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Note: (Research):Richard Cardell has John as being born in Beard's Bluff, Tattnall Co., GA; however, Tattnall was not a county at that time.
The 1830 U.S. Census for Upson County, Georgia has a Jno. Tucker with this enumeration, Males 0-4 3 5-9 1 10-14 0 15-19 1 20-29 1 30-39 0 40-49 1
Females 0-4 1 5-9 2 10-14 0 15-19 1 20-29 0 30-39 1 40-49 1
Note: John was Baptized in Upson County.
******************************************** According to an ARMED OCCUPATION ACT LAND PERMITS, DM ID: 149420, Doc. Date: 06/26/1843, Legacy Doc. Locator: AOP3573 John Tucker came to Florida in March 1832.
******************************************** In the Records of the Adjutant General's Office (R.G.94) in a portion known as the "Letters Received" file, are the Worth to Wilcox, 7/10/1841(W275); Worth to 3/11/1842(W97); and Worth to Wilcox, 7/17/1841(W327) correspondence files.
The resettlement was Colonel Worth's attempt to further drive the remaining Seminoles out of the area the whites desired to settle. The Army encouraged settlers to move back to their lands and promised to lend whatever assistance was necessary to make them successful. The first successful settlement came on August 9, 1841 when 13 whites and 8 slaves settled at Cedar Hammock, 12 miles northeast of Fort White. That was followed by 31 whites and 2 slaves at the Natural Bridge. Eventually the Armed Occupation Act was enacted and the resettlement went into overdrive. It was in the area of the Natural Bridge that John Tucker settled.
Listed on this record are: 1. John Tucker's family, 3 males over 14, 2 females over 14, 3 children under 14 2. J. Dinkins, 1 males over 14, 1 females over 14, 3 children under 14 3. R. Prevat, 1 males over 14, 1 females over 14 4. L. M. Tucker, 1 males over 14, 1 females over 14
J. Dinkins remains unidentified and R. Prevat could be Reuben Prevatt. John Tucker is probably John H. Tucker and L. M. Tucker is probably his son Lewis M. Tucker. In 1841 the composition of the Tucker households would be accurate [Lewis M. Tucker was married in 1841]. Furthermore, Lewis is found in the area of the Natural Bridge on the 1850 U.S. Federal Census Record for Columbia County, and is living in close proximity to Roland and Jesse E. Thomas, John Prevatt, Reuben Prevatt and John M. Prevatt.
From the State of Florida Tract Books we have these Section, Township and Range records:
1. Jesse E. Thomas, ALACHUA UNION 25 - 06S / 18E, Date of sale January 18, 1856
2. Roland Thomas, Union 1 - 06S / 18E, Date of sale November 26, 1860; Union 14 - 06S / 18E, Date of sale March 18, 1854; UNION 10 - 06S / 18E, Date of sale March 18, 1854.
3. Jesse Thomas, Union 15 - 06S / 18E, Date of sale June 18, 1837, May 25, 1838, May 25, 1838.
4. John Prevatt, 27 - 06S / 17E, Date of sale June 16, 1855
5. James H. Prevatt, 21 - 06S / 17E, Date of sale August 25, 1853, November 3, 1853, March 4, 1854, October 14, 1854.
6. John E. Tucker, COLUMBIA 13 - 06S / 17E, UNION 14 - 06S / 17E, Date of sale March 3, 1838.
These records place the home of Lewis M. Thompson in either 06S / 17E or 18E in 1850.
John H. Tucker is recorded for these two properties, ALACHUA 28 - 07S / 18E, Date of deed January 16, 1839; ALACHUA 29 - 07S / 18E, Date of deed, November 2, 1837.
******************************************** 1837 LAND RECORD: State of Florida Tract Book, Alachua County, Date of sale November 2, 1837, in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 29, Township 07S, Range 18E.
1839 LAND RECORD: State of Florida Tract Book, Alachua County, Date of sale January 16, 1839, lots 1 and 2 in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 28, Township 07S, Range 18E.
Participated in the First Statewide (Florida) Election May 26, 1845. He voted at the Bates Precinct, Benton County. Name recorded is Tucker, John. Source: p. 30, Florida Voters in Their First Statewide Election, May 26, 1845, by Brian E. Michaels, The Florida State Genealogical Society, 1987.
1849 LAND RECORD: State of Florida Tract Book, Hernando County, Date of sale May 19, 1849, E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, Township 25S, Range 20E.
1849 LAND RECORD: State of Florida Tract Book, Pasco County, Date of sale May 19, 1849, E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 2, Township 24S, Range 20E.
