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Warren Harville was born about 1818 in Liberty County, Georgia, oneof nine children known of Samuel and Rebecca Harville.
Liberty County, Georgia, was created February 5, 1777, and took areafrom St. Andrew Parish (5 February 1777), St. James Parish (5 February1777), St. John Parish (5 February 1777), McIntosh (16 December 1794, 8December 1806, 22 December 1857, 11 December 1858 and 4 December 1871).Liberty County gave area to Glynn (20 December 1789), McIntosh (19December 1793, 16 December 1794, 8 December 1806, 22 December 1857, 11December 1858 and 4 December 1871) and Long (14 August 1920).
There was a major economic recession in the United States 1815 - 1821.
Elizabeth "Eliza Ann" Standley was born about 1820 in Liberty County,Georgia, a child of Jesse and Dicy Standley.
Elizabeth "Standley" is also referred to as Elizabeth "Standly".
In 1820-1823, nationwide, there was a "fever" epidemic which startednear the Schuylkill River and spread.
In 1831 and 1832, nationwide, there was a Asiatic Cholera epidemicbrought by English emigrants.
Warren Harville and Martha Woods were married June 30, 1833, inLiberty County, Georgia. The marriage authorization was dated 28 June1833. Nothing is currently known about Martha Woods. If the assumeddate of birth of Warren Harville is correct, he would have been only 15at marriage. In the 1840 census, Warren Harville was 20-30 years old -born 1810 to 1820.
In December 1833, Warren Harville became resident in Florida.
In January 1834, Warren Harville as an inhabitant of Alachua County,Florida, was a signatory on a petition to President Andrew Jacksonconcerning Seminole Indians.
From 20 July 1836 to 18 December 1836, Warren Harville, with onegray horse, served as a private in Captain Matthew Hindley's MountedCompany of the Second Regiment Second Brigade of the Florida Militia. Thecompany was enrolled at Newnansville, East Florida.
There was a major economic recession in the United States 1837 - 1843.
Warren Harville and Elizabeth Standley were married 26 August 1837,in Alachua County, Florida. It is recorded on page 7 of the MarriageRecords of Alachua County Florida, Book 1. The writing is ornate, fadedand hard to read. This marriage was record #28 in Book I which startedwith record #25. The numbering of the records is not consistent with thedates. Warren Harville, J.P., Newnansville officiated at marriages 6October 1837, 7 February 1838, 22 October 1838, 25 December 1838, amongothers.
In the March 1838 term, Warren Harville was a member of the CountyCourt of Alachua County, Florida.
In the October 1838 term, Warren Harville was an associate justiceof the County Court of Alachua County, Florida.
From 3 May 1839 to 2 November 1839, Warren Harville served as aprivate in Captain Matthew Hindley's Mounted Company of the FirstRegiment, Brigade of Florida Volunteers. The company was enrolled anddischarged at Newnansville, East Florida.
Martha R. was born to Warren and Elizabeth Harville in June 1839(from 1900 census) in Florida.
From 2 November 1839 to 2 May 1840, Warren Harville served as aprivate in Captain Matthew Hindley's Company of the First Regiment,Brigade of Florida Mounted Militia. The company was enrolled atNewnansville, East Florida.
LDS Archive Record shows Warren Harville making or probating a will 5August 1840, Liberty County, Georgia.
The 1840 federal census for Newnansville, Alachua County, Florida,page 163 lists Warren Harville as head of household of one free whitemale 20-30 years (probably Warren); one free white male 30 to 40 years(unknown), two free white females under 5 years (Martha and unknown) andone free white female 20-30 years (probably Eliza Ann). There are noslaves; two members of the household are engaged in agriculture. Thecensus was taken as of 1 June 1840.
At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unitof the new Territory of Florida. The Seminole inhabitants of the Alachuaregion had recently been ordered to a reservation, and land was availablethere for white settlers. Early in 1826, a post office was establishedin the area called "Dell's P.O." It derived its name from the Dellbrothers, who had first visited the Alachua region during the "PatriotWar" (1812-1814) and had later returned to settle there. In 1828, thesettlement near Dell's P.O. was officially made the Alachua County seatand named "Newnansville" in honor of a Patriot War hero, Daniel Newnan.Newnansville became the junction of several important trails throughfrontier Florida, including the Bellamy Road, a cross-Florida routeauthorized by Congress in 1824 as the first federal road in the newterritory. In 1832, when Columbia County was formed, it includedNewnansville. Newnansville was returned to Alachua County when the SantaFe River became the county line in 1835. During the Second Seminole War(1835-1842), hundreds of displaced refugee settlers were settled atNewnansville and also at Fort Gilleland, a nearby military post built in1836.
