African-American Resources for Suwannee County, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Suwannee County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Slavery

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US Black Heritage Project Florida Team

African-American Resources for Florida

July Through September 2023 Project

As always, previous counties will still be available to work on. You can see what has already been done, and some suggestions for work still in process, on the specific county pages. See African-American Resources for Florida.

Our team focus for July Through September was Suwannee County, Florida.

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 Suwannee County
• Document all African-American cemeteries in Suwannee County

Resources available:

• History of Suwannee County, Clerk of Suwannee County Circuit Court
• Douglas Dorsey, Ex-Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938
• Suwannee County, Florida Genealogy
• Suwannee County Cemetery (aka Columbus Cemetery)

Pending:

1. 1860 Slave Schedule, Suwannee County, Florida - slave owner profiles need to be created, or updated with slavery categories and a slave section if already on Wikitree
2. Houston Community Cemetery - 135 profiles need creation
3. Saint James AME Church Cemetery - 67 profiles need creation

Completed:

Cemeteries:

1. Columbus Cemetery, Live Oak, Suwannee County - 42 entries (39 profiles were created, not enough info to create five others)

Slave Owners:

1. William Perry Allison (1821-1879) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
2. Nathaniel Bryan (abt.1807-1862) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
3. Fleming Dees (abt.1824-1863) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
4. William Berrie Hardee (1832-1905) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
5. Howell Sharpe Hawkins (1818-1887) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
6. John Calvin Peacock (1814-1882) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, and created "slaves of" page
7. Albert Peterson (1823-1873) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
8. Simeon Lewis Sparkman (1806-1873) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, created "slaves of" page
9. William Henry Rousseau (1818-1870) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, created "slaves of" page
10. John Robert Speir (1835-1862) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
11. Thomas D. Dexter (abt. 1814) - created profile, added link to Slaves of page
12. Lewis Mattair (abt. 1802) - created profile, added link to Slaves of page
13. David Alderman (1794-1888) - already on Wikitree, created Slaves of page and added link on profile (he lived and owned slaves in Gadsden County but appears on the Suwannee County slave schedule)
14. Agnes Jane (Gaskins) Byrd - already on Wikitree, updated profile and created Slaves of page
15. Joshua Caraway (abt.1825-) - created profile, created slaves of page
16. Sampson M. Carver (1809-1894) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, no slaves of page needed
17. Coatesworth Logan Carruth (abt.1802-) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
18. Archibald Caraway (abt.1815-) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
19. John J Coates (1802-1860) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
20. William E M Cousins (abt.1814-abt.1861) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
21. A M Crawford (abt.1817-) - created profile, created slaves of page
22. John Bailey (abt.1810-abt.1874) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
23. John MacPherson B Goodbread (abt.1819-1861) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
24. Thomas Grayhouse (abt.1824-) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
25. Joseph Dyall (abt.1787-aft.1860) - created profile, added link to slaves of page
26. John Starling Goodbread (abt.1797-1885) - created profile and slaves of page
27. D A Erwin (-aft.1860) - created profile, needs slaves of page
28. James M Foster (abt.1833-) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
29. Bradley J Hackney (abt.1826-abt.1862) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
30. James S Hackney (abt.1822-abt.1880) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
31. Joseph R Haddock (abt.1824-aft.1860) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
32. Thomas E Hardee (abt.1835-aft.1860) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
33. Daniel McQueen Blue (1836-1906) - already on Wikitree, added link to Slaves of page
34. Duncan Cameron Herndon (abt.1810-abt.1872) - created profile, and slaves of page
35. George E McLellan (abt. 1807) - created profile, added link to Slaves of page
36. Rhodes Nash Herndon (1795-1863) - created profile and slaves of page
37. Joseph Maxey Hull (1823-1914) - created profile and slaves of page
38. James Eleazer Ingerville (abt.1834-abt.1862) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
39. William Hunter Ivey (1820-1863) - already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, created slaves of page and linked
40. W S Irwin (abt.1832-aft.1860) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
41. Jasper Newton Ivey (1827-1889) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
42. Green Johnson (abt.1822-aft.1860) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
43. Daniel Keith (abt.1817-bef.1900) - created profile, created slaves of page
44. John F Kinsey (bef.1835-abt.1882) - created profile, created slaves of page
45. Thomas Hill Lane (1820-1864) - created profile, and slaves of page
46. James R Lewis (1821-1889) - created profile, no slaves of page needed
47. Robert Lang (1805-abt.1862) - created profile, and slaves of page
48. Alexander Hamilton Martin (1823-1881)- already on Wikitree, added slavery info and categories, created "slaves of" page
49. Mary A Murdock (abt. 1826) - created profile and Slaves of page
50. James A Newman (abt. 1809) - created profile and Slaves of page
51. Mary A Rowland (abt. 1818-1861) - created profile and Slaves of page
52. Willett W Snell (abt. 1809) - edited existing profile, created Slaves of page
53. J H Thompson (abt. 1828) - created profile and Slaves of page

"Slaves of " Pages:

1. Slaves of Thomas D. Dexter, Florida
2. Slaves of Lewis Mattair, Florida
3. Slaves of David Alderman, Florida
4. Slaves of Agnes Jane (Gaskins) Byrd
5. Slaves of Joseph Dyall, Florida
6. Slaves of Daniel McQueen Blue, Florida
7. Slaves of George E. McLellan, Florida
8. Slaves of Rhodes Nash Herndon, North Carolina
9. Slaves of Duncan Cameron Herndon, North Carolina
10. Slaves of John Starling Goodbread, Florida
11. Slaves of John Calvin Peacock, Florida
12. Slaves of Capt. Simeon Lewis Sparkman, Florida
13. Slaves of Capt. William Henry Rousseau, Florida
14. Slaves of Joseph Maxey Hull, Florida
15. Slaves of William Hunter Ivey, Florida
16. Slaves of Daniel Keith, Florida
17. Slaves of John F Kinsey, Florida
18. Slaves of Thomas Hill Lane, Florida
19. Slaves of Robert Lang, Florida
20. Slaves of Alexander Hamilton Martin, Florida
21. Slaves of Mary A Murdock, Florida
22. Slaves of Joshua Caraway, Florida
23. Slaves of James A Newman, Florida
24. Slaves of Anderson Moore Crawford, Georgia
25. Slaves of Mary A Rowland, Florida
26. Slaves of Willett W Snell, Georgia
27. Slaves of J H Thompson, Florida

Slaves:

1. Claude Augusta Wilson (1857-1939) - already on Wikitree, added link to slave owner Thomas D. Dexter
2. Douglas Martin Dorsey (1851-1938) - already on Wikitree, added link to slave owner Lewis Mattair
3. Dinah Lane (bef.1845-)
4. George Lane (bef.1863-)
5. Louisa Lane (bef.1863-)
6. Mary Lane (bef.1863-)
7. Cupid Herndon (bef.1843-)
8. Jenny Herndon (bef.1848-)
9. Bet Herndon (bef.1846-)
10. Amos Bryan (bef.1862-)
11. George Rowland (bef. 1861)
12. Jane Rowland (bef. 1861)
13. Charles Rowland (bef. 1861)
14. Grace Rowland (bef. 1861)

Plantations:

One Place Studies:

Stats for Third Quarter of 2023

Beginning stats as of July 1st: 0 plantations, 1 slave owners (0 "slaves of" pages), 3 slaves, 0 cemeteries,

Ending stats: 0 plantations, 54 slave owners (27 "slaves of" pages), 14 slaves, 1 cemetery,

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