Silas Kapus Williams House
Mt.Olive in the 1950's
In 1821, Florida became a part of the United States.
Leon County was created in 1824.
It was named for the
Juan Ponce de Leon, spanish explorer and conquistador who was the first European to reach Florida in April 02, 1513.
The Plantations in Leon County in the 1820s through 1850s
became a destination for a number of early settlers,
planters and their slaves.
The Antibellum Leon County was the cotton kingdom
until the Civil War.
Wakulla County was created out of Leon County in 1843.
GEORGE W. SCOTT CAMP, No. 1557
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Brigadier General R. Don McLeod, Commanding Officer
This picture may have been made July 4, 1904, at the
Crawfordville Wakulla County, Florida, Court House.
Some men fought In the Battles of Missionary Ridge and Atlanta;
while others fought In the Battles of Natural Bridge and Olustee.
FRONT
ROW
Charles Patrick Alligood, Crawfordville;
Jack J. Pearce, Hillardville;
James Ezell, Medart;
Allison Brown, Crawfordville
Brig. Gen. R. Don McLeod, Crawfordville;
William Sasser, Lake Ellen.
MIDDLE ROW
R. B. Forber, Crawfordville;
Thomas Hine, Moore, Crawfordville,
Captain Arthur Lewis, Sopchoppy;
James Sauls, Arran;
Wesley Dugger, Crawfordville;
Henry Braswell, Crawfordville;
Nathaniel Singletary, Tom Vause, Stephen T. Pigott, Medart.
BACK ROW
Lawrence Wilkerson, Vereen;
Wm. H. Walker, Crawfordville;
George Core, Hillardville;
Joseph Milton Allen, Medart; (Son of Silas D. Allen)
John Stokley, Ivan;
Wiley Haskins, Vereen;
Stephen S. Ceusseaux, Crawfordville;
Louis Gwaltney, Crawfordville.
African-American educator who in 1909 established
Shadeville Elementary
and later Shadeville High School
First school for black students in Wakulla County
Turpentine Still
in the Woodville area
early 1900s