1850 Florida Agrigultural Schedule, Benton County John owned 20 acres of improved land, 60 acres of unimproved land, the land was valued at $500, the farm implements and machinery were valued at $40, 1 horse, 1 ass, 25 milk cows, 45 other cattle, 2 swine, value of live stock $500, 100 bushels indian corn.
******************************************** The following paragraphs were taken from the original minutes of Providence Baptist Church in Union County, Florida. The minute book was kept by Elder Jesse Tyre and his wife for several years, and is now the property of his grand-daughter, Mrs. Cecil Crews Harris Powell.
April 12th and 13th 1833 "At the appointment of Brother John Tucker at the house of Henry Beals on the 12th and 13th of April 1833, whereas a few members of the Baptist Faith and order were collected, it was thought expedient to form a church on the Olustee and agreed to write to the Association of Pigeon Creek on New River for their ministerial aid to-wit:
Brothers Bates and Tucker to aid Brother William A. Knight; at his appointment on Olustee, which is on the 13th of July, 1833, to constitute us into a church also appointed Brothers John M. Prevatt and John D. Osteen, prepare a letter for the Association of Pigeon Creek Church at New River, against our next meeting, also Brother J. Tucker, with our aid opened the door for the reception of members and Martha Osteen came forward and was received by experience of grace, also Jane Miller was received by experience of grace. Met Sabbath morning, and Sister M. Osteen received baptism by Brother John Tucker and the meeting closed in order."
August 10, 1833, Brother Jesse Thomas came forward and related to the Church that it was very difficult to get his letter by Church of Kettle Creek being scattered since he moved away of which he was a member and proved to our satisfaction. So he was received to full fellowship.
September 7th 1833,
"After a sermon delivered by Brother John Tucker, the Church, Providence, met in conference and preceeded to business, the door being opened for the reception of members when Sister Nancy Thomas came forward and was received the same way that her husband, Jesse Thomas was received."
Met Sabbath morning, the 8th Inst., at the water, the door was opened for reception of members and (among others) Elizabeth Thomas came forward and was received by experience, and received baptism by Brother John Tucker.
December 7th 1833, Met Sunday morning the 8th inst. at the water to Baptize Sister Martha Miller and the door was opened for the reception of members and Dorothy Thomas came forward and was received by experience. They were both Baptized by Brother John Tucker.
November 8th 1834, After a sermon by Brother Tucker , Brethren John Tucker and Jesse Thomas were elected delegates to the Suwannee River Association.
February 7th 1835, After a sermon by Brother Tucker the Church took into consideration a difficulty and order of separation between Brother Sillas Weeks and his wife. On motion, appointed a committee consisting of three, to wit: Jesse Thomas Ephraim Miller and John Prevatt to make inquiry in the case and report at our next conference.
March 7th 1835, After singing and prayer and an exhortation by Brother Tucker, the Church Providence sat in conference. The committee made its report and was dismissed. First took up the case of Sillas Weeks and the Church acquitted him. Second took up the case of Sister Martha Weeks and excommunicated her from the Church. On motion, took up the case of impeachment as knowing or being accessory to the separation of Silas Weeks and his wife. Appointed Brother Jesse Thomas to notify Brother William Gay and Sister Martha Miller and Brother Timothy G. Miller to be at our next conference.
April 11th 1835, After sermon by Brother Tucker, Brother Thomas reported he had notified Brother William Gay and Sister Martha Miller to be at the conference. The Church excommunicated him and acquitted her.
July 11th 1835, Brothers John Tucker and Jesse Thomas were elected to as delegates to the Constitution of the Suwannee Association
"In consequence of the Indian War the church failed to meet in conference from the 9th of April 1836 till the 9th of September 1837. At which time after sermon by Brother Tucker the Church of Providence sat in conference and proceeded to business."
February 9th 1839, On motion agreed to record the death of Brother Jesse Thomas who departed this life on the 29th of November 1838.
October 9 1841, Took into consideration the conduct of Sister Mary Tucker who took a letter of dismission from us and DESTROYED it and joined to another class of worship, to which conduct we considered her dismissed from us.
September 13th 1845, Elizabeth and a number of others applied for and received letters of dismission.
Source: "Church Minutes", Minutes of Old Providence Baptist Church, Providence, Union County, Florida Established 1833, (Jacksonville: Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc., 1976).
July 7, 1844. Eden Baptist Church in Lake Lindsey conducts one of the first baptisms, when Rev. John Tucker baptized J. M. Haymen. [The congregation numbered 20 whites and 5 blacks by 1848. A new church was built in 1884. Information from Old Brooksville in Photos and Stories.]
