African-American Resources for Florida

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Online resources in Florida

• WikiTree's Index of Plantations by State

Contents 1 History and General Resources 2 African-American Genealogical Societies in Florida 3 Historical Black Colleges and Universities in Florida 4 Florida Governors 5 Resources by Location 5.1 Alachua County 5.2 Baker County 5.3 Bay County 5.4 Bradford County 5.5 Brevard County 5.6 Broward County 5.7 Calhoun County 5.8 Charlotte County 5.9 Citrus County 5.10 Clay County 5.11 Columbia County 5.12 Dade County 5.13 DeSoto County 5.14 Duval County 5.15 Escambia County 5.16 Flagler County 5.17 Franklin County 5.18 Gadsden County 5.19 Gulf County 5.20 Hamilton County 5.21 Hardee County 5.22 Hernando County 5.23 Hillsborough County 5.24 Holmes County 5.25 Jackson County 5.26 Jefferson County 5.27 Lafayette County 5.28 Lake County 5.29 Leon County 5.30 Liberty County 5.31 Manatee County 5.32 Monroe County 5.33 Mosquito County 5.34 Okaloosa County 5.35 Orange County 5.36 Palm Beach County 5.37 Pasco County 5.38 Pinellas County 5.39 Polk County 5.40 St Johns County 5.41 Suwannee County 5.42 Taylor County 5.43 Volusia County 5.44 Wakulla County 6 Slavery Resources 6.1 Books

History and General Resources

• History of Slavery in Florida at WikiPedia
• Lowcountry Africana, African American Genealogy in SC, GA and FL
• Florida records at Lowcountry Africana
• Fort Rose, Carolina Slaves Brought to Florida
• Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
• African American Resources for Florida.
• Florida and Slavery
• Genealogy Trails
• Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida
• Florida's Culture of Slavery
• State University Archives
• Slavery in Florida
• Territorial Florida 1821-1845
• Florida African-American Notables
• Military and War, African-Americans from Florida
• Florida Plantations
• Search Wikitree for Slave Profiles in Florida
• "African American ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes"
• Florida Digital Newspaper Library
• Florida: Individual County Chronologies
• African-American Settlements
• Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots An Emmy-nominated documentary on the slavery and plantation history in North Florida

African-American Genealogical Societies in Florida

• Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society-Central Florida Chapter, President - Alberta Gibbs -
• East Central Florida Chapter, President - Katherine McCladdie
• Tampa Chapter], President - Lillie Samuels

Historical Black Colleges and Universities in Florida

See: Official List Of HBCUs In Florida!!!

• Bethune Cookman University - located in Daytona Beach, Florida
• Edward Waters College - located in Jacksonville, Florida
• Florida A&M University - located in Tallahassee, Florida
• Florida Memorial University - located in Miami, Florida (needs category)

Florida Governors

See Florida Governors

Resources by Location

Alachua County

• Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Archer, Alachua County, Florida, 239 memorials, 236 profiles need creation.

Baker County

• Arline Cemetery, Olustee, Baker County, Florida, 21 memorials, 7 are unmarked graves with only an unmarked slab, 14 are named graves, all profiles created.

Bay County

• Redwood Cemetery, Panama City, Bay County, Florida, African-American Cemetery with 1124 memorials, but some white people also. Profiles need creation (only 1 A-A profile completed so far).

Bradford County

• Odd Fellows Cemetery, Also known as IOOF Cemetery, Starke, Bradford County, Florida, 775 memorials, 770 profiles need creation.
• USBH 1880 Census Florida #1: Bradford County, 1288 profiles need creation.
• David Donley Cemetery, Bradford County, Florida, 4 memorials, profiles created.

Brevard County

• J.S. Stone Memorial Cemetery, Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, 584 memorials, 582 profiles needed.
• Bethel-Greater Mount Olive AME Church Cemetery, Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, 89 memorials, 89 profiles needed.
• Completed 84 African-American profiles from Brevard County on the 1880 census

Broward County

• Woodlawn Cemetery, Ft Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, 2232 memorials, needs profiles

Calhoun County

• Hugh Creek Cemetery, New Hope, Calhoun County, Florida, Also known as New Hope Church Cemetery. 91 memorials as of 12/16/2023, one for a baby has no dates and only the surname of McNealy. All others now have profiles.

Charlotte County

• Lt. Carl Bailey Cemetery, Also known as Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Charlotte County, Florida, 317 memorials, 316 profiles needed.

Citrus County

• Crystal River African-American Memorial Gardens, Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida Also known as Crystal Gardens Cemetery, 416 memorials, all need profile creation.
• Hernando Community Cemetery, Hernando, Citrus County, Florida Also known as Hernando Cemetery, 128 memorials, 122 need profiles.

Clay County

• Mount Olive Cemetery, Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Florida, 440 memorials, 437 need profile creation.

