The Nassau County Genealogist

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Table of Contents

1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002
Our Aim
History of Nassau County, Florida 2
Pigeon Creek Baptist Church, Boulougne
  History 3
  Original Organization Document 3
  Minutes - 19 May 1821 - 26 Dec 1826 4
Some Pigeon Creek Tombstones 6
Obituaries from The Florida Mirror 7
1864 Census of Fernandina 8
Libraries for Research 20
Pedigree Chart of Carlyle Alexander 21
Queries 22

Volume 1 Number 2 Spring 1994
 
Territorial Papers of Florida 26
  Memorial to the President by Inhabitants of Eastern Judicial District 26
  Proclamation re Election by Governor Duval 27
  Accounting by Gov. McCarthy to Legislative Council 27
  Executive Nominations for Territorial Appointment 28
Library Research Rules 28
Wilder Cemetery 29
1864 Census of Fernandina 30
The Domingo Fernandez Family 42
Guardianship of Children of Eliza L. Fernandez 43
Slawter Cemetery 44

Volume 1 Number 3 Summer 1994
 
1864 Census of Fernandina 50
Fernandina in 1865 62
Letters at the Post Office - April 26, 1884 64
Brickyard Cemetery, Kings Ferry 65
Register of Pastors & Marriages, 1897 to 1916, at the Fernandina Methodist Episcopal Church 66
Query 72
Computer Genealogy 72

Volume 2 Number 1 Fall 1994
 
1864 Census of Fernandina 2
Pensioners in Nassau County, 1884 12
Letter from Florida, 1863 14
Thanksgiving Trivia 16
Brickyard Cemetery, Hilliard, Fla, Corrected & Completed 17
Marriages & Deaths from The Florida Mirror 23
First Baseball Team in Fernandina 25
Fernandina Baseball Club in 1894 25

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Volume 2 Number 2 Winter 1995
 
Wild's Landing Cemetery 30
Query: Youngblood, Reddick, Boothe, Wilds 35
Yellow Fever - History of the Disease 36
History of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1877 37
Obituary of Captain James M. Morse 40
Obituary of Mrs. Jane Rebecca Morse 41
List of Deaths During the 1877 Epidemic 42
Letter from Fernandina - 1857 44
Reports of Mounted Militia, St. Marys River Area, 6 June 1793 45
Naming Patterns 48
Genealogy Pox 49

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Volume 2 Number 3 Spring 1995
 
Fernandina in 1983 54
Voter Registration Lists 1867 - 1868 55
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery 56
The Morrison Family 65
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Fernandina Beach 67
  Minutes of Organization 68
  Confirmations 69
  Burials 1870 - 1888 70
You Are Related to Charlemagne 74
Directory of Nassau County Officials - 1880 74
List of Fernandina Newspapers 75

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Volume 2 Number 4 Summer 1995
 
Fernandina’s First Traffic Accident 82
Publications for Sale 83
The St. Marys River, Kings Ferry and Misc. Info 84
King’s Ferry To Be Incorporated 85
List of Letters at the Post Office 85
Query: MacGirt/McGirt 86
Oldest Man in the State 87
Query: John Fullerton 88
Nassau County Voters - May 4, 1829 88
Orange Bluff and Lessie Postmasters 89
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Baptisms - 1860 - 1882 89
Higginbotham Cemetery 98
You Know You’re Addicted to Genealogy If 99
Fernandina’s Beach - An 1883 Poem 104

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Volume 3 Number 1 Fall 1995
 
Nassau County Elections - October 1826 2
Determine Birth Date from Tombstone 2
Nassau County Elections - 4 August 1828 3
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Baptisms- End of Book 1 4
Publications for Sale 16
What Kind of Bone Are You? 17
Ancestry’s Concise Genealogical Dictionary - A Review 18
Deaths & Marriages from The Florida Mirror - 1879 19
St. Michael’s Catholic Church Baptisms - 1869 21

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Volume 3 Number 2 Winter 1996
 
In Memoriam - Joseph F. Chamberlain 30
Voters in Precinct 1, Fernandina - February 1884 30
New Year’s Resolutions 35
First Presbyterian Church - Baptisms 36
First Presbyterian Church - Register of Deaths 40
Publications for Sale 40
Spanish Land Grants in Nassau County 41

