battle of Marianna. I'm not sure if that gives you a "picture" of the location or answers your questions. Years ago I felt a bit embarrassed because I knew that I was a "poor Southern girl" from Jackson County. During the past few years I've spent quite a number of hours researching my ancestors who settled in Jackson County before 1825 and have a new-found respect for the life they led and the struggles they endured. When I return to Jackson County (as often as possible) I feel a strong sentiment and attachment to my "home". So, yes I am a bit biased about "my" Jackson County. Cindy

At 07:44 AM 10/25/98 -0500, you wrote: >As a lifelong Yank, slowly realizing he has hundreds of years of southern >roots, I'm trying to get a sense of what my ancestors lived like. My Jones >ancestors moved to Jackson by the 1850s. Why would they have moved there? >What's the land like? What would the economy have been like back then? > >Strangely, my G-grandfather moved from Jackson to Boston around the turn of >the century. Seems like a very odd emmigration pattern. Did Jackson folks >enlist in the Navy back then? > >So, I'd appreciate anybody's impression of the county in the latter half of >the last century. > Chris, I live in Jackson, Co, FL and it has not changed that much in the last 100 years. It is still a farming community growing mostly cotton and soy beans. It is a great place to raise children. We still have the old ways of raising them. Most of "big city ways" have not reached us yet, but have a feeling that they are well on there way. The reason that most people come to the area was around the 1820's this part of FL opened up and land was free or very cheap and poeple wanted a fresh start. It did not really atart to grow untill after the Civil War when salt was very hard to find. >From the things that I have found about the county it was and is a very poor county in jobs. Most of the land here was not used until the late 1960's. It was a very hard life for all that lived here, but the people where very helpful to each other. Some of people did enlist in the Navy but not every many. I hope that gives you some idea about what it was like here at the time. Keep on climbing Mary B Gay \ \ \ | / / / ( o o ) (_) --------o00o---o00o-------- Surnames we are researching: Ballard, Bass, Benefield, Birdsong, Bone, Coley, Daniel/s, Doyle, Ellis, Freeman, Foss, Gay, Hienz, Keel, Kirsch, Maloney, Merritt, Skinner, Stewart, Swearingin, Symer, Weaver, White, Whitty, Wills, Wright, and many more that I do not know of. --------ooo0-----0ooo---------- ( )---( ) \ ( ) / \__) (__/

As a lifelong Yank, slowly realizing he has hundreds of years of southern roots, I'm trying to get a sense of what my ancestors lived like. My Jones ancestors moved to Jackson by the 1850s. Why would they have moved there? What's the land like? What would the economy have been like back then? Strangely, my G-grandfather moved from Jackson to Boston around the turn of the century. Seems like a very odd emmigration pattern. Did Jackson folks enlist in the Navy back then? So, I'd appreciate anybody's impression of the county in the latter half of the last century. Chris

This is a web page off Liberty Co FL....I would like more like this for all our counties. Martha English Amos will edit the information for us like she did for the Bristol Memories web page if needed..... Betty <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/bettymaes/BirstolMemories.htm"> http://members.aol.com/bettymaes/BirstolMemories.htm</A>

Jim - Thanks for the GREAT Site listing. Had a ball. Found a photo of my ggg-grandfather's brother! Found in the General Collection using his surname as key word. Also used Jackson as key word and there are several photos of Jackson County residents. Worth taking a peek. I used my surnames and names of towns as key words for search. Lots of really neat photos!! Thanks Again. Rhonda Watson

Hiya.. you might want to check the Florida Archives photographic collection at http://www.dos.state.fl.us/fpc/ they have a nice search feature. The photos can be printed. Jim

Subj: Re: Train info (The "Geneva Train") to Graceville Date: 10/22/98 6:05:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: zion@phonl.com (Mary) To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com This is just an idea that might work. Have you tried to write or call the Graceville City Hall. Thier address is City of Graceville, C/O City Clerk P O Box 637 Graceville, FL 32440. Phone number is 263-3250. Now before I go any further let me call myself a dummy. I live in Jackson Co and strated writing this before I realized that I could call them for everyone. Will, I did and they have a pencil drawing of the station and a train coming in. Here is their e mail address for any one intersted in getting the address of the guy that did it. gracevil@wfeca.net The city clerk was not in today but she might know some people in Graceville that may have a photo. Also have the phone number for the Chamber 850-263-4289. There is no historical society. I hope this will help you. Mary

The next meetings of the Cems task force is in Tampa ....which will spread the chance for people to participate !!

My GG grandfather William Jones was born to Benjamin P. Jones and Edna/Ella Hamilton in about November 1881, presumably in Jackson. His marriage license says he was born in "Hilton" but I can't find that on any map. Any ideas out there? Also looking for information on his parents: Jesse Pittman Jones and Jane Douglas, and possible grandparents: Wiley Jones and Elizabeth Pittman. Would like to correspond with any and all of these families. Chris