Samuel Ashe Swann Papers 1838-1925

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Samuel Ashe Swann Papers 1838-1925

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

Samuel Ashe Swann's ledgers, letter books, tax certificates, deeds, and account books document Florida's growth in the 19th century. Swann was a real estate speculator, developer, and railroad business man.

28 Linear feet; 127 microfilm reels; 24 boxes and 144 volumes

eng,

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

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Swann, Samuel Ashe, 1832-1909

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Real estate speculator, developer, and entrepreneur. Born May 20, 1832 in Pittsboro, Moore County, North Carolina. Swann sought his fortune in Florida when he moved to Fernandina in November, 1855 to be the accountant for Finegan and Company, the firm contracted to build the Florida Railroad. In November 1859, Swann married Martha R. Travere of St. Augustine. The Swanns evacuated Fernandina in 1862 after Union troops captured the port and moved to Gainesville. They retur...