Columbia County

• First Mount Tabor Cemetery, Also known as Mount Tabor Cemetery, Old Mount Tabor Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida 5 memorials, 4 profiles created, one recent burial is too early to develop a profile.
• Truevine Cemetery (aka Watertown Cemetery), Columbia County, Florida,139 memorials, 2 are unknowns with no dates that appear to need merging, all other profiles are done.

Dade County

• South Dade's Black Pioneers by Jean C Taylor, Historical Association of South Florida, June 1976, p 10.
• USBH 1880 Census Florida #1: Dade County The 4 entries for Dade County have had profiles created.
• Lincoln Memorial Park cemetery, historic African-American cemetery in Brownsville, Florida. Listed as located in Allapattah, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Has over 30,000 burials, but currently only 2454 graves listed on Find A Grave. 2446 need profiles created.

DeSoto County

• Mount Olive Cemetery, Nocatee, DeSoto County, Florida, USA 45 memorials, all 45 profiles created.
• Hull Cemetery, Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida, USA 38 memorials, only 10 originally had dates, 33 profiles were created, 5 did not have enough information to create a profile.
• Mt. Olive Church and Cemetery, Nocatee, DeSoto County, Florida

Duval County

Focus of US Black Heritage Project Florida Team for January and February 2023

• African-American Resources for Duval County, Florida

Escambia County

• Zion Cemetery, Also known as A.M. E. Zion Church Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, 718 memorials, 712 profiles need creation.
• Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Brent, Escambia County, Florida, 3,048 memorials, 3,041 profiles needed.
• Williams Family Cemetery, Quintette, Escambia County, Florida, 258 memorials, 256 profiles needed.

Slaves:

• Peter Dyson (abt.1834-1888)
• Olive Kelly (abt.1836-)
• Henrietta (Jenkins) Dyson (abt.1839-)

Slave Owners:

• Jasper Strong (1798-1865)
• Joseph Coleman Crosby (abt.1820-bef.1880)

Slaves of Pages:

• Slaves of Jasper Strong, Florida
• Slaves of Joseph Coleman Crosby, Florida

Flagler County

• Masonic Cemetery, Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida, African-American Cemetery, 629 memorials, 627 need profiles.

Franklin County

• Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 3491 memorials, 3457 profiles needed.

Gadsden County

• FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL CEMETERY (Cemetery #3, Division #4), Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida
• African-American Cemetery, Quincy, Gadsden, Florida, 7 memorials, 5 profiles created, 2 memorials for adults with no names or dates.
• Saint John AME Church Cemetery, Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, 316 memorials, 284 profiles needed.

Gadsden County enslavers listed on Suwannee County list:

Name	Links
Alderman, David	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-D52M
Alderman, George F	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-D5PZ
Anders, Alex	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-D5T2
Anders, Owen E	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-DR3Z
Ball, Green	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SKZM
Cash, Elizabeth	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SKW2
Everitt, Abner	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-DRW2
Fletcher, Zabud	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-S2MM
Gainey, Wiley	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-DRMM
McGriff, James T	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-D5N2
Nicholson, Archd	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-S23Z
Patterson, Samuel	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SK3Z
Sanborn, Sergeant	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SKN2
Scarborough, Blount	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SKMM
Smart, J H & E L	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SKPZ
Taylor, James	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SK2M
Walker, Penelope	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SK6Z
Wilcox, Everitt	ark:/61903/1:1:WKV7-SKT2

Gulf County

• Williamsburg Cemetery, Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida, 171 memorials, all need profiles.

Hamilton County

• Sasser Landing Cemetery, Jennings, Hamilton County, Florida, 980 memorials, 979 profiles needed,
• Spring Branch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Florida, Spring Branch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Florida completed. Profiles made for 53 of the 63 memorials. Nine of the memorials were Unknown with no dates, one had a name but no dates - no profiles were developed for them.

Hardee County

• Bowling Green Memorial Gardens, 209 memorials, 183 profiles created, rest unknown with no names or dates or enough info to research.

Hernando County

• Spring Hill Cemetery, Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, 613 memorials, 611 need profiles.

Hillsborough County

• Tampa loses control of historic Black cemetery. A property flipper now owns it.
• 'Thank God you found me': Florida officials unearth a fourth forgotten Black cemetery
• Nathaniel Francis Chapman Plantation, Hillsborough, Florida - under construction
• Zion Cemetery, Tampa, Florida 802 memorials need profiles
• Gravesites from former Black cemetery discovered at Florida air force base

Holmes County

• Completed 106 African-American profiles for Holmes County in the 1880 census

Jackson County

Cemeteries:

• African-American Cemeteries, Jackson County, Florida
• Gainer Cemetery, Graceville, Florida

• Gainer Cemetery, Graceville (Browntown), Florida, 59 memorials, 32 need profiles created.

Plantations:

• Sylvania Plantation, Jackson County, Florida

Slave Owners:

• John Milton (1807-1865)
• William Henry Milton (1829-1900)
• John R Waddell (abt.1832-) and Slaves of John R. Waddell, Florida

Slaves:

• Armstrong Purdee (1856-1937)
• Dave Purdee (bef.1835-)
• Pattie (Waddell) Purdee (bef.1835-)

Jefferson County

Team focused on in 2022.

• African-American Resources for Jefferson County, Florida
• Old Union Cemetery, Monticello, Jefferson County, Florida, Also known as Union Cemetery, 91 memorials. 89 profiles needed.

Lafayette County

• Completed 173 profiles for African-Americans in Lafayette County on the 1880 census.

Lake County

• Groveland works to restore the community’s original Black cemetery
• Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery of Taylorville (now Groveland)

Leon County

Team focused on in 2022.

• African-American Resources for Leon County, Florida

Liberty County

• USBH 1880 Census Florida #1: Liberty County, 546 people on the census. All profiles have been created.

Manatee County

• An Archaeological Investigation of Enslavement at Gamble Plantation
• Old Memphis Cemetery, Palmetto, Manatee County, Florida, "a mostly black cemetery", 912 memorials, not known how many are African-American. Needs profiles.
• 1880 Census for Manatee County. Completed all 135 profiles.

Monroe County

• Africans in Key West - The Last of the Slave Ships

Mosquito County

• Mosquito County, Florida Territory to Orange County, Florida, United States

Okaloosa County

• Campton Cemetery, Campton, Okaloosa County, Florida, an African-American cemetery with 61 memorials, 58 need profiles.

Orange County

• William Shelton Delk (abt.1815-1885) and Slaves of Stephen Jackson Eubank, Florida
• Delk Plantation, Orange County, Florida
• Service Heroes, Apopka, Orange, Florida, USA (needs profiles created)
• PRESERVING BLACK HERITAGE: FLORIDA ACTIVISTS FIGHT TO SAVE HISTORIC SITE AND THEIR CULTURE, Eatonville, Florida
• EATONVILLE, FLORIDA (1887– ), The first all-black city to be incorporated in Florida
• Mosquito County, Florida Territory to Orange County, Florida, United States

Palm Beach County

• Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Also known as Pauper Cemetery. "674 bodies of African Americans or those of an unknown race" were buried here in a mass grave. There are no records of who they were.

Pasco County

• Mount Carmel Cemetery, Ehren, Pasco County, Florida (Also known as Ehren African American Cemetery), 43 memorials, 41 profiles created
• Trilby Country Cemetery, Trilby, Pasco County, Florida, 321 memorials, 291 need profiles created

Pinellas County

• ROSE CEMETERY
• Factions fight to manage a century-old Tampa Bay historic Black cemetery

Polk County

• African-American Obits in Polk County, Florida

St Johns County

• St Johns County was the focus for the US Black Heritage Project Florida Team in April - June 2023

African-American Resources for St Johns County, Florida

Suwannee County

• Suwannee_County was the focus for the US Black Heritage Project Florida Team in July-September 2023.

See African-American Resources for Suwannee County, Florida

Taylor County

• Spring Hill Cemetery, Perry, Taylor County, Florida, 163 memorials, 115 need profiles created.

Volusia County

• Glenwood African American Cemetery Memorials
• Spring Garden plantation, "List of slaves, including their ages, at Spring Garden plantation, Florida, 1829." (1829). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 304.
• Spring Garden Plantation, Volusia County, Florida (needs profiles created))

Wakulla County

• Crawford Cemetery in Shadeville, Wakulla County, 92 memorials, 91 profiles were created (one was a white guy so no profile was done).
• The Pinewoods Plantation, Wakulla County, Florida
• William Newton Taylor I (1825-1896)
• Elizabeth (Grice) Taylor (1830-1888)
• Restoration of the Richardson Cemetery
• Donaldson Cemetery, Crawfordville, Wakulla County, Florida, all 8 memorials have had profiles created.

Slavery Resources

• Florida African American Census Records
• Fort Rose, Carolina Slaves Brought to Florida
• RootsWeb Florida Slavery where to find records
• Black Wall Street, African American Records by State: Florida
• Slavery in Florida, 1821-1861
• Yale: Gullah Escape to Spanish Florida
• Florida's Forgotten Rebels
• FSU Florida Slave Narratives
• Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 3, Florida, Anderson-Wilson (with combined interviews of others)
• Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections
• Florida Slave Narratives
• Document no. 225 : Negros, &c. captured from Indians in Florida Letter from the secretary of war, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the disposition of Negro

Books

• History of Florida: A Reading List
• The Red Hills of Florida, 1528-1865 by Clifton Paisley, published by The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London, copyright 1989