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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2017- 41
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Title, Dates: Isaiah David Hart probate records, 1861.
Amount: .25 cubic ft.
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Biographical/Historical:     Isaiah David Hart (1792-1861) was the founder of Jacksonville, Florida. He was a plantation owner and enslaver. When he died in 1861, Hart was one of the richest men in Florida. He enslaved 53 African Americans, owned extensive real estate in north Florida, and had stockholdings in the Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad, the Jacksonville Natural Gas Company, the Bank of St. Johns County, and a steamship line.
Summary:     This collection includes copies of the probate records for Isaiah David Hart that document the distribution of his estate after his death.
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General Note: Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS41.
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Subject Access Fields: Hart, Isaiah David, 1792-1861
Probate records Florida  --Duval County
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Duval County (Fla.)
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