The story of John Tucker, a Baptist minister, added emphasis to the need for blockhouses such as Gilliard and Harlee. New River Church had been organized in the summer of 1833 by settlers near the little river which now separates Bradford from Union County. The church was located on the east bank of New River less than 10 miles from where it flows into the Santa Fe. John Tucker had been elected its first pastor and "about the same time he began serving his New River congregation he also established the Providence Church" on the east side of Olustee Creek at the western edge of today's Union County. Tucker's grandson wrote the historian of the Providence Church: I have heard my father tell of the awful experiences while in forts during the Indian War. He told of my grandfather holding funeral services over a family of four or five who had been butchered and quartered by the indians. My grandfather carried an indian bullet in his leg to the grave.
.....No wonder it was said of John H. Tucker that "he funeralized more people, butchered by Indians, than any preacher who ever lived in Florida." It could also be said that he married more people in Alachua County during the Second Seminole War than any other minister. Most of the time he was the only minister. As late as 1843 there was not a Baptist preacher beside Tucker in the whole peninsula south of Newnansville.
The marrying minister died at age 68, in 1853, "after 49 years as a pioneer preacher..."
Source: SHADOWS ON THE SAND, Zonira Hunter Tolles, 1976 pp 122-124
"Church Minutes", Minutes of Old Providence Baptist Church, Providence, Union County, Florida Established 1833, (Jacksonville: Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc., 1976)
The name John Tucker is mentioned on 38 pages, plus there is almost a page on John H. Tucker in the back of the book.
JOHN TUCKER Information about John Tucker is fragmentary. He labored diligently and traveled widely but the sands of the long years have for the most part obliterated his footprints. He was baptized by Elder James King, a missionary at Thomaston, Georgia after which he came to East Florida in 1832.
John Tucker came to Florida and stated at that time that Fleming Bates was the only Baptist preacher in East Florida. Together John Tucker and Fleming Bates established several churches in the region, Providence or Olustee as it is sometimes called, being one of the churches and is so noted in the minutes of Providence Church minutes.
John Tucker was appointed the Preacher of the Providence Baptist Church at the home of Henry Beals on the 12th and 13th of April 1833.
After Fleming Bates' death, date unknown, John Tucker was the only Baptist Preacher left in the area for a time and there was no Baptist Preacher nearer than 75 miles of him except James McDonald who came on preaching tours. �tab� Being the only preacher in that region, it was Rev. John Tucker who preached the funerals of the victims of the Indians. He was employed by the American Baptist Home Mission Society in 1843. His field was evidently unrestricted as he is found at Lake Lindsey in Hernando County, Florida in 1844 where he baptized J. H. Hayman on July 7, 1844 who became the foremost Baptist preacher in adjacent areas. Reverend Tucker transferred his services in 1845 to the Southern Convention and was one of six men appointed to the Board of Domestic Missions its first year - 1845 -and his appointment was as a missionary to Florida. He reported in the Christian Index for that year that he had found 81 scattered Baptist in his territory, organized them into Churches, preached 180 times and Baptized 29 converts. It is not known the length of his services with the Southern or the date of his death.
Ancient Records Book, Alachua County Florida: Goodrich
"Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr from Records provided by Buddy Irby, Alachua County Clerk of the Court's Office"
Page 274 Receivers Office at St. Augustine E.F. No. January 16th 1839 Received from John Tucker of Alachua County the sum of fifty dollars and eleven cents being in full for the South West qtr of South west quarter of Section No. twenty eight in Township No. seven - of Range Eighteen S. & E. containing Forty acres and nine hundredths at $1.25 per acre and for which tract or such portion thereof as shall have been ascertained not to be claimed by a valid Right of Pre-emption under the Act of twenty second June Eighteen hundred and thirty eight a patent will be issued after the twenty second June eighteen hundred and forty. And this receipt will entitle the purchaser or assignee to a return of the purchasers money - without interest of the land claimed by such pre-emption right or of the whole part at his option $50.11 John C. Clelland Receiver True Copy Recorded this 24th day of July 1839 I. Garrason Clk County Court Alachua County Ancient Records Deed Book B Page 278
This Indenture made this First day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Between John Tucker of Alachua County, in the Territory of Florida of the first part and Charles Goodrich of the same County and Territory of the second part Witnesseth That the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand dollars good and lawful money of the United States of America to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof is here by Acknowledged hath granted bargained sold aliened, remised, released, conveyed, and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain, sell alien, remise, release, convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and Assigns forever, All that tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the County of Alachua in the Territory of Florida containing eighty acres of land - purchased by the said John Tucker of the United States in two parcels as per the Receivers Receipts of December twenty second A.D. 1837 for forty acres 09-100 & discribed therein as the South East of the South East quarter of section twenty nine of Township seven - range Eighteen south & East And per Receivers Receipt of January the sixteenth A.D. 1839 for forty & 9/100 Acres and discribed therein as the South West quarter of South West quarter of Section Number twenty Eight in Township Number seven of Range Number eighteen South & East Composing the aforesaid Eighty Acres of Land and being in about four miles of Newnansville Together with all and singular the tenements hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr 5 June 2003
Ancient Records Deed Book B Page 277
For value received I John Tucker of Alachua County Territory of Florida do hereby sell and assign subject to all Equity subsisting between me and the United States unto Charles Goodrich of the County and Territory aforesaid and to his heirs and assigns forever All my right title and interest to the land designated as per Receivers Receipt No-- As the South East quarter of the South East quarter of section No twenty nine in Township No seven in Range No Eighteen South & West in the district of land subject to sale at the City of St. Augustine East Florida containing Forty Acres and nine one hundredths of and acre. �tab�In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of�tab��tab�John Tucker (seal) A.P. Gregory T.F. McDonell
True Copy �tab�Recorded this 24th day of July 1839 �tab��tab��tab��tab�I. Garrason Clk �tab��tab��tab��tab� County Court �tab��tab��tab��tab� Alachua County
Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr 5 June 2003
Page 282-293
Know all men by these presents, That, whereas I Charles Goodrich of the Town of Newnansville in the County of Alachua in the Territory of Florida am and do stand justly indebted to the several persons & Firms & in the several sums of money following to wit
To George S. Nichols in the sum of Five hundred & seventy four 81/100 Dollars payable as per promissory notes of equal date herewith. $ 132 47/100 in nine months $ 139 98/100 in eighteen months - $ 147 47/100 in twenty seven months and 154 50/100 in thirty six months from date
To Andrew Huntington & Thomas Holcombe Copartners under the firm of Huntington & Holcombe in the sum of three thousand three hundred and thirty four 13/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory note to the said firm $ 768 27/100 in nine months $ 811 86/100 in eighteen months $ 855 86/100 in twenty seven months and $ 898 84/100 in thirty six months from the date hereof
To Charles H. Knapp in the sum of two hundred and seventy four 32/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory notes. $63 21/100 in nine months $ 66 79/100 in eighteen months $ 70 37/100 in twenty seven months and $ 73 05/100 in thirty six months from date
To Jaomi Baldwin in the sum of One thousand seven hundred & seventy 80/100 dollars payable as per my promissory notes. $ 408 05/100 in nine months $ 431 15/100 in eighteen months $ 454 25/100 in twenty seven months and $477 35/100 in thirty six months from date
To Amasa Bennett in the sum of four hundred and ninety two 64/100 dollars payable as per my promissory notes. $ 113 06/100 dollars in nine months $ 119 46/100 in eighteen months $ 126 86/100 in twenty seven months and $ 133 26/100 thirty six months from date
To Jones & N.B. Knapp composing the firm of NB Knapp & Co. in the sum of seven hundred and thirty five 90/100 dollars payable as per my note to the said firm $ 169 59/100 in nine months $ 179 17/100 in eighteen months $188 77/100 in twenty seven months and $ 198 37/100 in thirty six months from date
To John Ingersole & Edward Ingersole composing the firm of J & E Ingersole in the sum of Four Thousand four hundred and sixty eight 23/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory notes to said firm. $ 1029 69/100 in nine months - 1087 90/100 in eighteen months $ 1146 18/100 in twenty seven months And $1204 46/100 in thirty six months from date
To Thomas M Turner in the of eight hundred and ninety two 56/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory note $ 205 61/100 in nine months $ 217 32/100 in eighteen months $ 228 96/100 in twenty seven months & $ 240 68/100 in thirty six months
To Whitman Nichols in the of ninety four 26/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory note $ 21 72/100 in nine months $ 22 95/100 in eighteen months 24 18/100 in twenty seven months and 25 41/100 in thirty six months from date
To Isaac M. Merrell in the sum of two hundred and Eighty three 84/100 Dollars Payable as per my promissory note $65 41/100 in nine months $ 69 11/100 in eighteen months $72 81/100 in twenty seven months and 76 51/100 in thirty six months from date
To Wilson Fuller George M. Moore & Thomas Miller Composing firm of Fuller Moore and Co. in the sum of two Two thousand seven hundred & sixty four 14/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory notes to said firm $ 636 96/100 dollars in nine months $ 673 01/100 in eighteen months $ 709 06/100 in twenty seven months & 745 11/100 in thirty six months from date
To A Wood & Thomas Dowell composing firm of A. Wood & Co. in the sum of three thousand six hundred and sixty five 04/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory note notes to said firm $ 733 95/100 in nine months $ 775 49/100 in eighteen months $ 817 03/100 in twenty seven months and $ 858 51/100 in thirty six months from date
To Nathaniel B Weed Henry D Weed & Isaac M Merrell composing firm of Weed & Merrell in the sum of Five hundred and eighty two 80/100 dollars payable as per my promissory notes to said firm - $ 134 50/100 in nine months $ 141 96/100 in Eighteen months $ 149 50/100 in twenty seven months and $ 157 10/100 in thirty six months from date
To George C. Carroll in the sum of one thousand three hundred & eighty six 94/100 in nine months $ 337 69/100 in Eighteen months $ 355 78/100 in twenty seven months & 373 87/100 in thirty six months from date
To John B. Gandery in the sum of Three thousand six hundred & ninety four 28/100 payable as per my promissory notes $ 851 30/100 in nine months $ 899 48/100 in eighteen months $ 947 66/100 in twenty seven months $ 995 84/100 in thirty six months from date
