Captain Hugh Black Papers, 1840-1913

Black, Hugh, 1835-1915

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Hugh Black was born in 1835 in Gadsden County, Florida. He served with Florida troops during Indian uprisings in 1855-56 and in the Civil War from 1861-1865. He was wounded in the Battle of Chickamauga. In 1864 he became County Tax Assessor of Liberty County, Florida and continued in this capacity for two years until moving to Leon County. He was elected Clerk of the Legislature in 1868 and also served several years as a Leon County Commissioner. He died in 1915 in Talla...

Diamond, Julius

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Created by Captain Hugh Black

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Captain Black's grandfather came from Scotalnd as a young man and settled in North Carolina. His father settled in Gadsden County, Florida where Hugh Black was born, June 28, 1835. He served with Florida troops during Indian uprisings in 1855-56 and in the Confederate Army from 1861-1865. Captain Black served and was wounded in the Battle of Chickamaugua. In 1864 he became the County Tax Assessor of Liberty County, Florida and continued in this capacity for two years until moving to...

Black, Mary Ann, 19th cent.

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Whitfield, James B. (James Bryan), 1860-1948

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Originally of Wayne County, North Carolina, James B. Whitfield came to Florida as a boy, when his father started a cotton plantation in Leon County. He was educated at the West Florida Seminary in Tallahassee and at the University of Virginia, where he received the bachelor of law in 1886. Returning to Leon County, Whitfield practiced law until his election in 1888 as county judge. Beginning in 1889, he was clerk of the Florida Supreme Court for eight years. He was appointed State Treasurer in 1...