Manuscript of The First Permanent Settlers of Terra Ceia page 6. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page six of the manuscript of The First Permanent Settlers of Terra Ceia by Rose E. Abel continues the story. It reads: Mr. Joe lived through all these troublesome periods to come home at the end of the Civil War. He did not get the patent for his land until 1868, twenty five years after he had moved on to it. He died October 29, 1871, and was finally laid to rest in the Fogartyville Cemetery after resting in Terra Ceia soil for quite a number of years very near where H.E. Maury's house now stands. Then, the land was uncleared. Madam Joe during these same periods had become a profitable manager. She accumulated property, improved it, set out orange groves and in her simplicity achieved financial success. She moved to Fogartyville, on the south side of the Manatee River, to be with her daughter, although her interest in accumulating did not wane. When ten Dollars in gold was paid for one pound of coffee. Madam Joe was given some Mexican coffee seed by the captain of a vessel that came direct from a port in Mexico into the Manatee River. She planted it in her back yard at her Fogartyville home in 1873. Page six of the manuscript of The First Permanent Settlers of Terra Ceia by Rose E. Abel continues the story. It reads: Mr. Joe lived through all these troublesome periods to come home at the end of the Civil War. He did not get the patent for his land until 1868, twenty five years after he had moved on to it. He died October 29, 1871, and was finally laid to rest in the Fogartyville Cemetery after resting in Terra Ceia soil for quite a number of years very near where H.E. Maury's house now stands. Then, the land was uncleared. Madam Joe during these same periods had become a profitable manager. She accumulated property, improved it, set out orange groves and in her simplicity achieved financial success. She moved to Fogartyville, on the south side of the Manatee River, to be with her daughter, although her interest in accumulating did not wane. When ten Dollars in gold was paid for one pound of coffee. Madam Joe was given some Mexican coffee seed by the captain of a vessel that came direct from a port in Mexico into the Manatee River. She planted it in her back yard at her Fogartyville home in 1873. United States Florida--Manatee County--Terra Ceia Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Manuscript of The First Permanent Settlers of Terra Ceia page 6.
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Page six of the manuscript of The First Permanent Settlers of Terra Ceia by Rose E. Abel continues the story. It reads: Mr. Joe lived through all these troublesome periods to come home at the end of the Civil War. He did not get the patent for his land until 1868, twenty five years after he had moved on to it. He died October 29, 1871, and was finally laid to rest in the Fogartyville Cemetery after resting in Terra Ceia soil for quite a number of years very near where H.E. Maury's house now stands. Then, the land was uncleared. Madam Joe during these same periods had become a profitable manager. She accumulated property, improved it, set out orange groves and in her simplicity achieved financial success. She moved to Fogartyville, on the south side of the Manatee River, to be with her daughter, although her interest in accumulating did not wane. When ten Dollars in gold was paid for one pound of coffee. Madam Joe was given some Mexican coffee seed by the captain of a vessel that came direct from a port in Mexico into the Manatee River. She planted it in her back yard at her Fogartyville home in 1873.
Page six of the manuscript of The First Permanent Settlers of Terra Ceia by Rose E. Abel continues the story. It reads: Mr. Joe lived through all these troublesome periods to come home at the end of the Civil War. He did not get the patent for his land until 1868, twenty five years after he had moved on to it. He died October 29, 1871, and was finally laid to rest in the Fogartyville Cemetery after resting in Terra Ceia soil for quite a number of years very near where H.E. Maury's house now stands. Then, the land was uncleared. Madam Joe during these same periods had become a profitable manager. She accumulated property, improved it, set out orange groves and in her simplicity achieved financial success. She moved to Fogartyville, on the south side of the Manatee River, to be with her daughter, although her interest in accumulating did not wane. When ten Dollars in gold was paid for one pound of coffee. Madam Joe was given some Mexican coffee seed by the captain of a vessel that came direct from a port in Mexico into the Manatee River. She planted it in her back yard at her Fogartyville home in 1873.
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Florida--Manatee County--Terra Ceia
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection