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In 1835, under United States Congressional Act #1348, Florida considered land claims to establish title to approximately 1,108,390 acres. Private parties as well as the Seminole and Creek Indians filed claims. The majority of these claims were for land in Eastern Florida.
This publication contains:
1. The complete transcript for this act.
2. The name of claimant, quantity of land, date submitted, and name of grantor.
3. Affidavits
4. Testimony regarding the claims.
Documents in the case of Burgos Higginbottom, referred to be the witness, Antonio Alvarez, in the foregoing testimony.
Don George Clarke, lieutenant of militia of St. Augustine of Florida, and surveyor general appointed by the government of the same city and province:
I certify that I have measured and bounded five hundred acres of land to Donna Isabella Higginbottom, upon the St. Mary’s river, at a place named Higginbottom’s Bluff, in part of seven hundred acres that were granted to her deceased husband, Burras Higginbottom, upon the said river, on the 24th of September, 1803, with the name of Reading Blunt; but this resulted to be claimed by another person, in consequence of which he took possession of these five hundred acres, which he has cultivated ever since, and the remaining two hundred, at a place named Sondag’s Bluff; which five hundred acres are represented in the following plat (see plate I., fig. 1), and its original, which I preserve in the books of surveys in my charge.
Fernandina, January 10, 1816.
George J.F. Clarke
* After the surname indicates over 5 DIFFERENT first names are listed under the surname.
** After the surname indicates over 10 DIFFERENT first names are listed under the surname.
ACASTA ACOSTA ADAMS ADDISON AGUILAR* ALACHUA ALAGON ALLEN ALVAREZ ANDREW* ARNAU ARREDONDO* ASHTON ATKINSON
BACHELOT BLACKHOUSE BAGLEY BALTIMORE BARBEE BERRIE BERRIO BETHUNE BETTS BLUFF BONELY BOUDEN BOUSQUET BRENAN BREWARD BRODAWAY BROWARD BUNCH BURGEVIN BURGO BUSHNELL BUTLER BUYCK
CABALLERO CALA CALL CANOBAS CANTAL CAPELLA CAPO CARNEY CARRADO CARRERAS CARTER CASHEN CASTRO CHAIRES CHAPUZ CARIS CHRISTOPHER CLARK CLARKE* CLELAND COCIFACIO COPPIINGER COWAN COWEN COWIN CRAIG CROSBY
DALCOUR DARLEY DEAN DELESPIN DELL DEWEES DEXTER DOUGLAS DOWNING DRUMMOND DUPON
EASTLAKE EDMONSON ENTRALGO ESPINOSA ESTACHOLY ESTRADA
FALANY FATIO FEMENIAS FENWICK FERGUSON FERNANDEZ FERNANDINA FERREYRA FIGUERAS FISH FLEMING FOLCH FOLLIS FONTANE FORBES FORRESTER FOUGERES FUENTES
GANDRY GARCIA GARVIN GAY GEIGER GIANOPOLY GIBBS GIBSON GILBERT GILLIAND GIRALDO GIZORME GOMEZ GONZALES GOULD GRAY GRIMBALL GROVES GUADARRAMA GUE
HALL HAMMOCK HANSON HARREL HARRISON HART HARVEY HAVANA HAYWARD HENDRICKS HERNANDEZ HIGGINBOTTOM* HIJUELOS HILL HILLSBOROUGH HINSMAN HOBKIRK HOGANS HOLLINGSWORTH HOUSTON HUERTAS HUERTES HUERTIS HUGHES HULL HUTCHESON
INNERARITY ISLAND
JACKSONVILLE JOHNSTON JORDINE
KANE KENDELAN KERR KING KINGSLEY
L’AGUILAR LANCASTER LAURENCE LAW LAWTON LEONARDY LEVY LINCH LLORENTE LORIN LOW LOWE LOZANO LOZERNS LYNCH
MCCLURE MCHARDY MCQUEEN MAES MAHON MAMBRUMATY MANTINEZ MARIN MARROT MARTIN MARTINELY MATANZAS METTAIR MAXEY MEDICIS MEERS MERANDO MESTRE MIER MILES MILL MILLS MINOR MIRANDA MITCHELL MIZZELL MONTESDEOCA MOORE MORALES MORANDO MOULTRIE MURPHY
NERO NEUVILLE NOBLES
OHARA O’HARA O’NEILLE ONIS OPELOUSAS ORMOND ORTEGA OUACHITA OWEN OWENS
PACETY PANTON PAPY PATCH PELLINCER PENGREE PENSACOLA PERCHEMAN PERPALL PETTY PICOLATA PIERRA PINTADO PITTMAN PLUMMER PONS PRINCE PRITCHARD PROCTOR PUNON PURCELL PURPOLL
QUESADA
RAFO REBOUL REYES REYNOLDS RICHARD RIVERA RODMAN RODRIGUES RODRIGUEZ RODRIQUEZ ROGERS ROMERO ROSETE ROSS ROTENBURY RUSSELL
SAAVEDRA SABATE ST. MAXENT SALOTE SANLORENZO SANCHES** SANCHEZ* SANDERS SEGUI SETON SIBBALD SIMMONS SMITH SOLANA SOMERUELOS SOULARD SPENCER STERLING STUBBLEFIELD SUAREZ SWAMP
TAMPOR TATE TAYLOR THARP TILLOTSON TINGLE TOD TODD TRAVERS TRIAY TURNBULL
UGARTE UNDERWOOD
VARGAS VAUGHAN VILLALOBOS
WALKER WANTON WASHINGTON WATERMAN WEADERMANY WHITE WICKES WIGGINS WILLIAMS WILMER WOODBURY
YONGE YOUNG