To William P Clark in the sum of Five hundred and ninety nine 92/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory note $ 138 25/100 in nine months $ 146 07/100 in eighteen months $ 153 89/100 in twenty seven months & $ 161 71/100 in thirty six months from date
To Warner & Samuel Solomons composing Firm of Warner & Solomon in the sum of Four hundred & Eighty five 04/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory note to the said firm firm $ 111 78/100 in nine months $118 10/100 in eighteen months $124 42/100 in twenty seven months & $ 130 14/100 in thirty six months from date
To E Henderson in the sum of Six hundred & eighty five 40/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory notes $ 157 94/100 in nine months $ 166 88/100 in eighteen months $ 175 82/100 in twenty seven months & $ 184 70/100 in thirty six months from date
To William H. Rogers & Sarah Rogers composing firm of Wm H & S Rogers in the sum of seven hundred and seventy eight 54/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory notes to said firm - $179 41/100 in nine months 189 56/100 in eighteen months $ 199 71/100 in twenty seven months and $ 209 86/100 in thirty six months from date
To Horace Close & C Thompson composing firm of Close & Thompson in the sum of one thousand three hundred and seventy four 52/100 Dollars payable as per my promissory notes to the said firm $ 316 75/100 in nine months $ 334 67/100 in eighteen months $ 352 51/100 in twenty seven months and $ 370 51/100 in thirty six months from date
To Squire Little in the sum of Three hundred and & seventy eight 03/100 Dollars pay as per my promissory notes $ 87 12/100 in nine months $ 92 15/100 in eighteen months $ 96 97/100 in twenty seven months and $ 101 89/100 in thirty six months from date for the payment of all which said several sum of money I the said Charles Goodrich have given to the said several persons and firms my promissory notes payable in nine eighteen twenty seven & thirty six months from the date thereof and hereof
Now therefore Know all men by these presents That I the said Charles Goodrich for the better securing the payment of the said several sum of money to the said several persons & firms above specified & in the said promissory notes specified according to the true intent and meaning of the said several promissory notes above mentioned and also for and in consideration of the sum of One thousand Dollars to me in hand paid by John B. Gandey of Savannah Georgia at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof I do hereby Acknowledge & for the same do hereby forever release the said John B Gandey his executors administrators Have granted bargained sold aliened released conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell alien release convey and confirm unto the said John B Gandey and to his heirs & assigns forever all that peace or parcel of land containing Fifty Acres of land situate lying and being in the County of Alachua in the Territory of Florida & adjoining the Town of Newnansville which said fifty acres of land are divided into five lots of ten acres each - Three of which lots were conveyed by Benett M Dell Administrator of Thomas H. Halleday deceased to the Charles Goodrich by deed bearing date the sixteenth day of July A.D. 1838 & discribed therein as follows to wit There lots of land situate lying & being in the County of Alachua containing ten acres each being a part of the East half of the West quarter of section Eleven Township eight and range eighteen South & East & Known as Lots number four five and six
The other two lots of said five were conveyed by William A. Tucker to the said Charles Goodrich as follows to wit one half part or share of the said two other lots by deed bearing date the sixteenth day of July A.D. 1838 And the remaining half part or share of the said two other lots lots by deed bearing date the eleventh day of July A.D. 1839. And therein discribed as follows to wit. All those two lots of land situate lying & being in the County of Alachua in the Territory of Florida and adjoining the Town of Newnansville containing ten acres of land each lot & containing in both twenty acres of land being a part of the East half of the South West quarter of section Eleven Township Eight & Range Eighteen South & East of the base line and knew as lots No.(1) one & No.(2) two the lot No One is that whereon the building called the Alachua House recently erected by the said Charles Goodrich now stands and being all the remaining part & portion of the said two lots of which the equal share or half was conveyed by the said William A Tucker to the said Charles Goodrich by deed bearing date the 16th A.D. 1838 The said Fifty Acres of land are sometimes called & Known by the name of Goodrichs five Lots
And also all that Tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the County of Alachua in the Territory of Florida containing eighty acres of land purchased by John Tucker of the United States in two parcels as per Receivers Receipts of December 22nd 1837 for forty & 09/100 acres and discribed therein as the South East Quarter of the South East Quarter section twenty nine of township seven and Range Eighteen South & East and the other parcel as per Receivers Receipt of January 16th 1839 for forty & 09/100 acres & discribed therein as the South West Quarter of the South W � of section of section Number 28 in Township No Seven of Range No Eighteen South & East. And by the said John Tucker of signed & conveyed to the said Charles Goodrich - The said Tract of Eighty Acres being now generally Known as Goodrich Plantation near the Town of Newnansville
Together with all & singular the buildings tenements & improvements on all and singular the above discribed premises and all & singular the hereditaments & appurtenances thereunto belonging in in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders rets issues & profits thereof And also all the estate right title interest property possession claim & demand whatsoever as well in law as in equity of me the said Charles Goodrich of in or to the above discribed premises & every part and & parcel thereof with the appurtenances.
