St. George Lighthouse Keepers, Franklin County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ron Thompson, thompson@darwin.psy.fsu.edu USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** CAPE ST GEORGE Smith, Alien, Keeper 1834-after l835, succeeded his father, accused of drunkenness Adkis (Adkins), David, Keeper Jan 3, 1842-1846, paid S450, later (1845) $500/year McKeon, William, Keeper Dec 16, 1846-1848, paid $450 Lee, Francis, Keeper, Jun 30, 1848-before 1859, later (1859) at CAFE SAN BLAS, paid $450/year Taylor, William H., Keeper Jul 11, 1849-Nov 1850, deceased, paid $450/year Austin, William, Keeper Nov 13, 1850-1851, (b 1829 England), w Elizabeth (b 1829), 2 children in 1850, paid $450/year Williams, Braddock, Keeper Feb 23, 1854-Jan 10, 1861, CSA Keeper Jan 10, 1861-Dec 31, 1861, dismissed, later transferred to CAPE SAN BLAS, returned as Keeper May 13, 1868-Mar 6, 1874, reduced, Asst. Keeper Mar 6, 1874-Jan 13, 1879, resigned, (b NC), not listed in 1870 census, paid $450/year in 1854, $450 by CSA, later (Oct 1861) $240, then $120/year as caretaker, $640 in 1868, $400 as Asst. Williams, Jo. A., Asst. Keeper Sep 7, 1857-before 1862, paid $360 Williams, Arad L., CSA Asst. Keeper Jan 10, 1861-Sep 30, 1861, position abolished, Asst. Keeper May 13, 1868-Mar 6, 1874, promoted, Keeper Mar 6, 1874-Jun 9, 1875, killed in fall from tower, formerly (1868) at CAPE SAN BLAS, (b AL), paid $360 by CSA, $400 by USA as Asst., $630 as Keeper/year Reilly, James, Keeper July 26, 1866-Jan 9, 1867, Aug-Dec, resigned, paid $450 Murphy, John, Asst. Keeper Nov 2, 1866-Nov 21, 1867, declined position, paid $360, later 400/year Lucroft (Lugroft, Lucraft), Joseph, Keeper Jan 9, 1867-May 13, 1868, resigned, formerly (1866) at CAPE SAN BLAS, paid $450, later $600/year (1,2,2A,3) Scanlan (Scanlon), Michael, Asst. Keeper Nov 21, 1867-1868, resigned, later (1869) at CAPE SAN BLAS, (b NY) paid $400 Johnson, Leroy, Asst. Keeper?, after 1868 Williams, James Albert, Keeper Jun 9, 1875-Aug 1, 1893, transferred to APALACHICOLA BAY RANGE FRONT FL, later (1895) at CROOKED RIVER, (b AL), paid $630/year Williams, John W., Asst. Keeper Jan 13, 1879-1886, died, (b FL, d 1886), paid $400/year Williams, James Chester, Asst'Keeper Jun 2, 1886-Aug 1, 1893, resigned, later (1896) at APALACHICOLA BAY & ST GEORGE SOUND BEACONS, (b 1866 Pensacola FL), paid $400/year Pope, Francis M., Asst Keeper Nov 28, 1893-1893? declined, (b 1852 FL) (1,3) Porter, Edward G., Keeper Aug 16, 1893-1912, formerly (1893) at CAPE SAN BLAS as Asst, (b FL), wife and 5 children, paid $630, later $730/year Roberts, Walter Andrew, Asst Keeper Jun 13, 1894-Aug 30, 1902, transfered to CAPE SAN BLAS, later Asst Keeper Apr 16, 1909-after 1912, (b FL), paid S440, later $540/year, (1909) S55/month as Asst Knickermeyer, William J., Asst Keeper Aug 30, 1902-Apr 16, 1909, transfered to CAPE SAN BLAS, paid $540/year Brooks, Clairmon (Clement), Keeper before 1922-after 1923, later (1925) at CARYSFORT REEF, formerly (after 1912) at SANTA ROSA SOUND BEACONS FL, (1901) at CHOCTAWAHATCHEE BAY RANGE BEACONS FL, (b AL) Roberts, Walter Andrew Jr., Asst Keeper before 1928-after 1929, could be W. A. Roberts listed at ST JOSEPH BAY in 1951 Information from the book "Keepers of Florida Lighthouses 1820-1939" by Neil Hurley. For more info see Florida Lighthouse Page, http://www.erols.com/lthouse/home.htm