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Search for Yesterday
Table of Contents
prepared by
Mary Hatcher-Richards
Chapter 1
(19 pages)
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"Levy County"
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"Introduction" by Jean Cooper
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"Dedication" to Sidney Estus
Gunnell by Archives Committee: Resha E. Hudson, Sr., Lindon J. Lindsey, Jean
Cooper, Norma M. Hutson, Iris N. Garner, Norene Andrews, Kay Hall, Kathryn
Harris
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"The Land and The Waters" by
Sidney E. Gunnell
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"Florida Indians" by Charles A.
Cason
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"The First Settlers" by Sidney
E. Gunnell
Chapter
2 (18 pages)
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"The Levy County Commission"
introduction by Sidney E. Gunnell
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Excerpts from the Minutes of
County Commissioners of Levy County, Book A, April 1850 - December 1878
compiled by Jean Cooper.
Chapter 3 (31 pages)
Chapter 4
(20 pages)
Chapter 5
(32 pages)
Chapter 6
(19 pages)
Chapter 7 (25
pages)
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"The McCall Tapes"...transcript
(by Marilyn Lindsey)
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"The Strongs" by Lindon Lindsey
& Sidney E. Gunnell
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"Memories of Otter Creek" by
Charles F. Kimble
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"Letter to Mrs. Keifer"
excerpts provided by Doris Delaino
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"Cedar Key Tidal Wave, 1896" by
W. P. Delaino (1882-1958)...made available by Doris Delaino
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"Lukens, Florida" by Sidney E.
Gunnell
Chapter 8 (November 1979...32 pages)
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"From The County Commission
Minutes, 1891-1897" compiled by Resha E. Hudson, Sr.
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"The Fourth Book of Minutes"
compiled by Marilyn & Lindon Lindsey.
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"Minutes of Levy County
Commissioners, Book 5, 1903-1910" compiled by Kathryn P. Harris.
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"Minutes of Levy County
Commissioners, Book 6"
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"The Seventh Book of Commission
Minutes" compiled by Sidney E. Gunnell.
Chapter 9 (April
1980...37 pages)
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"Introduction" by Sidney E.
Gunnell
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"Dedication" to J. Min Ayers by
Norma Hutson, Norene Andrews, Resha Hudson, Lindon Lindsey, Jean Cooper,
Kathryn Harris, S. E. Gunnell, and Iris Garner
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The High Sheriff" Several
essays written by former sheriffs who served Levy County.
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"Some Highlights from Ten Years
as The High Sheriff of Levy County" by G. T. Robbins (served 1945-1955)
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"A Few Things Remembered" by
James W. Turner, Jr. (served 1944-1945)
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"And Then Came The Sixties" by
Pat Hartley (served 1965-1977)
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"The Seventies" by Horace A.
Moody (served 1977-????) Note: He was sheriff when the chapter was published.
Chapter 10
(October 1980...31 pages)
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"Life in Bronson, 1920 to
Early Thirties" by Charles F. Kimble
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"History of The Williston
Airport" by Ray Stoel
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"Gulf Hammock, The Town" by
Carol Swaggerty Snider
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"The Pioneer Carters" by
William Patrick Carter (1862-1944)
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"Judson, Florida" by W. P.
Carter (1862-1944)
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"More Slowpoke" by Sidney E.
Gunnell
Chapter 11
(January 1982...30 pages)
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"The Levy County Courthouse,
1906-1937"
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"The Yearty Family" by William
S. Yearty (1877-1971)
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"Anderson Philpot (1819-1866)"
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"Thomas Charles Love
(1825-1864)"
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"Robert P. Philpot
(1861-1926)" These 3 short biographies compiled by Marjorie Mims Dick.
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"Memories of an Old Timer and
His Wife" by Katherine & Jason McElveen, transcribed & edited by Lindon
Lindsey
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"Hodgson Hill in Cedar Key" by
Charles C. Fishburne, Jr.
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"History of
Pine Grove Baptist Church,
Organized July 10, 1871" by Resha E. Hudson, Sr.
Chapter 12 (October 1982...36 pages)
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"Picture Captions in This
Chapter" by Sidney E. Gunnell, Archives Member
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"Where They Lived"...census
lists...
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"From the 1867 Census"
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"From the 1880 Census, Bronson
& Levyville Precincts"
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"A Few Levy County Landowners,
1877"...a list...