To have and to hold all and singular the above mentioned and discribed premises together with the appurtenances unto the said John B Gandey his heirs and assigns forever. In Trust Nevertheless for and to the only use benefit & behoof of the aforesaid (& above mentioned) & named George S. Nichols - and Andrew Huntington & Thomas Holcombe Copartners Charles H Knapp Jaomi Baldwin - Amasa Benett - Jones & N B Knapp copartners - John Ingersole & Edward Ingersole Copartners - Thomas M Turner - Whitman Nichols - Isaac M Merrell - Wilson Fuller, George W Moore Thomas Miller Copartners A Wood and Thomas Dowell Copartners Nathaniel B Weed, Henry D Weed & Isaac W Merrell Copartners - George Correwall - J B Gandry - William P. Clark - Warner & Samuel Solomons Copartners - E Henderson - William F. Roggers & Sarah Rogers Copartners - Horace Close & Thompson Copartners - and Squire Little -
Creditors of the said Charles Goodrich as aforesaid & their & each of heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively in such proportion on to another as their Respective credits to the said Charles Goodrich herein before mentioned bear one to another
And I the said Charles Goodrich do hereby for myself & my heirs executors & administrators Covenant with the said John B Gandry his heirs & assigns that I am lawfully ******* in fee simple of the aforementioned premises ___ That they are free from all incumbrances. That I have Good right to sell & convey the same to the said John B Gandrey his heirs & assigns in trust & in one another and from as above written & expressed - And that I will & my heirs executors & administrators shall Warrant and defend the same premises all & singular to the said John B Gandry his heirs & assigns forever to & for the uses & purposes aforesaid against the lawful claims & demands of all persons.
Provided Nevertheless and these presents are upon the express conditions that if the said Charles Goodrich his heirs executors administrators shall well and truly pay unto all & singular each and every of the aforesaid & above mentioned creditors their and each of their heirs executors administrators or assigns respectively all and singular each & every the aforesaid sum of money respectively owed & in which the said Charles Goodrich stands indebted to their and each and every of them respectively or hence before specified & shall take of and pay all & singular each and every the above referred to & mentioned Promissory notes by him given for the payment of the said several sums of money in Nine Eighteen Twenty seven and Thirty six months from the date hereof & whereof as above mentioned at the respective day & days the same shall become due & payable and arrive at maturity according to the terms tenor & effect thereof - that then & in that case this deed as also the said promissory notes above mentioned bearing even date - herewith & payable in Nine Eighteen Twenty seven & thirty six months given by the said C Goodrich to the said several creditors Respectively above named shall be Void. Otherwise to remain in full force & Virtue
And I the said Charles Goodrich for myself my heirs executors & administrators do hereby covenant & agree to pay to all and every & each of the above named Creditors their due in each of the above named Creditors therein & each of their executors Administrators & assigns all each & every the Respective sums of money herein before expressed & in the said promissory notes Specified According to the tenor and effect thereof _ And if default shall be ** made in the payment of all or any of all or or any of the aforesaid sum of money & promissory notes due and payable at Nine months from date or any part thereof as aforesaid that therein & from henceforth it shall be lawful for the said Jno B Gandry and it shall be the duty of the said Jno B Gandry his heirs executors administrators & assigns to institute for the foreclosure of this instrument of mortgage to enter into & **** all & singular the premises hereby granted or intended to be & to cause to be sold and disposed of the same and all benefit & equity of ** ***** **** of the said Charles Goodrich his heirs executors Administrators or assigns therein according to the Statutes in such case made and ******** & to apply proceeds to the payment of the aforesaid promissory notes proportionable - And if the payment of the said several sums of money & promissory notes at Nine months being paid, default shall be made in the payment of all or any of the said several sum of money & promissory notes payable at Eighteen months from date or any part thereof or these last mentioned being also paid if default be made in the payment of all or any of the said several sum