Santa Rosa County Voters in 1st Florida Election, 1845

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Florida Voters List in the 1st Statewide Election, Monday, May 26, 1845.

These records are significant for genealogical reasons because the individual
named actually resided in the county in which he was registered to vote, and
he not only had to own land there, he had to demonstrate that it had been his
"place of permanent abode" for at least the six months preceeding the 
election in which he offered to vote, and that he also had resided within the 
Territory and State of Florida for the two years immediately prior to the 
election of Monday, 26 May 1845. Also, only free white citizens of 21 years 
of age and older could vote, and able-bodied men under age 45 were obliged to 
become members of the State Militia before voting, and those who were 
exempted were generally exempted because they were over the age of required 
service of 45 & under, or because of some physical disability or "bodily 
defect". In some cases the rolls indicate which.

As usual with old records, some spelling mistakes were made, and doubtful
readings occur because of illegible handwriting or poor condition of the
original documents. These are indicated with varying combinations of brackets
or parentheses and question marks, and for the researchers who desire their
own interpretation, they are referred to the original documents constituting
Record Group 156, Series 486, Florida State Archives, R. A. Gray Building,
Tallahassee, FL 32301.

Information Symbols Used:
(#) = Exempt from militia service (reason, if given).
(+) = Qualifications challenged, but sworn to & vote allowed.
(-) = Qualifications challenged, offer to vote rejected - (reason, if given).
(*) = Qualifications challenged, but no indication of disposition of the
challenge.
JP = Justice of the Peace; 
MG = Minister of the Gospel;
PM = Postmaster;
SP = Sworn to and Protested (meaning is unclear)

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SANTA ROSA COUNTY

Florida's twenty-first county, Santa Rosa was created on 18 February 1842.
It was named for Santa Rosa Island, namesake of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, a 
twelve-year-old Catholic saint whose family was banished for her inveighing
against submission of Roman Catholics to Frederick II durng his campaign
against Pope Gregory IX.  The county seat is Milton, namesake of another
religious crusader.

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PRECINCT NO. 1

Election Inspectors:
Henry Pattison,
R. Vaughn,
D. Rothery

Election Clerk:
Duncan J. McArthur

ALLEN, Jesse C.
ALLISON (Alffson?), John
AMOS, E. S.
BALL, F. A.
BELL, Frederick +
BLAIR, John +
BLALOCK, Allen
BOWENS, Samuel +
BOWERS, Wm.+
BURGE (Burgess?), Albert
CAMPBELL, R. L.
CHAMBLES, Wm. +
CHAPMAN, William +
CHRISTIAN, Ferdinand
COBB, Nathaniel
COBB, Stephen
COOK, R.G. +
CURRY, D. B.+
DUNN, Wesley +
FARLEY, Henry B.
FLEMING, L. B.
FORSYTH, James, Jr.
FORSYTH, Joseph
FRATER, Lewis
GAINES, Wm. B.
GOLDSHER, Joseph -
GRANT, William
GREGORY, John -
HANNAH, John P. +
HANNAH, Mathew
HAWKINS, Isaac
HIGGINS, Miles
HOBBS, Charles
HUDSON, Benj.
HUNT, John
JOHNSON, Wm. H.
KENEDAY (CANADY), Alex
KEYSER, S. C.
LANTHROP, Geo. -
LEE, James R.
LEWIS, George
LEWIS, William+
LONG, Wm.
LOVELETT, Francis -
MACK, William
MALONE, Drury, Sr.
MALONE, Drury, Jr. +
MALONE, Joel
MARSHALL, Benj.
McARDLE, James
McARTHUR, D. G.
McCOMB, William +
McKINNON, Robert
MILLER, John H.
MILLIGAN, John
MILLIGAN, Robert
MIMS, T. V. +
MITCHELL, Thomas
MORTON, Jackson
MOYE, Reuben H.
NEWMAN, Andrew -
NOBLES, William +
OVERMAN, Benj.
OWENS, Joseph
OWENS, W. S. B.
PATTERSON, Henry
PEYTON, Bartley
ROBINSON, Robert, Jr.
ROTHERY, Daniel
ROWAN, Joseph M.
SHEPARD, Alfred
SILVER, Francis
SIMPSON, Ezekiel C.
SIMPSON, James E.
SLATE, S. -
SNOWDEN, N. M.
STANLEY, John
STOKES, James W
T(J)ERNIGAN, Blake
T(J)ERNIGAN, Silas
THOMPSON, Ewin R. +
THOMPSON, Geo.
THOMPSON, N. H.
TWITCHELL, Henry
TWITCHELL, Timothy
TWITCHILL, Charles +
VAUGHN, Richard
VINCENT, John S. -
WALKER, George
WALKER, George, Jr. +
WASHINGTON, _____
WHITMIRE, Stephen

