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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M74- 69
Creator: Whitaker family.
Title, Dates: Whitaker, Branch, and Bradford families papers, 1835-1974.
Amount: 16.00 item
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Biographical/Historical:     The Whitaker, Branch and Bradford families are three of the oldest Leon County families and are interrelated through several marriages. They all belonged to the antebellum plantation society and continued to be political, cultural and social leaders into the twentieth century. The Whitakers owned a plantation about seven miles out of town on Centerville Road (later a part of Welaunee Plantation). Patriarch of the family, Eli Benton Whitaker married Martha Branch, daughter of John Branch, who established Live Oak Plantation north of Tallahassee. The Bradford and Branch families connected through the marriage of Lt. Col. John Branch to Rebecca Bradford.
Summary:     This collection contains copies of documents of the Whitaker, Branch and Bradford families of the Tallahassee area. Included are personal letters of Eli B. Whitaker, news clippings, genealogies, and photographs relating to the histories of these families. Most of the records document the Whitaker family.
Finding Aids: Item listing available. 0
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Reproduction Note: Photocopies.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Unknown.
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Subject Access Fields: Bradford family.
Branch family.
Whitaker family.
Whitaker, Eli Benton.
Family Florida
Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Added Entries Whitaker, Eli Benton.