At 65 years old, Reuben Davis submitted his homestead application #4738 on July 15th, 1870, at the Land Office of Tallahassee, Florida for 79.72 acres in Gadsden County, Florida.
On April 28, 1891, Willis Turner (“Turner”) of LaCrosse, Florida filed his homestead entry (Application No. 21345) with the Gainesville, Florida Land Office. He applied for 40.05 acres of federal land at the Southeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 20, in Township 7 S of Range 19 E.
Cesar was thirty-six years old when he submitted Homestead Application #784 on December 24th, 1866 in the Land Office at Tallahassee, Florida for 39.39 acres in Columbia County, Florida.
Samuel was thirty years old when he submitted his homestead application #43 at the Land Office in Tallahassee, Florida on September 10th, 1866, for forty acres in Sawdust, Gadsden County, Florida.
Frank was twenty-two years old when he submitted his homestead application #7 at the Tallahassee, Florida Land Office on September 1st, 1866, for 80 acres in Gadsden County, Florida.
How and when Shadrack and Jane Taylor came to Florida is not known. However, they were in Suwannee County, Florida, by October 8, 1866, when Shadrack filed Homestead Application 209 with Justice of the Peace W.A. Brimson for "eighty acres of land said land being the North Half of the South East quarter of Section Twelve (12) Range (13) Thirteen Township (2) Two South and East".
On May 21, 1869, Edward Wilson appeared before the Registrar, Charles Mundee, at the Land Office in Tallahassee, Florida. There he made application under the Homestead Act of 1862 for 39.89 acres in the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 12 of Range 13E, Township 2S. He paid $7.00 for the application.
Nelson Shaw was 41 years old when he submitted his homestead application #212
at the Land Office of Tallahassee, on October 13, 1866, for 39.86 acres located in Gadsden County
Richard Nelson was born in 1814 and his wife Milly was born in 1823 both in Georgia. They were living in Gadsden County, Florida at the time of his homestead application.