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PRECINCT NO.2 (House of Wm. L. Williams)

Election Inspectors:
Neill McMillan,
William L. Williams,
Peter Wilkinson

Election Clerk:
Angus McMilian

ALLEN, R. L.
CAMPBELL, Charles
CAMPBELL, Daniel
ELLIS, William
GENERITO, Isaac
GRANT, Charles
JENKINS, William
LITER, Abraham
LUNDY, George W.
MANNING, Robert
MANNING, Thomas
McARTHUR, Angus
McCASKILL, Alexander
McCASKILL, Allen
McCORMICK, Daniel
McDAVIS, R. T.
McKINNON, Allen
McKINNON, Grigery
McMILLAN, Angus
McMILLAN, Neill
MIMS, Jessee
MITCHELL, William
WILKINSON, Peter
WILLIAMS, William L.

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PRECINCT NO.3 (Pine Level, B. Barrow's House)

Election Inspectors:
Benj. Barrow,
Isaiah Cobb,
Elijah Gayler

Election Clerk:
Benjamin Cobb

AMOS, L. N.
ANDERSON, W.
BARROW, Benj.
CALHOUN, James
CALHOUN, Roland
CAMPBELL, Jesse
CLARK, Harmon
COBB, Benj.
COBB, Calvin
COBB, Daniel
COBB, E. A.
COBB, E. N.
COBB, Isaiah
COBB, Isaiah
HARRISON, William W.
JERNIGAN, Benjn.
JERNIGAN, Eidridge
JERNIGAN, Jessee
KELLY, John L.
MANNING, William
McCURDY, Elijah
McMILLAN, Malcomb
MIMS, James R.
NICHOLAS, A.
RILEY, James R.
ROBISON, Robert
SUNDAY, Francis
SUNDAY, William
TWEEDE, C. A.
WALLEN, Jacob +
WILSON, William

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PRECINCT NO.4
(COLD WATER)

Election Inspectors:
Jeremiah Lavell,
B. W. Thompson,
Henry Young

Election Clerk:
Nathan C. Cobb

ARD, Greenberry
BRYANT, William B.
COBB, A. S.
COBB, N.C.
CROSS, Stephen
FLEMING, Aden A.
FLEMING, Wm. V.
FOSTER, Saml. S.
FRANKLIN, Wyatt
HOBBS, Merideth
LANDTRIP, James
LANDTRIP, Joseph
LAVELL, Jeremiah
McARTHUR, D.O.
McARTHUR, James C.
McARTHUR, John
McLELLAN, John
McLELLAN, Malcomb
ROBERTS, Stephen
THOMPSON, B.W.
WALL, James
YOUNG, Henry

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PRECINCT NO.5
(J. Pyburn's House)

Election Inspectors:
Jessee Donaldson,
Jacob Pyburn,
Elijah Miller

Election Clerk:
William Thompson

DONALDSON, Jessee
MILLER, Elijah
PYBURN, Benjamin
PYBURN, Jacob
PYBURN, Wm.
RODGERS, Joseph
THOMPSON, William
WILKISON, John