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  2. William Whitaker (pioneer) - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Whitaker (c. 1821–1888) was an American Seminole War veteran and pioneer who, under the provisions of the Armed Occupation Act, established the first permanent settlement in what is now Sarasota, Florida. [1] [2] There he traded mullet with Cubans to bring the first groves of economically important oranges to the state.

  3. Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident - Wikipedia

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    Narrative of a voyage to the Spanish Main in the ship "Two Friends;" the occupation of Amelia island by McGregor, etc.--sketches of the province of East Florida; and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and manners of the Seminole Indians: with an appendix containing a detail of the Seminole war, and the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister ...

  4. Seminole Wars - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Militia pursued Seminole who were outside the reservation boundaries. In the period prior to the Third Seminole War, the militia captured one man and a few women, and 140 hogs. One Seminole woman elder committed suicide while being held by the militia, after the rest of her family had escaped. The whole operation cost the state US ...

  5. Seminole County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Seminole County (/ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ n oʊ l /, SEM-i-nohl) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 470,856, making it the 13th-most populated county in Florida. [1] [2] Its county seat and largest city is Sanford. [3]

  6. Abraham (Seminole) - Wikipedia

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    Hand-colored etching based on a daguerreotype made in New York in 1852 of Seminole leaders Billy Bowlegs, Thlocklo Tustenuggee, Abram, John Jumper, Fasatchee Emanthla, and Sarparkee Yohola. [ 1 ] Abraham , Seminole war-name Souanaffe Tustenukke , [ 2 ] called Yobly by some whites, [ 3 ] was a 19th-century Floridian who served as an interpreter ...

  7. John Forbes and Company - Wikipedia

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    An 1835 deed recorded in Leon County, Florida, shows Thomas Baltzell, future Florida supreme court justice, as the President of the Apalachicola Land Co. [36] Future disposition of lands in the Forbes Purchase never was straightforward. Some residents purchased lots and built homes.

  8. East Florida - Wikipedia

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    East Florida (Spanish: Florida Oriental) was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821. The British gained control over Spanish Florida in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War .

  9. History of Tallahassee, Florida - Wikipedia

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    First Seminole War, 1817–1818; ... In 1821, Florida was ceded by Spain to the United States. ... and local lawsuits in federal courts, on a county by county basis, ...