John, it appears that Ephraim was a chainman or an axman with Henry Washington, and apparently very few records or references to folks below the rank of deputy surveyor exist--or ever did. Washington did have to write report letters--a number of them--to his superiors, however. I suspect that those would give you an idea of what he and Ephraim were doing at the time. Would you be interested having some copies? Some military maps of the period are being checked for Camp Washington's location. No guarantees, of course. Many times these were quite small surveyors' camps and/or temporary overflow areas for larger camps/forts. Will report any success, though. (Have you queried the U.S. Board of Geographic names, just in case?) I note that I mentioned only letters and diaries in my previous posting regarding NUCMC. Here's a quote from Sandy Luebking that is more helpful: "Here is just a sample of what NUCMC holds: collections of family papers or diaries, original records from courts, military rosters, files and correspondence of now-defunct businesses such as insurance companies, admittance records for orphanages or private schools, church records, the notebooks, diaries, or letters of ministers or other church officials, deeds, wills, and other courthouse records. In short, any set of original documents that is lost--that is, not in a repository where it should be held." Yeah! Hope this helps. --Brian P.S. Let me know whether you're interested in Henry's field-activity reports.... -B ************************************************************************** > John Brown wrote: > >Hi all. > > <snip> ...I find Ephraim as an election official in "Washington Camp", > Mosquito County, in 1845 state elections in the company of Henry Washington, > surveyor for the State. I suspect this was on the St. Johns River near > Astor.... > My Question: How can I trace Ephraim's trail when he was with > Henry Washington? I suspect that they were good friends as there are two > creeks near Tick Island named Eph Creek and Taylor Creek. I suspect that he > lived in that vicinity early in his Florida days. He may have married an > Indian. I think he met Washington in North Florida when Washington surveyed > Amelia Island about 1840. Washington surveyed most of central Florida also. I > have a story of Washington written by a researcher for the state of > Florida, but it doesn't give many details. I would like to find his daily > journal or a diary. Can you make any suggestions on these? <snip>