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Location: St Johns County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage
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St Johns County was the focus for the US Black Heritage Project Florida Team in April - June 2023
Specific areas of focus:
- Make profiles for all slave owners
- Identify the enslaved and make profiles for them
- Make free space pages for all plantations in St Johns County
- Document all African-American cemeteries in St Johns County
- Resources available:
- 1850 Slave Schedule, St Johns County, Florida
- 1860 Slave Schedule, St Johns County, Florida
- Smith, Julia Floyd (2017). Slavery and plantation growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860 (PDF). Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series. University of Florida Press. ISBN 9781947372627.
- Florida County List
- Florida: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More
- St. Johns County, Florida
- St. Johns County / New Switzerland Plantation
- Saving Two of Florida's Oldest African American Cemeteries in West Augustine
- Cemeteries in the City of St. Augustine, Florida
- St. Johns County, Florida Genealogy
- The Forgotten: African American Soldiers in World War I "The African American veterans listed on this page rest in St. Augustine National Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida."
- Fort Mose Being Rebuilt -- the first African American Town in America.
- Pending:
- 1850 Slave Schedule, St Johns County, Florida (needs profiles created, if already on Wikitree - link to slave schedule)
- 1860 Slave Schedule, St Johns County, Florida (needs profiles created, if already on Wikitree - link to slave schedule)
- San Sebastian Cemetery in St Augustine (1011 memorials - need 992 profiles created)
- Woodlawn Cemetery in St Augustine (1285 memorials - 1271 need profiles created)
- Armstrong Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Armstrong First Baptist Church Cemetery, Elkton, St. Johns County (396 memorials - 389 needs profiles created)
- Completed:
- Cemeteries:
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Orangedale, Florida - 27 profiles created
- Pinehurst Cemetery in St Augustine (235 memorials - 203 profiles created, the rest didn't have enough info)
- Slave Owners:
- George Rainsford Fairbanks (1820-1906), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Gad Humphreys (abt.1786-abt.1859), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Frederick Clinton Humphreys (1822-1899), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Frederick Weedon (1784-1857), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Isaac Hopkins Bronson (1802-1855), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Nicolas Saturnino Rogero (1816-1897), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Albert D. Rogero (1812-1900), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Elijah Clarke Simkins (1829-1876), added slave info and categories, created Slaves of page (see below)
- Joseph Lee Smith (1776-1846), already on Wikitree, added slave info and categories
- Francis Philip Fatio (abt.1724-abt.1811) orphaned profile with little info, added history, sources and categories
- Catharina Aguiar, created profile with slave info
- Antonio Alvarez, created profile and Slaves of page
- Clarissa Cochran Anderson, created profile and Slaves of page
- "Slaves of " Pages:
- Slaves of Benjamin Edward DuPont, Florida
- Slaves of Virgil R DuPont, Florida
- Slaves of Cornelius DuPont, Florida
- Slaves of Elijah Clarke Simkins, Florida
- Slaves of Antonio Alvarez, Florida
- Slaves of Clarissa Cochran Anderson, Florida
- Slaves:
- Peggy Simkins (bef.1821-)
- Hardy Simkins (bef.1837-)
- Julian Simkins (bef.1837-)
- Ludia Ann Simkins (bef.1837-)
- Hardy Simkins (bef.1820-)
- Julia Ann Simkins (bef.1838-)
- Letty Simkins (bef.1838-)
- Malinda Simkins (bef.1823-)
- Morris Simkins (bef.1837-)
- Nancy Simkins (bef.1823-)
- Harriet Simkins (bef.1838-)
- Sam Simkins (bef.1838-)
- Plantations: None as of yet
- One Place Studies: None as of yet
Statistics
Beginning stats as of April 1st, 2023: 0 plantations, 5 slave owners (1 "slaves of" pages), 172 slaves
Ending stats: 0 plantations, 18 slave owners (1 "slaves of" pages), 184 slaves
Total Stats in Categories as of 30 Jun 2023: 0 plantations, 19 slave owners (7 "slaves of" pages), 183 slaves, 2 cemeteries
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