1835 Land Claims In The State Of Florida

For those interested in family tree research in Florida, one book you may be interested in purchasing is Spanish Claims to Land in Florida: 1835. In 1835, Florida wanted to establish land title to approximately 1,108,390 acres of land in the state and most of the claims were made for land in the eastern part of Florida.
Claims were files by private parties as well as Seminole and Creek Indians.

This book contains:

1. The complete transcript for this act


2. The name of claimant, quantity of land, date submitted, and name of grantor


3. Affidavits


4. Testimony regarding the claims

An example:

Documents in the case of Burgos Higginbottom, referred to be the witness, Antonio Alvarez, in the foregoing testimony.

"Don George Clarke, lieutenant of militia of St. Augustine of Florida, and surveyor general appointed by the government of the same city and province:

I certify that I have measured and bounded five hundred acres of land to Donna Isabella Higginbottom, upon the St. Mary's river, at a place named Higginbottom's Bluff, in part of seven hundred acres that were granted to her deceased husband, Burras Higginbottom, upon the said river, on the 24th of September, 1803, with the name of Reading Blunt; but this resulted to be claimed by another person, in consequence of which he took possession of these five hundred acres, which he has cultivated ever since, and the remaining two hundred, at a place named Sondag's Bluff; which five hundred acres are represented in the following plat (see plate I., fig. 1), and its original, which I preserve in the books of surveys in my charge.

Fernandina, January 10, 1816. George J.F. Clarke"

Surnames Listed in This Publication

If the surname has more than five DIFFERENT first names listed, the surname is marked with a "*". Those surnames with more than ten DIFFERENT first names are marked with "**".

ACASTA ACOSTA ADAMS ADDISON AGUILAR* ALACHUA ALAGON ALLEN ALVAREZ ANDREW* ARNAU ARREDONDO* ASHTON ATKINSON

BACHELOT BLACKHOUSE BAGLEY BALTIMORE BARBEE BERRIE BERRIO BETHUNE BETTS BLUFF BONELY BOUDEN BOUSQUET BRENAN BREWARD BRODAWAY BROWARD BUNCH BURGEVIN BURGO BUSHNELL BUTLER BUYCK

CABALLERO CALA CALL CANOBAS CANTAL CAPELLA CAPO CARNEY CARRADO CARRERAS CARTER CASHEN CASTRO CHAIRES CHAPUZ CARIS CHRISTOPHER CLARK CLARKE* CLELAND COCIFACIO COPPIINGER COWAN COWEN COWIN CRAIG CROSBY

DALCOUR DARLEY DEAN DELESPIN DELL DEWEES DEXTER DOUGLAS DOWNING DRUMMOND DUPON

EASTLAKE EDMONSON ENTRALGO ESPINOSA ESTACHOLY ESTRADA

FALANY FATIO FEMENIAS FENWICK FERGUSON FERNANDEZ FERNANDINA FERREYRA FIGUERAS FISH FLEMING FOLCH FOLLIS FONTANE FORBES FORRESTER FOUGERES FUENTES

GANDRY GARCIA GARVIN GAY GEIGER GIANOPOLY GIBBS GIBSON GILBERT GILLIAND GIRALDO GIZORME GOMEZ GONZALES GOULD GRAY GRIMBALL GROVES GUADARRAMA GUE

HALL HAMMOCK HANSON HARREL HARRISON HART HARVEY HAVANA HAYWARD HENDRICKS HERNANDEZ HIGGINBOTTOM* HIJUELOS HILL HILLSBOROUGH HINSMAN HOBKIRK HOGANS HOLLINGSWORTH HOUSTON HUERTAS HUERTES HUERTIS HUGHES HULL HUTCHESON

INNERARITY ISLAND

JACKSONVILLE JOHNSTON JORDINE

KANE KENDELAN KERR KING KINGSLEY

L’AGUILAR LANCASTER LAURENCE LAW LAWTON LEONARDY LEVY LINCH LLORENTE LORIN LOW LOWE LOZANO LOZERNS LYNCH

MCCLURE MCHARDY MCQUEEN MAES MAHON MAMBRUMATY MANTINEZ MARIN MARROT MARTIN MARTINELY MATANZAS METTAIR MAXEY MEDICIS MEERS MERANDO MESTRE MIER MILES MILL MILLS MINOR MIRANDA MITCHELL MIZZELL MONTESDEOCA MOORE MORALES MORANDO MOULTRIE MURPHY

NERO NEUVILLE NOBLES

OHARA O’HARA O’NEILLE ONIS OPELOUSAS ORMOND ORTEGA OUACHITA OWEN OWENS

PACETY PANTON PAPY PATCH PELLINCER PENGREE PENSACOLA PERCHEMAN PERPALL PETTY PICOLATA PIERRA PINTADO PITTMAN PLUMMER PONS PRINCE PRITCHARD PROCTOR PUNON PURCELL PURPOLL

QUESADA

RAFO REBOUL REYES REYNOLDS RICHARD RIVERA RODMAN RODRIGUES RODRIGUEZ RODRIQUEZ ROGERS ROMERO ROSETE ROSS ROTENBURY RUSSELL

SAAVEDRA SABATE ST. MAXENT SALOTE SANLORENZO SANCHES** SANCHEZ* SANDERS SEGUI SETON SIBBALD SIMMONS SMITH SOLANA SOMERUELOS SOULARD SPENCER STERLING STUBBLEFIELD SUAREZ SWAMP

TAMPOR TATE TAYLOR THARP TILLOTSON TINGLE TOD TODD TRAVERS TRIAY TURNBULL

UGARTE UNDERWOOD

VARGAS VAUGHAN VILLALOBOS

WALKER WANTON WASHINGTON WATERMAN WEADERMANY WHITE WICKES WIGGINS WILLIAMS WILMER WOODBURY

YONGE YOUNG

Land records can be a vital resource to your genealogy research and can provide details not found elsewhere. If it appears that your ancestor has owned (or rented) land in the past, always check to see what land records, deeds or contracts were drawn up to complete land transactions. They may point you in the direction of wills and other important records that can assist you as you make your way up your family tree. These Florida Land Claims are just a small portion of the voluminous land records at your disposal.