tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post2198515676111276165..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Florida CrackersJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-11767761628530939422021-04-03T00:35:38.545-07:002021-04-03T00:35:38.545-07:00You may be on to something with that speculation a...You may be on to something with that speculation about joining the militia during the Seminole Wars, Lisa. I didn't mention it much in my posts, but during this entire period I was researching, some of the Townsends--and the other families they married into--were involved in those same battles in Florida.<br /><br />But don't dismiss outright the possibility of missionary work. My branch of the Townsend line married into another line in that region, which did include a minister. I suppose anything is possible.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-80551095002623869482021-04-02T10:31:18.855-07:002021-04-02T10:31:18.855-07:00Jacqi you are so helpful. I'm going to use the...Jacqi you are so helpful. I'm going to use the resources you have linked to do some searching. I have already found records that my gr-gr-grandfather Jeffers (who never lived in Florida) bought land in Madison County for his wife's younger brothers. I can see where Thomas Anderson the sheriff paid him back, but I have lost all trace the youngest brother James Anderson. I have often wondered, and now I have more tools.<br /><br />As for reasons Carolinians migrated to Florida, I have often scratched my head about that, too. I have lived there, and I had air conditioning :-) I asked one of Thomas the sheriff's descendants - he said it was to do missionary work. I have my doubts about that. Scrounging around in old newspapers, I believe I saw where a young Thomas, living in Hamburg SC with the Jeffers, joined the local militia, which marched off with great fanfare to fight the Indians in Florida. I'll bet he saw the possibility then of acquiring land there later. (His own father apparently mismanaged the family money and property.)Lisa Jeffers Fultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008852323273792190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-83687500758630956722021-04-01T00:46:23.656-07:002021-04-01T00:46:23.656-07:00This is where being able to go to the local area a...This is where being able to go to the local area and research in person comes in handy. Not everything is accessible online...yet.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-76089798756526375722021-03-31T12:25:12.486-07:002021-03-31T12:25:12.486-07:00The records you need are just so elusive! The records you need are just so elusive! Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.com