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"From the 1874 Tax Roll"
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"From the 1887 Tax Roll"
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"From the 1896 Tax Roll"
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"President of the United States
to the United States Senate, About Cedar Key"...a letter from Benjamin
Harrison, June 6, 1890, to the Senate.
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"Number Four: A Mystery
Solved?" by Charles C. Fishburne, Jr.
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"Hiers" by Mary Coleman
Brookins
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"Eliza Hearn and Life on Way
Key, 1867-1873 As She Saw It" by Charles C. Fishburne, Jr.
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"Corrections and Additions" to
previous chapters
Chapter 13 (March 1983...28 pages)
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"Introduction" by Norene
Andrews, Sidney E. Gunnell, Kathryn Harris & Lindon Lindsey
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"Dedication to Mrs. Annie Sue
Wellman"
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"Johann Conrad Christian
Wellman"
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"The Latest News, About A
Century Ago" from The Levy Times-Democrat
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Excerpts from the newspaper
beginning October 22, 1896 to June 17, 1917
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"Map of Levy County, 1891"
courtesy of Mrs. C. A. Daly
Chapter 14 (June 1985...40 pages)
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"Early Newspapers" by Jack
Holland
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"The Bryant-Hardee Connection"
by Eugenia Smith Rowe
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"The Ellzey Methodist Church"
by Marie G. Meeks
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"Henry Mims Mattair (18 -19
)" transcribed by Eugenia Smith Rowe
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"What Rye ... Key, That Is?" by
Charles C. Fishburne, Jr.
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"The Cedar Keys, Steamboats,
and The Suwannee River" by Charles C. Fishburne, Jr.
Chapter 15
(April 1986...32 pages)
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"Spaniards & Pirates in the
Cedar Keys?" by Charles C. Fishburne, Jr. & Boaz C. Wadley, Jr.
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"The Family of Joseph Fleming
Prevatt" by Elaine Presnell
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"Meeks" by Eugenia Smith Rowe
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"The Bronson Methodist Church"
by Elizabeth Griffin, Harriet Shewey, Faith Weeks
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"Elmira Prison Camp" by Cindy
Goss
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"Shell Pond & Judge John
Francis McDonell" by Kathryn Harris
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"A History of the McDonell
Family" by Wilson Sistrunk
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"Holcombe-Griffin" by Eugenia
Smith Rowe
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"Sawmill at Williston, 1902" by
Don McCormick
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"The McCalls of Florida" by
Sybil Browne Bray
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"Eddie Buie" by Jacob Wynn
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"Bronson in 1889" by Sidney E.
Gunnell
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"A Few Pioneer Families" by
Kathryn Harris
Chapter 16
(December 1986...42 pages)
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"Dedication" to Norene Andrews,
Charter Member of Levy County Archives Committee
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"Introduction" by Kathryn P.
Harris
Chapter 17 (January
1989...31 pages)
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"Dedication" to Lindon James
Lindsey by Norene Andrews, Sidney Gunnell, and Kathryn P. Harris
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"Ancestor Chart" compiled by
Lindon J. Lindsey
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"Levy County Marriages,
1888-1906" compiled by Kathryn P. Harris
Chapter 18
(January 1989...27 pages)
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"Dedication" to Sidney E.
Gunnell by Lindon Lindsey, Norene Andrews, and Kathryn P. Harris
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"Levy County Marriages,
1888-1906, Part 2" compiled by Kathryn P. Harris
Chapter 19
(January 1989...53 pages)
Chapter 20
(September 1990...28 pages)
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"Sidney Estus Gunnell, Jr." by
Kathryn P. Harris
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"Seven Generations of The
Family" ancestor chart for Sidney E. Gunnell, Jr.
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"Growing Up in New Town,
Florida" by Isaac W. Faircloth (1898-????) transcribed by Sidney E. Gunnell
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"Thomas Jefferson Faircloth,
Early Settler of Levy County, Florida" compiled by Kathryn P. Harris with
assistance of Mary Whitener Faircloth and Grady Faircloth.
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"The Island City" by Jessica
Lee, Age 9, Bronson Elementary School
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"Atsena Otie Family" by Norene
Andrews & Katie Andrews
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"Seahorse Key Cemetery" by
Lindon Lindsey
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"Cemetery on Little Hickory or
Hodge's Island, Port Inglis" by Lindon Lindsey
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"History of Chiefland" by Hazel
R. Etheridge, 1979
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"Bronson Post Office, Levy
County, Florida"
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"Bronson Town Council Minutes"
compiled by Norene Andrews
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"Around Levy County" by Norwood
F. Ishie (1911-1979), published in the Levy County Journal circa 1974
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"Big Time Mayor"
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"Notes from Minute Book L"
compiled by Sidney E. Gunnell
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Begins September 1925 through
July 1926.