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Volume 3 Number 3 Spring 1996
 
Building Boom in Fernandina - 1883 50
Publications for Sale 51
Spanish Land Grants in Nassau County 52
Miramar Club 54
Obituary - James G. Vaughn 57
Query - Owens, Sheffield, Braddock 58
Query - Edwards, Wilds 58
Query - Johnson, Gonzales, Lumberson 59
Query - Keene, Hearon, Wiggins, Mizell, Tanner, Bradley, Owens 59
1883 Mortuary Reports from The Florida Mirror 60
Military Markers, Civil War Photos, Veterans Records 62
First Presbyterian Church - Register of Communicants 63
“Fernandina” from The New Era , February 23, 1867 73

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Volume 3 Number 4 Fall 1996
 
News From Union-Held Florida 82
Names Stricken From Registration Rolls - 1885 83
Citizenship for J. A. L. Snowball 85
Death of C. A. Snowball 85
Sheriff’s Sale - March 28, 1885 86
Publications for Sale 86
List of Enrollment of Fernandina - CSA 87
Temple Family 87
Zachariah Haddock and Joseph Haddock 88
Colonial Occupation Quiz 90
Obituary of John Barr - “The Grim Reaper” 90
Florida State Militia, State Troops and National Guard 92
Nassau County-Fernandina Volunteers - 1887 93
Muster Roll of the Amelia Light Infantry - 1870 94
Answers to Colonial Occupation Quiz 95
Death of Mrs. Cora Olive Hillyer 95
Inhabitants of Fernandina - Luis Aury article 96
Nassau County Officials - 1884 96
Poll Book - c1833 97
Reflections from The Florida Mirror - 1883 97

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Volume 4 Number 1 Winter 1997
 
“Amelia Island Before the Revolution” 2
Voters in Kings Ferry - 1885 4
Voters in Callahan - 1885 6
Florida State Militia
  Fernandina Volunteers - June 17, 1887 8
  Appointed - August 25, 1870 9
  Fernandina Volunteers - May 10, 1887 9
Marriage Record of Nassau County - Book B 10
“Fernandina - The Sea Beach - The Egmont Hotel” 22
Publications for Sale 24

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Volume 4 Number 2 Spring 1997
 
St. Michael's Catholic Church - Baptismal Records 26
Latin Terms for the Genealogist 28
Reflections on Fernandina - Eliza Kelly Brady 30
The Kelly Family 33
Marriage Record of Nassau County - Book B 35
Publications for Sale 48

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Volume 4 Number 3 Summer 1997
 
Ferreira-Sturgis Wedding 51
Death of Clementine Hernandez 51
Death of Gabriel Hernandez 52
Brennan - Kelly Wedding 52
Kelly Family Corrections 54
Obituary of Patrick C. Kelly 54
Cooper Genealogy 56
Erasmus D. Tracy 58
James Emilius Broome 60
Lawmakers of Nassau County 60
City Managers of Fernandina Beach 61
The Post Office at Fernandina 62
Postmasters of Fernandina Beach 62
Information about Postmasters Samuel T. Riddel, Domingo Acosta, John A. Cavedo 65
James H. & Rachel McRory 67
Obituary of Mary C. Stokes 67
Deaths from The Florida Mirror 68
Publications for Sale 72

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Volume 4 Number 4 Fall 1997
 
Excursion to Dungeness 74
Nassau County Premium List at the State Fair - March 1, 1879 76
Nassau County Marriage Book C (continued) 77
Florida Land Grants 83
Notes from Callahan - The Florida Mirror , December 31, 1879 90
Nassau Chapter R.A.M. - The Florida Mirror , December 31, 1879 90
Publications for Sale 91

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Volume 5 Number 1 Winter 1998
 
King’s Road - The Florida Mirror , Feb. 14, 1880 2
Fernandina - 1811-1821 3
Florida Territorial Papers Re Harbor of Fernandina - 1833 12
Names Stricken from Registration Books - October 1882 13
Bird’s Eye View of Fernandina, The Florida Mirror , Jan 5, 1884 14
Goodbread Genealogy 15
Publications for Sale 24

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Volume 5 Number 2 Spring 1998
 