of money & promissory notes payable at twenty seven month months from date or any part thereof or these last mentioned sums of money & promissory notes being also paid if default be made in the payment of all or any of the aforesaid several sum of money & promissory notes payable in thirty six months from date or any part thereof then & in either case & from thenceforth from the said eighteen months or twenty seven months or thirty six months from the date hereof as the case may be it shall be lawful for and it shall be the duty of the said John B Gandry his heirs executors administrators and assigns to institute suite for the foreclosure of this Instrument & in & in all Respects to proceed in the same manner as is pointed out above in case of default of payment in the first instance the same being according to Law & for the use & benefit of all the above named creditors & for the proportional payment of all & singular the above specified debts owed by the said Charles Goodrich to the above named Creditors Respectively
In Testimony whereof I the said Charles Goodrich together with Rebecca Goodrich my wife who hereby relinquishes her right of Dower in the premises have hereunto set my hand & seal this sixteenth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Signed Sealed and delivered in Presence of Charles Goodrich (seal) T.J. Walsh (to signature of R.B. Gregory ( C Goodrich ) Asa Clark (Signature of Rebecca C. Goodrich (seal) A.P. Gregory ( Rebecca Goodrich) True Copy Recorded this 24th day of July 1839 I. Garrason Clk County Court Alachua County Territory of Florida Alachua County Clerk's Office
********************************* Purchased land in Alachua and Hernando Counties, Florida.
Patentee Name: TUCKER, JOHN State: FL County: Alachua Issue Date: 7/10/1844 Land Office: St. Augustine Doc.Nr. Accession/Serial Nr.: 140 FL0320__.077
Patentee Name: TUCKER, JOHN State: FL County: Alachua Issue Date: 7/10/1844 Land Office: St. Augustine Doc.Nr. Accession/Serial Nr.: 375 FL0320__.227
Patentee Name: TUCKER, JOHN State: FL County: Hernando, Pasco Issue Date: 8/1/1849 Land Office: Newnansville Doc.Nr. Accession/Serial Nr.: 227 FL0970__.226
********************************* John Tucker Tucker was born in Georgia in 1785, and began work as a Methodist minister in 1806. In 1828, however, he was baptized by a Georgia Baptist district missionary, and after coming to Florida in 1832, he was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1833. Apparently Tucker was greatly inspired by Fleming Bates and maintained affection for him despite their disagreement over the anti-missionary movement. The continuing affection of John Tucker for Fleming Bates indicates the greatness of his heart because the anti-missionary movement was very stron and made Tucker's work very hard. When the Seminole War came, 1834-1842, John Tucker continued to minister in Alachua County at the risk of his life, after ministers of other denominations had left for safer territory. He went from fort to fort, leading worship, preaching funerals, comforting the suffering and the fearful. Although he received some help from William Friar who came in 1840, and from William Cooper, who came when the Seminole War dended, tucker had to do much of his work alone, sustained and driven by a great sense of purpose. In 1843-1844 he was employed as a missionary by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society. He taveled over a wide area during those years (2,000 mile in 1844, an astounding feat for that time) but concentrated his activities in Hernando County, where in 1844 he baptized J.M. Hayma, who was to become a significant leader in that section. During those years he wrote, "I am a missionary, and I must travel."
When the Southern Baptist Convention was organized in 1845, John Tucker was appointed by the Home Mission Board as the only missionary to Florida. During that year he apparently concentrated his energies on a large area in the center of the State, and until August of 1845 he found no other Baptist ministers in that area. In August he gaiend the help of Daniel Edwards, from Georgia. Later, he notes that Edwards moved to Florida. He traveled, preached, baptized white and colored people, organized many churches (the exact number is not known) and pastored as many as six churches while ministering to still others at the same time. One of his last letters includes the very understandable statement, "I need much help." The date of his death is not known, but one story indicateds that he carried to his grave a bullet from an Indian rifle. Source: pp. 22-23, A History of Florida Baptists, by Edward Earl Joiner, Convention Press, Inc.: Jacksonville, 1972.
