1850 Alachua County Census Annotations from Anne Connell
1850 Alachua County Census Annotations from Anne Connell
My 2nd great-grandparents, John Martin GEIGER (1798-1874) and Emily JOYNER, lived in Alachua Co. from atleast1850 until late 1860s when they moved to LaFayette (now Dixie) Co.,near their son, my great-grandfather Anson GEIGER (marr. Martha Jane ROBINSON).  Most of their other children seem to have ended up in Bradford Co. (Allen, Charles, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth and Noah) and I understand his probaterecords are there, also - probably because of a land grant he had there. Pliny seems to have lived in St. Augustine, where he is buried.

I recently found a reference elsewhere thatseems to be my John Martin GEIGER.  From my notes:

"History of Gainesville, Florida, 1854 - 1979", by Hildreth and Cox, states that in 1853 a Mr. GEIGER, with Gov. MadisonStarke Perry, Maj. James B. Bailey and the Boulwares, led the successfulfight to move the Alachua County seat from Newnansville to proposed townof Gainesville.  On 3 Dec 1855, the Board of Alachua Co. Commissioners,composed of J. M. Sparkman, J. M. GEIGER, Cornelius Rain and George Boston,met and ordered a notice to be placed in Jacksonville News that bids wouldbe accepted for construction of a courthouse at Gainesville.  In 1857they advertised for bids for a county jail.  The 1860 Alachua Co.census showed John M. GEIGER, age 63, with wife Emily, age 56, living aloneat Waldo.  The 1870 LaFayette Co. census showed John M. GERGER (sic),age 69 (sic), at New Troy, with wife Emily, 62, Noah, 35, and Hariet, 20. He died about four years later.

Anne C.
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