Floridian and Journal, June 17, 1854
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1839 Court Appointments
Floridian and Advocate, February 2, 1839
Walton County Sheriffs
The following list is from Victor Silvestri’s excellent publication, Encyclopedia of Florida Sheriffs, which is available from the Walton County Heritage Museum Gift Shop. The two-volume set has biographies of every sheriff who served in Florida from 1821 until 2008. Four Walton County Sheriffs died while in office: J. Murdock Bell (1909-1916), Daniel “Dorie” Clayton […]
Alexander L. McCaskill
Alexander L. McCaskill was born in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, on January 4, 1829. He moved to Walton County in 1852 where he married Catherine Campbell Gillis in 1858. They had three children, but only two survived to adulthood. In 1861, McCaskill was chosen to be a member of the Secession Convention and was […]
William Campbell Gunn
Wm. C. Gunn, proprietor of the Liberal, of Cuthbert, Ga., was born in Walton County, Fla., June 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel G. and Margaret (Campbell) Gunn, both born in North Carolina. The father was taken to Florida when a boy by his parents and settled in Euche Valley. There he was reared on the farm and received an academical education. In early […]
Angus G. Campbell
To interpret the law properly in all its complexities and unerringly to apply its provisions to establish human rights and defeat injustice demands such a comprehensive knowledge not only of books but of life itself that he who reaches a high plane in this profession must command more than negative consideration in the minds of […]
Daniel Alexander Gillis
With the exception of a few terms Daniel A. Gillis has occupied the post of county assessor of Walton County since 1894. This long term of service alone should furnish sufficient evidence of his ability and fidelity to trust, but were it not sufficient such evidence could be found in the esteem and confidence in […]
Charles Braxton McKinnon, M.D.
Among the more distinguished physicians and surgeons of Walton County, who have established a reputation for ability and integrity, none are more worthy of attention than Dr. Charles B. McKinnon, of DeFuniak Springs. He has not only achieved honorable success in his profession, but has gained distinction in public and military affairs, and his progressive […]
Alexander Ray Campbell
During a period of thirty-five years Hon. Alexander R. Campbell, of DeFuniak Springs, has been before the people of his community in one or another public capacity, and as the incumbent of various public positions has discharged competently every trust reposed in him. Since 1917 he has occupied the position of county judge of Walton […]