Nassau County Democratic County Convention – 1880
Nassau Democratic County Convention held at Callahan, Fla., on September 11, 1880, transcribed from the Florida Mirror, September 18, 1880.
Obituary of Samuel A. Swann
Obituary of Samuel A. Swann from an unknown Jacksonville, Florida, newspaper, August 1909.
Memorial Windows – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
The following names appear on stained glass windows in St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The church was designed by Robert Sands Schuyler in the Gothic Revival style in 1884, destroyed by fire in 1892 and then rebuilt and enlarged.
Matrimonial Papers – East Florida Spanish Papers
A partial listing of some of the marriage records from the East Florida Spanish Papers covering the period from 1796 to 1802.
Marriage & Death Notices – 1938-1939
MARRIAGE and DEATH NOTICES from FLORIDA-GEORGIA NEWS, Fernandina, Florida and THE FERNANDINA NEWS, Fernandina, Florida FLORIDA-GEORGIA NEWS, Friday, September 2, 1938 HADDOCK, Mrs. Ethel Etherner, widow of Dena C. Haddock of Kings Ferry, died Wednesday afternoon after a lingering illness. Funeral services at the Haddock cemetery at Kings Ferry with Rev. G. E. Jones, pastor of Epteris Baptist Church, officiating this afternoon. Mrs. Haddock was 46 years and a native of Camden County, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Peeples of Kingsland. Besides her husband, Mrs. Haddock is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Rosalie McLellan of Fernandina; Mrs. Gladine McKendree, Kingsland; Misses Lois and Meril Haddock of Kings Ferry; one foster son, William Haddock of Fernandina; two brothers, G. H. and W. H. Peeples of Kingsland; two sisters, Mrs. A. E. Fleming, Kingsland, and Mrs. E. R. Grice, St. Petersburg. Pallbearers will be Oscar Campbell, Eldredge Peeples, P. B. Haddock, Allen McKendree, J. Libby and Hosea Fleming. ROBERTS, Betty, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Roberts was drowned Tuesday, August 16. Memorial services next Friday, September 9 conducted by Rev. J. M. Jones, pastor of the Flora Homes, Fla., Church of God. REYNOLDS-SPIEGNER – Miss Louise Spiegner of Orlando, Fla., and Bruce Reynolds of Orlando, Fla., will wed in the Orlando Methodist Church. Mr. Reynolds is the grandson of Mrs. G. H. Reynolds of this city. Those attending the wedding are Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lee, Mrs. G. H. Reynolds,...
Fernandina, Florida – A Poem
A poem about Fernandina Florida written by Rev. J. H. Martin, D. D., and printed in The Florida Mirror, 19 May 1883.
Records from Nassau County Deed Book A – 1840-1842
Records transcribed from the Nassau County Deed Book A which covered the years of 1840 to 1842. These records were subsequently published in The Nassau County Genealogist, vol. 5, p. 61-67.
Notes on Fernandina and Nassau County
From Our Place in Time – A Chronology of Putnam County, by Nancy Cooley Alvers and Janice Smith Mahaffey 1736-1742 – James Oglethorpe stationed Highlanders at Plaza San Carlos in present-day Fernandina (Old Town). August 9, 1807 – Don Domingo Fernandez awarded grant which included present-day Fernandina Beach. August 6, 1815 – Elizabeth Esabele Wiggins, free mulatto, resident of Fernandina, and her son, Carlos Clark, free negro, each received a grant of 300 acres on Lake George. 1816 – Fort San Carlos near Fernandina built by Spanish of wood and earthworks and armed with 8 to 10 guns. February 10, 1822 – John E. LeConte and ten men left Fernandina on a project to survey Florida’s interior. December 29, 1824 – Nassau, Florida’s tenth county, was named for the Nassau River and Nassau Sound which help to separate Nassau and Duval counties. The name of the county comes from a German state linked to William the Silent and William III of England who died in 1702, was brought from England during the English occupation. January 1, 1825 – The City of Fernandina was incorporated. February 9, 1842 – Fort Clinch was established on Amelia Island, north of Fernandina. 1855 – Florida’s first senator, David Levy Yulee, was granted a charter to build a railroad from Fernandina to Cedar Key where steamships waited for transport up and down the Atlantic or across the Gulf. One link in New York-New Orleans route, the Florida Railroad would run through a small settlement, Deer...
Lockwood-Brooks
A transcription of the 1929 Fernandina newspaper article about the Robert B. Lockwood and Francis Alphia Brooks marriage. Added to that is a brief family record. This information was subsequently published in The Nassau County Genealogist, vol. 5, p. 59.
Sanders-Wild Marriage
From an unknown newspaper 1926 Sunday afternoon, July 4, 1926, the marriage of Miss Grace Sanders and Mr. Kelly K. Wilds was solemnized by the pastor, Rev. T. J. Herring, at the First Baptist Church. The church was decorated with white daisies and fern. A chain of daisies was gracefully draped from the choir loft and vases of them made a border around the altar which was most effective. Miss Alice Dana and brother, Mr. Joe Dana, played very sweetly upon the piano and violin and promptly at three o’clock the wedding march pealed forth and the groom and his best man, Mr. Ashley Sanders, entered from the right aisle as the bride and her maid-of-honor, Miss Ray Herring, entered from the left, and were met at the altar by the pastor, who, with the beautiful ring ceremony, pronounced them man and wife. The bride was gowned in gray georgette with hat and all accessories to match and carried a bridal bouquet of radiance roses. Miss Herring wore a becoming gown of tan crepe de chine and carried an arm bouquet of daisies. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party were driven to the home of the groom’s mother, Mrs. Wilds, where the happy couple only remained long enough to enjoy delightful refreshments consisting of home-made cake and cream and receive congratulations. They left in their car for a honeymoon trip of a couple of weeks to points north. Mr. Wilds is one of Fernandina’s best young men, having been...