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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQM_the-abstract-office_Marianna-FL.html
The Abstract Office is the oldest business building in Marianna. Believed to have been built as his office in the 1840's by Dr. W.S. Wilson who died in 1868. Marianna's telephone exchange was established in 1801 and this building housed the Centra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQL_jackson-county_Marianna-FL.html
On August 12, 1822, the year after the United States received possession of the Floridas, an Act of the Territorial Legislative Council divided West Florida into two counties — Jackson and Escambia. At that time, Jackson County included all …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQK_battle-of-marianna_Marianna-FL.html
On September 27, 1864, Gen. Asboth's force of 700 Federal cavalry from Pensacola arrived in the Marianna area to forage and secure Negro recruits. Confederate forces of a few hundred home guardsmen barricaded the streets of Marianna and withstood …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQJ_gilmore-academy-jackson-county-training-school_Marianna-FL.html
In 1922, Robert T. Gilmore (1879-1948), born in Monticello, founded Gilmore Academy, one of Jackson County's first African-American high schools. Trustees of Marianna's African-American community purchased this three-acre site in 1907 and raised…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQI_the-holden-house_Marianna-FL.html
John de Roulhac and his wife, Martha Rasco, arrived in Jackson County in 1846. This house was built about that time. Their daughter, Clara, married Dr. Julius Holden here Sept. 22, 1859. Dr. Holden served in the Confederate Army. Legend says the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EK7_first-presbyterian-church_Marianna-FL.html
Presbyterians first worshipped in Marianna, Florida in 1835. The First Presbyterian Church in Marianna was established by nine women and one man, Bryan Erwin, the first ruling elder. It is recorded that Mr. Erwin came to Jackson County from Scotla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AYC_st-lukes-churchyard_Marianna-FL.html
Along with the Old Town Burial Ground, this cemetery shelters some of the noteworthy historical figures of the county. The Episcopal Church it surrounds, organized in 1838, is among the most historic in the state. Within its bounds may be found na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AWT_site-of-the-battle-of-marianna_Marianna-FL.html
Here at high noon on September 27, 1864, a Federal raiding force of 900 men under Brigadier-General Alexander Asboth fought a Confederate home guard of 95 old men and boys under Captain Jesse J. Norwood. Entering Marianna from the west, the main b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZU_ely-criglar-house_Marianna-FL.html
This two-story residence is one of Marianna's first great antebellum mansions, built by Francis R. Ely around 1840. The house was acquired in 1889 by Francis B. Carter, who later became Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida. In 1900 the house wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZP_davis-west-house_Marianna-FL.html
This Marianna landmark was built by John Davis in the 1840's for his daughter, Rebecca Davis Spears. After the death of her husband, she married Dr. Theophilus West in 1859. Dr. West served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army and was with General…