Ormond Family Papers 1784-1909 1834-1892

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Ormond Family Papers 1784-1909 1834-1892

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/ormond.htm

The collection includes correspondence, business letters, account books, and a memoir manuscript created by members of the Ormond family of Florida.

2 Linear feet; 4 boxes

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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SNAC Resource ID: 6637191

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Ormond, James, 1815-1892

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Ormond family

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Captain James Ormond I (175?-1819), born in Scotland, commanded the brig Somerset . He owned a plantation on Exuma in the Bahamas, but then took advantage of Spanish land grants in Florida. He settled near New Smyrna, Florida, where he was later killed by a neighbor's slave. James Ormond II (179?-1829), also born in Scotland, came to Florida with his wife, Isabella (neé Christie), and their four children after a failed business venture. They lived on the Damietta plantat...