Genealogy for
Henrietta Unknown
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Henrietta Unknown
4/1816 - 4/9/1912
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Henrietta Unknown was born on an unknown day in April 1816 somewhere in North Carolina and died on April 9, 1912 in Sopchoppy (Wakulla), Florida. She lived to be 96 years old.
Married about 1836. Burial at West Sopchoppy Cemetery, Wakulla County, FL.
She was reported to be a full-blood Seminole Indian in an unknown newspaper. If anyone knows, or has a copy of this paper, we would love to receive a copy. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1840 | FL (Gadsden County) | 23 yrs old | page 4, #12: Name: William Fair
- one Male - (Under 5),
one male - (15 thru 19),
one male - (20 thru 29),
one Female - (20 thru 29),
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2,
Number of persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
| Additional information about Gadsden County, FL around 1840: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 11/11/1850 | Shell Point District 2 FL (Wakulla County) | 34 yrs old | listed as family #139, William Farr (age 35, born in NC), Henritta (33, born in NC), William (13, born in Florida) and Ellen Ann E. Farr (age 7, born in Florida). William is listed as a farmer and Henritta states that she cannot read or write.  |
| Census | 7/1/1870 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 54 yrs old | | Recorded as dwelling #71: Henrietta Farr is listed as a 53 year old Housekeeper. Ellen (age 26) and Ann Eliza (age 6) also live with her. Henrietta estimates the value of her real estate to be $100 and personal estate to be $175. Henrietta's place of birth is listed as North Carolina. Florida is listed as the place of birth for both girls. Jackson J. Roberts (age 28, white male, farmer, born in FL) is listed as part of Henrietta's household. |
| Census | 6/14/1880 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 64 yrs old | Recorded as family #55: Henritta Fair (mother, age 64), Ellen Fair (daughter, age 35), W.A.G. Fair (grand daughter, age 16). Henretta was born in SC and so were her parents. Ellen was born in FL and both her parents in SC. W.A.G. was born in FL as were both of her parents. All three are at home (not employed).
| Additional information about Wakulla County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/1/1885 | FL (Wakulla County) | 69 yrs old | | page 47, #2 - Henrietta Fair (age 60),
Ellen Hally (42) and W. A. Hally (21). Henrietta is a farmer, born in NC, her parents were born in NC, no mark for married, single or widow. Ellen was born in FL, she is a widow. W.A. was born in FL, she is single.
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| Census | 6/6/1900 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 84 yrs old | | Listed as family #56: Henrietta Farr (a widow, age 90, born 4/1810 in NC), Ellen (her unmarried daughter, age 56, born 1/1844 in FL), Mrs. William Freddoso (her widowed grand daughter, age 35, born 8/1864 in FL) and William Freddoso (her grandson, age 11, born 7/1888 in FL). Henrietta and her parents were born in NC. William's father was born in Italy and his mother in FL. Everyone else was born in FL. Ellen & Mrs. Freddoso say they are farmer labors. William attends school. Henrietta has given birth to two children and only one is currently living (her daughter Ellen). Her grand daughter, Mrs. Freddoso, has given birth to one child who is also still living. |
| Census | 5/20/1910 | precent 3 FL (Wakulla County) | 94 yrs old | | Listed family #172: Henrietta Farr (widowed, age 94), Ellen (her widowed daughter, age 66), Mrs. William Fraddoria (her widowed daughter, age 45), and William Fraddoria (her grandson, age 31). Henrietta and her mother were born in NC while her father was born in the United States. William's father was born in Italy. Everyone else was born in FL. Henretta has given birth to two children and one is still living. William is employed as a carotene haller (Kerosene hauler?). All can read and write. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 4/9/1912 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 96 yrs old | | Henrietta Farr is buried in the West Sopchoppy Cemetery. Tombstone reads: 9 Apr 1912, Age 96. |
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Henrietta, her family, and friends. For example, Henrietta is 4 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
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1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
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1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
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1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
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1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 43 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 49 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 61 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 63 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 73 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 79 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 87 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 88 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 90 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 90 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 90 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 96 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 46 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 92 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 96 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 60 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 94 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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| William Farr
Born about 1815 and died on September 17, 1862.
They were married 1/1/1836.
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William P. Farr
Born somewhere in Florida about 1837 and died in Chattanooga, Tennessee on December 18, 1863. He was 26 years old.
Middle initial is believed to have been "P.". A "William L" and a "William P", both from the north Florida area, joined the Confederacy within two months of each other. Both were killed during the w...
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Ellen Ann Farr
Born in Sopchoppy (Wakulla), Florida on January 24, 1844 and died somewhere in Florida on October 12, 1916. She was 72 years old.
She was a Seminole Indian. She is buried at West Sopchoppy Cemetery, Wakulla County, Fl. Her tombstone is inscribed with her maiden name. Many Creek and Seminole Indian women during this time perio...
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