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In 1825, Jeremiah Kembril and E.H. Callaway organized the first Baptist Church during the territorial days with the second Baptist church in Florida being established in Newnansville in 1828. Rev. John Tucker of the Newnansville church "reported to the Baptist Home Mission Society in 1843 that during that year he had found eighty-one scattered Baptists, organized them into churches, delivered sermons at 180 different places and had baptized twenty-nine converts. His work was typical of that being done by many pioneer Baptist preachers." Source: p. 3, CIRCUIT RIDING PREACHERS: THEY SOWED THE SEED By NORMA GOOLSBY FRAZIER, Sunland Tribune 21/1 (November 1995), and she cites pp. 211-212, John C. Ley. Fifty-two Years in Florida (Nashville, 1899), 26-27.
******************************************** 1832 - John Tucker was the first person ordained as a Baptist minister in the Florida territory and in 1845 was appointed by the Southern Baptist Board of Domestic Missions as the first missionary to Florida Source: Florida Baptists, History Timeline, <http://www.flbaptist.org/news/150_anni/150_anni_timeline.htm#1859>
As settlers moved from the edges of the state into the interior and coastal areas, Baptist work followed with itinerant ministers and missionaries. John Tucker was one such itinerant minister supported by Florida Baptist churches. He traveled from settlement to settlement in the mid-1800s during the Seminole War. "Even at the risk of my own life, I must stay at the task. I am a missionary, and I must travel," said Tucker, who was later appointed by the Southern Baptist Board of Domestic Missions as the only missionary in Florida. Tucker served until his death, carrying to his grave a bullet from a Native American rifle. Source: Florida Baptist Witness, vol. 122, no. 37, October 13, 2005. http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3504.article
The Shiloh Baptist Church, which moved to Plant City in 1885 was first organized "at Echopocksassa in Hillsborough County" on 15 October 1850. One of the founders and the first preacher was John Tucker, formerly a minister in Alachua County. Source: Plant City Its Origin and History, by Quintilla Geer Bruton and David E. Bailey, Jr., Hunter Publishing Company: Winston-Salem, NC, pp. 260-261.
July 7, 1844. Eden Baptist Church in Lake Lindsey conducts one of the first baptisms, when Rev. John Tucker baptized J. M. Haymen. [The congregation numberd 20 whites and 5 blacks by 1848. A new church was built in 1884. Information from Old Brooksville in Photos and Stories.] Source: Early Hernando County History, A Hernando County Timeline (to 1887), Internet, http://www.fivay.org/hernando1.html, 15 October 2005.
May 26, 1845. The Benton County voter list for the first statewide election follows: BATES PRECINCT. Election Inspectors: William Harn, James M. Bates, James Harn. Election Clerk: Charles Goodrich. Other names: Tucker, John; Bates, Fleming; Bates, James M.; Bates, Wilson; Garrason, M.; Goodridge, Charles; Harn, James; Harn, Wm.; Mizell, Morgan; Mizell, Joshua; Moody, H. M.; Pennington, Henry. Source: Early Hernando County History, A Hernando County Timeline (to 1887), Internet, http://www.fivay.org/hernando1.html, 15 October 2005.
**************************** Letters of dismissal were granted to all the member churches east of the Suwannee River for the purpose of organizing the Alachua Association. These churches were Columbia, New River, Providence and South Prong in Columbia County, Beulah in Hamilton County, Bethel in Duval County, Sharon in Nassau County, and Mt. Pleasant and New Zion in Alachua County. Source: p. 4, . The Florida Baptist association. The first hundred years, 1842-1942. by Campbell, Doak Sheridan, (Tallahassee, Fla.) Executive committee of the Florida Baptist association, October, 1943.
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JOHN TUCKER
John Tucker (April 10, 1785- ) was the son of Andrew and Jemima Andres Tucker. He came to Florida before 1827 because records show his son Jesse H. Tucker was born November 27, 1827, in Alligator, Florida (now known as Lake City). Rev. Hayman, the first missionary to Manatee County was converted under the preaching of John Tucker, and was baptized July 7, 1844, by Tucker. Tucker preached in a circuit of 450 miles. He was the only ordained minister in the area. With the help of Daniel Edwards of Georgia, they constituted five churches, ordained five deacons, and baptized four people in three weeks time. He preached in 20 different settlements, and it took him 30 days to make the rounds. In 1848 he was pastor of Bethesda and Eden in Alachua Association which was in Benton County, Florida. John Tucker was one of the first 100 Baptist preachers to preach and serve in Florida.
Secondary SourceFlorida Baptist Historical Society files.Earl Joiner, A History of Florida Baptists, pp. 22-23.Alachua Baptist Association Minutes, 1848, p. 6.
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