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"The Old Water Mill" by J. C.
Partin
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"Road to The Watering Place" by
Sidney E. Gunnell
Chapter 21
(January 1, 2000...28 pages)
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"Dedication" to Toni Collins by
Levy County Archives Committee
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"Cantonment Morgan on Seahorse
Key" by Toni C. Collins
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"Zachariah Davis ca. 1790-1860"
compiled by Evelyn Yearty
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"Armed Occupation Bill for
Florida, August 1842"
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"1850 Federal Census, Levy
County, Florida"
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"History of The Pat-Mac
Locomotive" compiled by John F. Yearty
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"Index to Volume 21"
Chapter 22
(June 2002...37 pages)
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"Dedication" to Gene Osteen
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"The Allen & Mary Elizabeth
Gaskins Osteen Family in Levy County, Florida" by Harry Eugene Osteen, June,
2002
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"The Rise & Fall of Cedar Key"
by Harry Eugene Osteen, March, 2002
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"Levy County Town Names & Their
Origin"
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"Levy County Clerks Since 1884"
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"Levy County Schools
Superintendents Since 1884"
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"U. S. Post Office, Gulf
Hammock, FL"
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"Florida Confederate Soldiers
Buried at Elmira, NY"
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"The Levy County Fair, Premium
List & Program, November 8-9-10, 1923, Bronson, Florida"
Chapter 23
(June 2002...44 pages)
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"Dedication" to Robert Allen &
Chairperson Donna Lindsay
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"Applications for Drivers
Licenses, Levy County, FL, 1940"
Chapter 24 (May 2003...48 pages)
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Why The Lumber Dry Kilns
at Gulf Hammock became Bomb Shelters" by Russel P. Comeaux
This article includes surveys of the houses and people of Gulf Hammock,
Otter Creek, and Ellzey.
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"Genealogy of Alfred
Rodgers, 1829-1908" submitted by Abbie Jean Rodgers Richner
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"Genealogy of Absalom B.
Wood, Early Settler of Levy County" submitted by the Wood family (note
from webmaster: this is my family if you would like to know more please
contact me Tom
Parker)
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"The Levy Times-Democrat,
22 Oct. 1896"...list of Qualified Electors for November 3, 1896
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"Book Discloses Details of
Hunt for Soviet Subs" by Vladimir Isachenkov, Associate Press Writer
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"The Bomb and The
Kids"...a story about some local children (Lindseys and Beckhams) finding a
WWII bomb and what they did with it...
Chapter 25
(December 2004...51 pages)
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"Dedication" and Photo in memory of Donna Stewart
Lindsey...she'll not
be forgotten...
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"Death Records for Levy County" copied from the index of
the Florida
Bureau of Vital Statistics through 1955.
They give the race, sex, and year of death.
Compiled by Kathryn P. Harris
Chapter 26
(December 2005...31 pages)
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"Dedication" to and photo of Mrs. Kathryn and Mr. Travis
Harris...
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Ebenezer Baptist Church History with photos
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Bronson United Methodist History with photo
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First United Methodist Church of Williston with photos
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A Short History of Hardeetown Baptist Church with photos
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Chiefland Methodist Church History with photos
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Otter Creek Missionary Baptist Church History with photos
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First Baptist Church of Otter Creek History
with photos
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Bronson Church of God by Faith History with photos
Chapter 27
(December 2005...24 pages)
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"Dedication" to and photo of Mary Hatcher
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Rosewood Baptist Church Historical Highlights with photo
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Chiefland History with
photo
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History of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Mission of
Chiefland with photo
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Joppa Baptist Church History with photos
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The Ellzey Methodist Church History with photo
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First Baptist Church of Bronson History with photos
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Concord Baptist Church with photos
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Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church of Williston with photo
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History of Pine Grove Baptist Church with
photos
NOTES: Throughout these chapters of "Search for Yesterday: A History of Levy
County, Florida" there are numerous photographs of people and locations in
the county, as well as maps and documents. Also included are school year-end
pictures for several county schools.
NOTES: Throughout
these chapters of "Search for Yesterday: A History of Levy County, Florida"
there are numerous photographs of people and locations in the county, as well as
maps and documents. Also included are school year-end pictures for several
county schools.
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