After the hostilities were concluded, Newnansville prospered as acommercial center for the expanding Middle Florida frontier. The chiefproducts of the area were corn, cotton, and after the Civil War, citrus.
Except for a few years between 1832 and 1839, Newnansville served as theAlachua County seat until 1854. In that year, the political center ofthe county was moved to the new railroad town of Gainesville. During thenext three decades, Newnansville slowly declined in population andimportance. The community was dealt a final blow in 1884, when theSavannah, Florida and Western Railroad bypassed it. A new town, Alachua,grew up near that railroad. As the years passed, the residents ofNewnansville moved there or elsewhere. By the 1970's only a few tracesremained of the former community, most notable of which is theNewnansville Historic Cemetery.
In 1841, nationwide, especially severe in the south, there was ayellow fever epidemic
On 1 August 1841 in Alachua County, Florida, Warren Harville waswitness on two separate indentures for land of his father-in-law JesseStandley. Deed recorded in Ancient Record Book 1826-1848 pages 403-405and 405-406 Alachua County, Florida.
Jesse S. was born to Warren and Martha Harville about 1842 inAlachua County, Florida.
After the Indian Wars in Florida, the Florida Armed Occupation Act of1842 was devised to encourage settlement in central Florida. Settlementof this area would provide a buffer zone between the Indians in the southand the populated areas of North Florida. The Florida Armed OccupationAct was similar to the yet-to-come Homestead Act of 1862. In addition tothe basic provisions of the Homestead Act, the Florida Armed OccupationAct stipulated a settler must claim land removed from a mannedfortification and must be ready, willing and able to bear arms in theevent of Indian troubles. The fact that much of the land to be settledhad been distributed by Spanish and British grants created lingeringownership problems.
The Florida Armed Occupation Act claim of a Warren Harville, as headof family, under permit number 186 filed at the Newnansville Land Officein Alachua County, Florida, 31 January 1843, was valid. He had become aresident of Florida in December 1833.
In the 14 August 1843, St. Augustine Florida Herald, Warren Harvill(sic) was among those listed in a notice to applicants under the FloridaArmed Occupation Act of 4th August 1842. The notice stated that the oneyear allowed by the Act for proving that the "Settlement has beencommenced, and the particular Quarter Section upon which it is located"will expire on the 12th day of December 1843. The notice shows forWarren Harville Permit No. 186, dated 30th January, Quarter Section NorthWest 30 Township Thirteen S Range 21 E.
John M. was born to Warren and Elizabeth Harville about 1844 inAlachua County, Florida.
Samuel Robert (or perhaps Rovers) was born to Warren and ElizabethHarville about 1846 in Alachua County, Florida.
In 1847 and 1848, there was a worldwide influenza epidemic
In 1848 and 1849, in North America, there was a cholera epidemic
On 29 June 1847, Warren Harville and Eliza A. Harville of MarionCounty, Florida, and Dicy Standley of Alachua County, Florida, widow ofJesse Standley, agreed to a distribution of assets of the will of JesseStandley.
Warren Harville, age about 30, died in 1848 in Gainesville, Florida.
The 1850 federal census for Alachua County, Florida, page 13,household number 191 lists Martha R. Harville age 10, Jesse Harville age8, John M. Harville age 6, and Samuel R. Harville age 4, in the householdof Thomas J. Prevatt. The wife of Thomas Prevatt is Dicy, the widow ofJesse Standley and grandmother to the Harville children. The census wastaken as of 1 June 1850.
In 1850, nationwide, there was a yellow fever epidemic
In 1850 and 1851, in North America, there was an influenza epidemic
In 1852, nationwide, there was a yellow fever epidemic
John Harville, a son of Warren and Eliza Ann Harville, must havedied between the time of the 1850 census (above) and 17 January 1853 (seebelow).
On 17 January 1853, the Probate Court for Alachua County, Florida,appointed S. F. Halliday guardian of Martha Harville a minor above theage of 14, daughter of Warren Harville and Eliza Ann Harville deceased.Halliday was selected by Martha Harville.
On 23 April 1853, the Probate Court for Alachua County, Florida, atNewnansville appointed S. F. Halliday guardian of Jesse S. Harville andSamuel R. Harville minor children of Warren Harville and Eliza Harvilledeceased. Halliday was suggested by John B. Standley. (The relationshipbetween Halliday and the Harville children is not currently known. Therelationship between John B. Standley and the Harville children is notcurrently known.)
