Skip to content
Department of State Homepage State Library & Archives of Florida Services for Citizens Services for State Employees Services for Librarians Services for Archivists Services for Records Managers

Division of Library and Information Services : Research : Search Our Catalogs : Archives Catalog

State Archives of Florida Online Catalog

Magnifying glass over a document.

The Online Catalog allows searching and browsing of information about the Florida State Archives’ holdings of over 48,000 cubic feet of state and local government records and historical manuscripts. The catalog provides descriptions of over 3,400 collections and lists the contents of containers and folders in many of those collections. For assistance with accessing and using State Archives collections, call our Reference Staff at 850.245.6719 or email us at archives@dos.myflorida.com.


Search | Advanced Search  | Browse Indexes | Browse Collections  | FAQ

Details Page

Click on for detailed listing.
Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2017- 53
Creator:
Title, Dates: McKeown family papers, 1857-1913.
Amount: 1 folders
Medium Included:
Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
Restrictions:
Terms Governing Use:
Biographical/Historical:     John N. McKeown (1828-1900) moved with his wife, Emma Caroline Pratt McKeown (1836-1916), from South Carolina to Concord in Gadsden County, Florida. They had two sons, John N. McKeown (b. 1867) and Paul Pratt McKeown (1873-1943). In 1889, John N. McKeown was appointed postmaster of Concord.
Summary:     This collection consists of promissory notes, payment receipts, a Jeffersonian Publishing Company stock certificate, a personal letter from a family friend, and an academic report from Furman University in South Carolina. The collection also includes the commission of John N. McKeown as postmaster of Concord, and a power of attorney for John N. and Paul Pratt McKeown. The records in this collection date from 1857, 1878, 1881, 1889, 1896 to 1900, and 1913.
Finding Aids:
Additional Physical Form:
Reproduction Note:
Location of Originals/Duplicates:
Associated Materials:
Language Notes:
Ownership/Custodial History:
Publication Note:
General Note: Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS56.
Electronic Records Access:
Subject Access Fields: Postmasters Florida.
Financial records. aat
Letters. aat
Gadsden County (Fla.)
Added Entries