Expensive Courthouses 26
Mortuary Reports - The Florida Mirror , June 7, 1884 28
Jury for the Fall Term - October 1881 30
Henry Timanus 31
Boundaries of Election Districts - 1882 32
Voting Precincts 34
Burials at Bosque Bello Cemetery 35
Daniel S. Austin 37
Why - Concerning Genealogy 38
Muster Roll of Company B, 1st Regt - 1902-1907 39
Braddock and Christopher Families 41
Captain Gamaliel Fisher 43
Obituary Notice for Colonel Mark Wm. Downie 43
Notes from The Florida Mirror , November 15, 1879 44
Publications for Sale 45

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Volume 5 Number 3 Summer 1998
 
Sky Line at Fernandina Beach Rapidly Changing 50
Oxley Funeral Home Records - 1/6/1955 - 10/6/1957 50
Sanders - Wild Marriage 58
Jeffreys - Milliken Engagement 58
Lockwood - Brooks Marriage 59
Notes on Fernandina and Nassau County 60
Records from Nassau County Deed Book A - 1840-1842 61
Publications for Sale 72

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Volume 5 Number 4 Fall 1998
 
Fernandina, Florida - A Poem 74
Marriage & Death Notices - 1938-1939 75
Matrimonial Papers - from East Florida Spanish Papers 83
Nassau County Democratic Convention - 1880 85
St. Peter's Episcopal Church - Memorial Windows 86
Obituary of Samuel A. Swann 87

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Volume 6 Number 1 & 2 Winter 1999
 
Master Table of Contents - Volumes 1 - 5 74
Master Index - Volumes 1 - 5 80

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Volume 6 Number 3 Summer 1999
 
Obituary of Pauline A. Farmer 74
Nassau County Marriage Book D 75
Spanish Land Grants in Florida, Vol. 1 78
Legal and Other Notices from The Fernandina Express , May 21, 1881 87
First Grand Masque of the Concordia, February 5, 1876 88
Fernandina Seminary for Young Ladies 88
Council Proceedings - December 3, 1879 89
The Singer Sewing Machine 89
C. W. Maxwell Is Claimed By Death 90
News from Callahan - January 7, 1880 90
Francis P. Fatio, Sr. 91

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Volume 6 Number 4 Fall 1999
 
Generals Lee and Grant in Florida 98
Tombstone Rubbings 101
Nassau County Sheriffs 102
Will of John David Vaughan 102
Death of William Naylor Thompson 105
Wandell - Whitner Marriage 106
Nassau County Tax Sales - 1882 107
“With Colored People” - The Florida Mirror , July 1, 1899 108
Nassau County Marriage Book D - concluded 110
Henry B. Wingate Estate Administration 114
Publications for Sale 120

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Volume 7 Number 1 Winter 2000
 
Christmas in Fernandina - 1863 2
News from The Fernandina Express , Dec. 24, 1881 4
Spanish Land Grants in Florida - Nassau County, Vol. III D - J 5
Knights of Honor 20
Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist 23
Publications for Sale 24

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Volume 7 Numer 2 Spring 2000
 
Spanish Land Grants in Florida - Vol. III 26
Notes About Town - Florida Mirror, July 1, 1899 35
Catholic Fair - Fernandina Express, February 25, 1881 37
Facts About Fernandina - Florida Mirror, July 2, 1898 38
O'Donald Family Cemetery 39
Dyall News - Florida Mirror, July 5, 1899 40
Death of Dr. C. W. Eskridge 40
Mott Cemetery 41
News From 1866 - The Fernandina Courier 42
Death of George Luke - 1866 43
Emigration to Florida - The Fernandina Courier, January 2, 1867 44
Death of Ida Rasky - 1866 44
Index 45
Hamburg - Link to European Roots 47

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Volume 7 Number 3 Summer 2000
 
Petition from Inhabitants of St. Marys-St. Johns District - 10/10/1829 50
Commencement Exercises at St. Joseph's Academy - 1899 54
Chester News Items - 1899 56
Death of Mrs. S. J. Baldwin - 1917 57
Death of Stonewall Jackson Baldwin - 1949 59
Baldwin Family Bible 59
Fire Department Elects Officers - 1895 61
Estate of Bernard M. Byrne - 1867 61
Munoz Divorce - 1876 62
The New Railroad - 1895 62
Fernandina Churches in 1876 63
Letters at the Post Office - March 8, 1884 64
Fernandina Official First Elected by Universal Suffrage 64
Tax List - 1881 65
Fire In Fernandina - 1879 66
Sinclair-Melville Marriage - 1882 66
Callahan Notes - 1882 67
Hoyt-Taylor Marriage - 1882 67
Unknown Soundex Rule 67
Up the St. Mary's River - 1882 68
Index 69

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Volume 7 Number 4 Fall 2000
 
A Fernandina Bull Fight 74
News from 1863 75
The Christmas Party - 1867 76
Death of Mrs. Mary Jeffreys 76
Old Occupations 77
Jurors for Spring Term 1882 81
Daughters of the Revolution 81
Little Cemetery 82
Nassau County Taxpayers for 1884 83
News from the Florida Mirror - 1880 91
Index 93

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Volume 8 Number 1 Winter 2001
 
O'Donald Cemetery 2
Geiger Cemetery 2
Nassau County Tax Sales - 1876 2
Memorial Windows - First Presbyterian Church 6
Ann Cameron's Claim from the British Government - 1787 7
Causes of Death 8
J. E. Stevens' Death - 1880 8
Baptisms - St. Peter's Episcopal Church - 1900-1925 9
Anne E. MacDonell Death - 1880 16
W. A. Butler Death - 1881 16
Nassau County Divorce Records - 1876-1886 17
Index 19

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Volume 8 Number 2 Spring 2001
 
Fire Destroys Downtown Business Block 26
Early Plantations on Amelia Island 31
Probate Record of Joseph H. Acosta 33
Will of Jane Y. Acosta 34
Edwards Family 35
Nassau County Marriage Records - Book 1 35
Correction to "The Cemeteries of Nassau County, Florida" 39
Nicknames Found in Genealogical Research 40
Two Families Establish Nassauville 41
Nathaniel S. Upchurch and John James Upchurch 42
Index 45
Death of Elizabeth Swann Carroll 48

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Volume 8 Number 3 Summer 2001
 
Death of Dr. John M. Payne 51
1901 Directory of Fernandina 51
Index 68

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Volume 8 Number 4 Fall 2001
 
Fernandina City Directory - 1901 - Colored People, Part 2 74
Confederate Pension File 86
The Cone Family 92
Bertha Carnegie 93
Index 95

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Volume 9 Number 1 Winter 2002
 
What Happened in 1898? 2
Weather in October 1898 6
Death of Caroline Schuyler 6
1901 City Directory of Colored People - Continued 7
Nasssu County Records - Deed Book D 19
Are You Taking Genealogy Too Seriously? 21
Index 24

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Volume 9 Number 2 Spring 2002
 
Ephesus Baptist Church 26
Dr. E. Leroy Jones 28
1899 Deaths 29
1900 Deaths 29
1901 Deaths 30
Abram & Isabel Mott Plantation Cemetery 31
R. G. McQuilty 32
Fernandina Volunteers - 1861 33
Administration of Z. Nickola 33
Confederate Pension File 34
Epidemics 39
F. W. Ansley 41
William Hynes 41
Angel & Friend 42
T. A. Acosta 42
Identifying Old Photographs 43
Index 45

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Volume 9 Number 3 Summer 2002
 
Amos Latham 50
L. D. Lowe 51
Memorial to Congress - December 10, 1823 52
Gregor MacGregor's Letter To His Military 54
Peace Sisters' Deaths 55
Nassau Palm Fibre Company 56
Death of Mrs. O. R. Sanders 56
Jurors - District of East Florida - December 1823 57
J. Louis Horsey, M.D. 58
McCullough - Hendricks Wedding 59
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Burials, 3/25/1900 - 4/27/1920 61
Death of Robert Martin Henderson 67
Index 68
"I Am the United States" 72

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Volume 9 Number 4 Fall 2002
 
William P. Smith 74
Fernandina in 1885 75
Mrs. Henry W. King 77
Memorial to Congress - December 20, 1823 77
Holiday Recipes From The Past 79
Fernandina Notes - February 15, 1920 80
Fernandina Notes - September 5, 1921 81
L. Allen Davis 83
Mrs. T. P. O'Hagan 83
Will of Noble Martin 84
Hailig Estate Records 85
Jurors for the District of East Florida - April 1824 87
Index 89