On 22 February 1854, Solomon F. Halliday, guardian of MarthaHarville, Jesse S. Harville and Samuel R. Harville, requested permissionof the court to sell the 160 acres of land under Warrant 24,858 dated 15September 1853 belonging to the Harville children. Permission wasgranted.
Martha R. Harville, a daughter of Warren and Elizabeth Harville,married John Green Rawls 9 September 1854, in Gainesville, Alachua,Florida.
In 1855, nationwide, there was a yellow fever epidemic
On 1 January 1856, upon application to the Probate Court of AlachuaCounty, Florida, John G. Rawls was appointed guardian of Jesse S.Harville and Samuel R. Harville.
On 1 January 1856, in Probate Court for Alachua County, Florida, S.F. Halliday presented his guardianship accounts for the care of minorsMartha Harville, Jesse S. Harville and Samuel R. Harville. The courtapproved the $674.00 expenditure but did not cause it to be paid ashaving been more than the income of the minors.
On 4 February 1856, in Chancery Court for Alachua County, Florida,Seborn J. Standley, Thomas C. Standley minors by his next best friendSeaborn J. Standley, Jesse Harville and Samuel Harville minors by John G.Rawls, their guardian, John G. Rawls and Martha Ann Rawls, his wife, andIsah Floyd and Mariah F. Floyd, brought suit against Thomas J. Prevattfor distribution of assets.
In 1857-1859, worldwide, there was an influenza epidemic, one of thegreatest epidemics ever.
On 6 April 1857, in Probate Court for Alachua County, Florida, DicyPrevatt, wife of Thomas J. Prevatt, filed suit against John G. Rawls,guardian of Jesse S. Harville and Samuel R. Harville, minors. Peter W.Guinn testified that Jesse and Samuel had attended a neighborhood schoolfor some time, but that the school was closed because of measles. He wasnot aware that John G. Rawls had mistreated the children. William B.Davis testimony was substantially the same and that there was no merit tothe suit. The court ruled that Dicy Prevatt should not be guardian ofthe persons and estates of Jesse S. and Samuel R. Harville.
On 9 June 1857, in the Circuit Court for Eastern Circuit of Florida,Alachua County, Florida, judgement was entered in a suit brought by DicyPrevatt against John G. Rawls, husband to granddaughter Martha, guardianof her minor grandchildren, Jesse S. Harville and Samuel R. Harville.John was adjudged to have been not performing his duties as guardian withfidelity and was to return custody and property of the children to Dicy.
More About WARREN HARVILLE and ELIZABETH STANDLEY:
Marriage: 26 August 1837, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida
Children of ELIZABETH STANDLEY and WARREN HARVILLE are:
i. MARTHA ANN "BOMA"5 HARVILLE, b. June 1839, Florida; d. 20September 1910, Alachua, Florida; m. JOHN GREEN RAWLS, 09 August 1854,Gainesville, Alachua, Florida; b. Abt. 1833, Essex, New Jersey; d. 11December 1864, Waldo, Alachua, Florida.
Notes for MARTHA ANN "BOMA" HARVILLE:
!Birth: 1900 census; name as Martha R. Harville from 1850 census and 9August 1854 marriage license, name as Martha Ann from 4 February 1856 and18 February Chancery Court suit. All other references are to "Martha"with no initial or middle name.
!Marriage:
!Death: Federal Widow's Pension file 130,662 for Martha Rawls has deathdate as 20 September 1910
!Burial:
In 1993, Leroy Wilson remembered that his mother, Alice Jane "Janie"Rawls, referred to her grandmother as "Bama" which may have just been achild's way of referring to grandma/grandmama.
In his 3 September 1967 letter to B. C. Rawls of Hattiesburg,Mississippi, John Gracy Rawls refers to his grandmother as "Bommer".Gordon B. Shealey, State Road 235A, Route 1 Box 124, Alachua, Florida32615 (904) 462-1304 in August 1993 wrote that he placed the stone onBoma Rawls grave in the mid- to late-1970s. As this is the only currentrecord of the spelling, "Boma" will be used.
Original sources: Photocopy of abstract for deed dated 1864; photocopyof pension file of Martha Rawls, Certificate 130,662 dated variously1866-1912; photocopy of abstracter's copy of probate file of John G.Rawls, deceased dated 31 May 1866; photocopy of abstract for deed dated15 October 1867; photocopy of abstract for deed dated 30 January 1872;photocopy of abstract for deed dated 15 July 1881; photocopy of abstractfor deed dated 15 July 1881; photocopy of deed dated 7 October 1889;photocopy of deed dated 27 November photocopy of 1900 federal census;photocopy of will dated 21 April 1902; photograph of headstone
Secondary sources: "Alachua County, Florida 1850 Census", by HGS page 23;