| n2016-2_b002_01 | Masonic Charter for Silver Star Lodge, No. 61 of Quincy, 1887 | text | Freemasonry
Fraternal organizations--Florida--Gadsden County--Quincy
Charters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/n2016-2_b002_01.jpg |
| s1725_b001_f01_01 | "My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900 | text | American Civil War--letters and diaries
American Civil War--United States--Collected correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Natural Bridge (Fla.), Battle of, 1865
Civil war
Civil War, 1861-1865 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1725_b001_f01_01.jpg |
"My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900
- Date
- 1900 (circa)
- Description
- Sylvanus M. Hankins' recollections of his experiences as an enlisted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War in Florida. Hankins was a private in Company D of the 1st Florida Reserve Regiment for the Confederacy which was one of the units that fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge in March 1865. Hankins begins by discussing Florida's secession in 1861, when Hankins was 14 years old. He recalls how Floridians intially reacted to the threat of war; the raising of military units; the death of his cousin resulting from combat wounds and imprisonment; the imprisonment of women and children and the burning of their homes if their husbands, fathers or brothers were suspected of deserting; the shooting of deserters; the wartime treatment of African-Americans; Hankins' enlistment at age 16; escorting prisoners to Andersonville; the Battle of Natural Bridge; and other wartime events. The date of these recollections is unknown.
- Collection
| n2017-93_b001_f01_01 | Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, 1865 | text | Loyalty oaths
Allegiance
Citizenship | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/n2017-93_b001_f01_01.jpg |
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, 1865
- Date
- 1865
- Description
- Oaths of allegiance entered in Leon County between May 31 and June 17, 1865. The signees, although primarily from Northern Florida, represented several Florida counties and a few different states. These rosters include information otherwise available in census or service records, such as date, name, residence and occupation. Of particular interest are pages 5 and 6, which also include columns for complexion, hair and eye color, and height.
- Collection
| m75-85_b005_f01_01 | R.A. Gray's Lifetime Teaching Certificate, 1912 | text | teachers
education
Teachers--Certification | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m75-85_b005_f01_01.jpg |
| m76-139_b001_01 | Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865 | text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil war | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m76-139_b001_01.jpg |
Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865
- Date
- 1861 (circa)
- Description
- A typescript copy of a diary kept by Robert Watson of Key West from September 1861 through March 1865. Watson describes the movements of the 7th Florida Infantry Regiment from Key West around Florida and then to Tennessee. The diary includes descriptions of weather, news, meals, illnesses and deaths.
- Collection
| slms_ms127_01 | Slave Bill of Sale, 1842 | text | Slavery
Slave bills of sale
Mortgages | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/slms_ms127_01.jpg |
Slave Bill of Sale, 1842
- Date
- 1842
- Description
- Slave bill of sale resulting from a foreclosure on the mortgage of William Maner of Gadsden County, Florida. Maner had mortgaged three slaves, Joannah, Jeff, and Sarah to the Union Bank. The mortgage was record by the Gadsden County Clerk of Court. Edward C. Cabell and Charles H. Dupont were appointed commissioners by the Leon County Superior Court to effect the sale of the three slaves after Maner was unable to meet his obligations on the mortgage. The slaves were sold to William Monroe at public auction for $700. The ages of the slaves are not listed.
- Collection
| s2153_b001_f05_01 | Territorial Census Returns, 1838 and 1840; Election Returns, 1838-1845 | text | Elections | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s2153_b001_f05_01.jpg |
Territorial Census Returns, 1838 and 1840; Election Returns, 1838-1845
- Date
- 1845
- Description
- This document includes the territorial census for 1838 and 1840. There are also election returns for the election of members of the convention and council, October 1838; elections for delegates in 1839, 1841 and 1843; elections for members of council, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844; and numbers of votes in each county, according to the estimate of the members of the present legislature, 1845.
- Collection
| m91-5_b013_f11_01 | Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1926-1928 | text | Coffins
Registers of births, etc.
Death
African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m91-5_b013_f11_01.jpg |
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1926-1928
- Date
- 1926 (circa)
- Description
- A record of coffins sold by Kate Simmons' coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of death; their sex, race, marital status and age; their date of death; and their cause of death. There is also the name and city of residence of the person who purchased the coffin for the deceased. Most of the deaths occurred in Jefferson County, Florida, with a few from Leon and Gadsden counties in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia.
- Collection
| m91-5_b013_f12_02 | Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932 | text | Coffins
Registers of births, etc.
Death
African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m91-5_b013_f12_02.jpg |
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932
- Date
- 1928 (circa)
- Description
- A record of coffins sold by Kate Simmons' coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of death; their sex, race, marital status and age; their date of death; and their cause of death. There is also the name and city of residence of the person who purchased the coffin for the deceased. Most of the deaths occurred in Jefferson County, Florida, with a few from Leon and Gadsden counties in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia. The year 1932 is incomplete and only includes a report from September 30-December 26.
- Collection
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