--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FLORIDA TIMELINE 1719 .. 1723 Pensacola captured and held by France 1753 .. 1763 Spanish garrisoned at Pensacola 1783 Florida given to Spain by England in exchange for Bahamas and Gibraltar. Most British settlers leave. 1784 Spanish census of Pensacola. Population = 593 persons 1817 .. 1818 First Seminole War (Jackson's campaign) 1818 Andrew Jackson built Fort Gadsden 1821 Andrew Jackson accepts Pensacola from Spaniards, July 17. Florida organized into two (2) counties, Escambia (West Florida) and St. Johns (East Florida). 1822 Port of Apalachicola established 30 Mar 1822 Florida organized as a territory 1828 The first steamboat sailed on the Apalachicola River 1830 Florida's first Federal census. Indian removal begins. 1836 .. 1843 Second Seminole War 1845 Florida becomes a State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO)--Selected Entries Last name First name Init County Sec Twp Rng Acres ---Date----- Warrant Name and/or Remarks ---------- ---------- ---- ----------- -------------------------------- Herrington Harvy Santa Rosa 13 1N 28W 97.50 20 Aug 1834 # 474 Herrington Thomas Columbia/ Hamilton 15 2N 16E 168.10 31 Oct 1851 # 762 Harrington Henry Columbia 20 3S 17E 40.00 1 Apr 1859 # 3093 Harrington S. B. Seminole 32 20S 29E 164.02 30 Nov 1878 # 1470 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old West Florida History of Old West Florida Includes information on Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage Books A-D, Columbia County, Florida Harrington, James M. Susan A. Mosley 28 FEB 1875 Harrington, Susan John McCall 19 NOV 1876 Harrington, John Emma Cason 27 MAY 1877 Harrington, Lillie W. B. Marshon 22 DEC 1881 Harrington, Rosa Louis Lindsey 28 JUN 1883 Harrington, H. M. [Henry] Mattie A. Roberts 15 JAN 1884 Harrington, Mary Joseph Long 19 MAY 1887 Harrington, Lilly Thomas Long 22 AUG 1889 Harrington, Mary Joseph Long 19 MAY 1887 Harrington, Stephen Sallie Owens 20 FEB 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Escambia County, Florida Tract Book Purchaser of Land County Range Twp Section Date Type -------------------------------- -------- ----- --- ------- ----------- --------- HERRINGTON Martha J Escambia 30W 1S 12 21 Jun 1889 Homestead HERRINGTON Martha J Escambia 30W 1S 12 21 Jun 1889 Homestead {this location would be north of Pensacola} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITMIRE CEMETERY, Escambia County, Florida Herrington, F. E., Sr. 20 Dec 1839 9 Feb 1897 Herrington, Mary Louise 24 Aug 1859 4 Mar 1917 There are a number of other tombstones, I only extracted the oldest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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