It might also be noted that most of the residents of the newly created Fayette County were less than thrilled to suddenly find themselves part of the entity. I remember seeing at least one petition asking to be reinstated as part of Jackson County. I won't swear, but I think that it was in the Territorial Papers. Jack Butler -----Original Message----- From: fljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DNDothan@cs.com Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:19 AM To: flcalhou@rootsweb.com; fljackso@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] [FLCALHOU] Fayette Co FL Deanna, Fayette County was created as sort of a sideshow during the controversy between Marianna and Webbville over which would become county seat for Jackson County. There never was much to it, but there are a few records in Tallahassee and lots of mentions in newspaper articles of the time. Most of the records, however, were consolidated into Jackson County's early documents, many of which have been destroyed due to the courthouse fires in the 1840s and 1865. The county seat was at Ocheesee in what is now Calhoun County. To the best of my knowledge, there never was an official courthouse or anything like that. The lines of Fayette County originally extended far south into what is now Calhoun County, but were later changed and the land area reduced quite a bit. The whole thing was a political fiasco from the beginning. The logic behind Fayette was that Marianna was winning the county seat battle due to the large population in eastern Jackson County. It was thought that carving off those people into a new county would shift the balance of power and, perhaps, placate them by giving them a county seat of their own. Obviously it didn't work. Webbville appealed to the U.S. Congress for designation as county seat of Jackson County, and won. The Florida Territorial Legislature, however, threatened to fine any public official refusing to do business from the new courthouse in Marianna. The result of this was, of course, that Marianna became the de facto county seat, even though Webbville (which no longer exists) retains the Congressionally designated title to this day. Marianna's main street, now Lafayette, was originally called Fayette Street. Dale Cox www.exploresouthernhistory.com www.battleofmarianna.net "Deanna Ramsey" <deannaramsey@comcast.net> wrote: >Has anyone heard of Fayette Co FL?  It appears to only have existed during >1832-1833 and was part of what is now Jackson and Calhoun counties.  I >wonder if any records exist from this county?  Any ideas? > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/3010/fay-his.htm > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLCALHOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message