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Who are your Florida Parish families, and when/where did they arrive?

My primary family in the area is the Sanders family: Blancet Sanders of Orangeburgh District, SC, and at least one of his brothers (Cullen, possibly also William) moved to Saint Tammany parish right after the War of 1812; they were members of the Mt Nebo Baptist Church in that parish. Sanders property was redistricted to Washington and later Tangipahoa parish. Family members have moved between these three primarily, but also occasionally Saint Helena, East Baton Rouge, and Jefferson (and occasionally Mississippi).

Other area families I descend from (all migrated from SC also) are McClendon/McLendon, Mixon, Oliphant, and Williams. The Hughes family (descendants of William Henry Hughes of SC) is heavily intertwined; I'm not a descendant of that line, although Blancet Sanders' first wife (from whom I descend) was a SC Hughes - I have never found who her parents or family were.

Here are some more Florida parish families that are in my tree by marriage: Amacker, Ard, Baham, Bahm, Barron, Bell, Bennett, Bowman, Carpenter, Crawford, Daniel, Dykes, Easley, Edwards, Gaines, Gayle, Goldsby, Hamilton, Hayden, Hendry, Hogan, Hoggatt, Holden, Holton, Husser, Johnston, King, Kuhn, Lambert, Lawrence, Morris, Narretto, Opdenweyer, Ridgedale/Ridgedell/Ridgel, Ritchie, Robards, Robertson, Settoon, Shoemake, Smith (yeah, like that's helpful :D), Spiller, Stafford, Story, Toney, Vernon, Vinyard, Wainwright, Whitehead, Zachary.

If anyone recognizes surnames from this list and would like to ask me about them, feel free. Please contribute your own list, so we can collaborate! Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Blake Thompson on May 19, 2011 at 5:17pm

A bit of a time gap in here - but...

Hoggatt: I'm always looking for info. on Hoggatts - well, at least the father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc., - family of James Hoggatt, who married Caroline Starnes - parents of . Wilford - William Shelton - Washington - James - and John. Hoggatts of the Florida Parishes and elsewhere.

Do we have a connection anywhere in there?

Thanks!

Nancy

Permalink Reply by Jeanie DiLeonardo on August 12, 2011 at 4:17pm

My tree has James Francis Hoggatt marrying into it in 1897 - he married Minnie Mae Bennett, who was my second cousin once removed, through Calvin Henry and Mary Sanders Hughes. Doesn't sound like anything more than a very tangental connection, if any.

Permalink Reply by Nancy Blake Thompson on August 12, 2011 at 10:47pm

Hello, again. Thanks for your reply. Yes, James Frances Hoggatt would be my great-uncle.

James Frances Hoggatt - b. 20 Apr 1878, d. 1958, Holden, Livingston Parish

md. Minnie Mae Bennett, b. Jul 1879, d. 1949, Hammond La - 10 children

He was the son of William Shelton Hoggatt - JFH was 6th of 8 children, and brother to my paternal grandmother, Fannie, who was the 8th.

George W. Hoggatt, b. 1863-64, d.1940
Ella Hoggatt Lee - b. 1868
Irene Hoggatt - b. 1870, d. 1870
John Wilford Hoggatt - b. 1875, d. 1903
William Shelton Hoggatt - b. 1836, d. 1882
James Francis Hoggatt - b. 1878, d. 1958
Eugene Thomas Hoggatt - b. 1880, d. 1944
Fannie Hoggatt Blake - b. 1882, d. 1945

I can go back another generation or two if you're following his line at all. I realize you're probably only collecting info on Minnie Mae and that direction. Let me know if you'd like any more info.

Who are your Florida Parish families, and when/where did they arrive?

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