(Originally posted on the Flagler County Historical Society website.) More than 100 years ago, there were many little towns located within the area now known as Flagler County. These towns had a need for postal service and between 1868 and...
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Joseph Martin: The Almost Revolutionary War Patriot
Joseph Martin is my newly discovered 4x great grandfather. During past research for ProGen, I broke down the brick wall that was my 3x great grandmother, Telitha Martin. I realized through newspaper research that her last name was truly Martin...
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Clinton vs. Grimsley & Family
Just before COVID 19, a search of the St. Augustine Historical Society library brought up a name I had seen many times but for some reason, ignored. It was a civil court complaint file of Charles M. Clinton vs. Tabitha...
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A Forgotten Census – Florida African American Research
I recently learned about a book named “Census” Department of the South November, 1864 For Jacksonville, Fernandina and St. Augustine, Florida Ordered by the Department of the South, Hilton Head, South Carolina by the Florida State Genealogical Society. A super...
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Our Anniversary and the Seminole Indian War
We were married on a very hot day 22 years ago, in Washington Oaks State Park, Florida. Shortly after our wedding and honeymoon, the world around us burst into flames as our little slice of paradise caught fire, in what...
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