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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

“Mikesville—was settled by G. M. Whetstone in 1870. It is three miles from
Leno. From a population of 15 in 1870 it has grown to 100. There is a Presbyterian
and Methodist church. Growing villages near by are Providence, six miles east;
Grofton, four miles north; Fort White, five miles west. Olustee Creek is four miles
east.

Mrs. Towndsen, Mrs. Mathis, Major Ellis and J. D. Means have young orange
groves.

The people are from Southern states and the west.

T. N. Reddick is principal of the Mikesville academy.

There are two grist mills, one saw mill, a shingle machine, a cotton seed oil mill,

seven cotton gins and a saw-gin. The postmaster is J. Lites.”

“Mount Carrie—a flag station on the F. C. & W. Railway, 51 miles west of
Jacksonville, and 8 miles east of Lake City.

It was settled by Mr. Tamer in 1869, who established a large turpentine distillery.
On his death he was succeeded by Bentley & Young, who engaged in the lumber

and saw mill business.

H. R. Thomas, a bachelor, is the only white person residing here, he is postmaster.”

“Mount Taboris (Mt. Tabor)—situated 12 miles in a southeasterly direction
from Lake City. It was settled by people from Georgia and South Carolina. In 1855

the population was about 50, at present 325. There is a Methodist church, Rev.
Armistead; Lutheran, Rev. George A. Hough; Presbyterian, Rev. D. W. Humphrey
and a colored church.

The orange groves are small in size.

Postmaster is Henry English.”

“Suwannee Shoals—Located on the Suwannee River, 10 miles from Lake City,
with which it has connection by mail stage line. The first settler was Mr. David
Gillit, who located among the Indians in 1830. There are now about 75 families in
the settlement. Two churches, The Advent, Rev. T. I. Green; Methodist, Rev. 1.1.
Johnson. Good school, H. M. Lash, principal, John V. Brown is postmaster.

Several mills and large farms.”

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