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Note for: Joseph Braddock, 1832 - 21 DEC 1897
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Individual Note: He enlisted in the Confederate Army 10/15/1861 in Jacksonville. He was captured at Missionary Ridge 11/25/1863 and sent to Rock Island Prison. He was exchanged 5/23/1865 at New Orleans.
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Note for: John Spicer Braddock, 1833 - AUG 1862
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Individual Note: He enlisted in Confederate Army 10/15/1861 in Jacksonville. Was promoted to first corporal in 1862. He died of disease 8/24/1862 in Boston, KY and is believed to be buried in Knoxville, TN. According to a family legend, as he lay dying in a battlefield shelter, a Yankee soldier named John Lloyd stayed with him and comforted him to the end. Fulfilling his promise to the dying man, Lloyd came with the Federals to Florida and in the process, checked on John S.'s family , by then near starvation. He married the widow. Mary, and helped raise the children.
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Note for: Henry Edward Braddock, 22 JAN 1844 - 22 NOV 1924
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Individual Note: He enlisted in the Confederate Army 10/15/1861 in Jacksonville and was discharged 7/16/1862. He reenlisted 8/22/1862 in Company H, 2nd Florida Cavalry at Gainesville. His horse was capture in late 1864. He surrendered at Waldo, FL 5/20/1865. He moved to Lake City, FL in 1867.
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Note for: John David Braddock, 1776 - 19 OCT 1841
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Individual Note: Along with his brother William, he migrated from Glynn County, GA to what is now Nassau County, FL. He and his brother married the Christopher sisters, Martha and Charlotte, and are the progenitors of a large number of Braddocks and allied families of North Florida.
FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN ST. AUGUSTINE. A TRANSCRIPTION FROM THE PARDON
DE LOS ESTRANGEROS FOR NON-SPANISH SETTLERS IN THE COLONY OF SPANISH EAST FLORDA DURING THE SECOND SPANISH PERIOD FOR THE YEARS 1793 - 1804
INCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT SUBJECTS OF THE SPANISH CROWN. ANY SUCH PERSON WHO WISHED TO OBTAIN A GRANT OF LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO REGISTER IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND GIVE THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATiON ABOUT HIS/HER PLACE OF ORIGIN, RELIGION, FAMILY, ETC.
ON JULY 20 1796, WIDOW LUCIA BRADICK (BRADDOCK) AN AMERICAN PROTESTANT ALONG WITH 2 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. SETTLED ON ISLA AMELIA. (RECORDED IN NOTEBOOK 1)
IN MAY23, 1804, WILLIAM REGISTERED AND CLAIMED HE WAS SINGLE, BUT
REGISTERED HIS RELIGION AS CATHOLIC. HIS PLACE WAS LISTED AS UNKNOWN. (AND HIS BROTHER, JUAN DAVID BRADICK REGIS'I'ERED. PLACE WAS "MOSQUTOS")
(RECORDED IN NOTEBOOK 1)
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Note for: Martha Bluett Christopher, 1786 -
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Birth Note: Her baptsmal record in 1790 shows her age as 4.
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Note for: Alexander Jackson Braddock, 1814 -
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Individual Note: Was High sheriff of Nassau County.
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Note for: John Cutler Braddock, 3 OCT 1743 - 1794
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Individual Note: He commanded the Georgia Rebel galley "Lee" during the Revolution and was so effective against British shipping that he was named on three of their lists of traitors.
He took part, along with his uncle Will aim Lyford Jr., in the famous raid that drove the Spanish from Nassau in 1783. He was rewarded with two land grants in the Bahamas.
After the war, he served in several public positions in Glynn County, Ga and was elected the counties representative to the Georgia House of Representatives.
He is one of the four mariner heroes of the book, "Wooden Ships - Iron Men."
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Note for: Lucy Cook, 1750 - 1835
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Individual Note: FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN ST. AUGUSTINE. A TRANSCRIPTION FROM THE PARDON DE LOS ESTRANGEROS FOR NON-SPANISH SETTLERS IN THE COLONY OF SPANISH EAST FLORIDA DURING THE SECOND SPANISH PERIOD FOR THE YEARS 1793 - 1804 INCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT SUBJECTS OF THE SPANISH CROWN. ANY SUCH PERSON WHO WISHED TO OBTAIN A GRANT OF LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO REGISTER IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND GIVE THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT Information ABOUT HIS/HER PLACE OF ORIGIN, RELIGION, FAMILY, ETC.
ON JULY 20 1796, WIDOW LUCIA BRADICK (BRADDOCK) AN AMERICAN PROTESTANT ALONG WITH 2 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. SETTLED ON ISLA AMELIA. (RECORDED IN NOTEBOOK 1)
SOURCE: TRANSCRIPTION FROM THE PARDON DE LOS ESTRANGEROS (ST. AUGUSTINE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY - KIRBY SMITH BUILDING)
LUCIA BRADICK, AMERICAN WIDOW, SWORE LOYALTY TO SPAIN ON JULY 20, 1796. SHE
CLAIMS 2 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. SHE CLAIMS TO BE A PROTESTANT AND DOES NOT
CONVERT. . .. . SONS JOHN D AND WILLIAM BOTH SIGNED AS SINGLE AMERICAN MEN
ON APRIL 23, 1804. BOTH INDICATED THEY WERE CATHOLIC. THIS WAS SIGNED DAYS
BEFORE THEY WERE BAPTIZED AND MARRIED TO THE CHRISTOPHER SISTERS.
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SOURCE: IN MANUSCRIPT DIVISION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: LIST OF RESIDENTS
OF EAST FLORIDA, OUTSIDE ST. AUGUSTINE, WITH RECORD AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE
PATRIOTS OR LOYALIST (LOYAL TO SPAIN)].
DOESN'T SHOW A FITZGERALD . .
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AMELIA ISLAND "CENSUS OF THE INHABITANTS OF AMELIA ISLAND, WITH STATEMENTS
OF THE NUMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THOSE LIVING WITH THEM, EXCLUDING
FERNANDINA PORT." [s/1-227/120] (I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS REFERENCE IS FOR.
LUCIA FITZGERALD, WIDOW AGE 55
TENANT ISRIL POOL AGE 36
SHE OWNED 28 SLAVES:
4 MALE SLAVES 0-7
3 MALE SLAVES 7-16
2 MALE SLAVES 16-25
6 MALE SLAVES 25-40
1 FEMALE SLAVE 0-7
5 FEMALE SLAVES 16-25
7 FEMALE SLAVES 25-40
JOHN (JUAN) AND GUILLERMO (WILLIAM) LIVED ON THE ST. MARY'S. ALSO,
NATHANIEL WILES WHO MAY HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO HESTER.
THERE WAS A TOMAS FITZGERALD OF IRELAND WHO'S DAUGHTER ANA TRAVES MARRIED
DEC. 22, 1799. SHE WAS MARRIED BY FATHER O'REILLEY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS APPLICABLE, BUT CHECK IT OUT.
SOURCE: FLORIDA'S FIRST FAMILIES - TRANSLATED ABSTRACTS OF PRE-1821 SPANISH
CENSUSES p. 136 (I believe this was in c. 1814 like others in family.)