General works consulted:
Baptist, Edward E. Creating an Old South: Middle Florida’s Plantation Frontier before the Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
——. The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. New York: Basic Books, 2014.
Bryant, Jonathan M. Dark Places of the Earth: the Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope. New York: LiverightPublishing Corporation, 2015.
Dibble, Ernest F. Joseph Mills White: Anti-Jacksonian Floridian. Cocoa, FL: Florida Historical Society Press, 2003.
“History of Jefferson County.” WPA County Histories. State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/321121.
Madison, James, and James Monroe. James Monroe to James Madison. 1828. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm020202/.
Noonan, John T., Jr. The Antelope : the Ordeal of the Recaptured Africans in the Administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family. White, Joseph M., 1781 – 1839. http://earlywashingtondc.org/people/per.000704.
Shofner, Jerrell H. History of Jefferson County. Tallahassee: Sentry Press, 1976.
Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807–1860. NARA microfilm publication M1895, 30 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
“The Jefferson County Freedmen’s Contracts.” State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/collections/freedmen/.
Tucker, Edward L. Richard Henry Wilde: His Life and Selected Poems. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1966.
Sources for Stories
Dudley and Eve McGuire:
— Albemarle County, Virginia, Deed Book, 26:147.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, E:113.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Inventories, Appraisements and Accounts of Sales (1845-1865), 49-50.
— Record Group 233: House of Representatives 15A-D13.1 (NARA) as quoted by The Enslaved Household of President James Monroe, accessed March 1, 2020, https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-president-james-monroe.
— J. Patton Anderson, 11 May 1858 [handwritten], Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807–1860 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1895, roll 30); Records of the US Customs Service, Record Group 36.
— 1870 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., Monticello Post Office, Township 6, p. 1, dwelling 11, family 11, Richd McGuire household.
William McGuire:
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, I:124-125; N:41; R:458; S:166.
— 1880 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., ED 75, Precinct 5th & 12th, p. 38, dwelling 369, family 369, William Maguire household.
— 1900 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., ED 68, Precinct 7, p. 15B, dwelling 104, family 104, Bella McGuire household.
David Straws, Sr.:
— “WPA Church Records,” Florida Memory, State Library & Archives of Florida, accessed May 8, 2018, https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/249009.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, R:572; Z:181.
Toby and Betsy:
— Albemarle County, Virginia, Deed Book, 25:143; 26:147.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, I:124-125.
Garrett Sanders:
— “Bill of Sale: Ellen A. Beatty to J. Patton Anderson – Feb. 28, 1860,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 15, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085649.
— “Voter Registration Rolls, 1867-68, Taylor County,” Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida, accessed April 15, 2020, https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/292664.
— “Financial Memorandum of J. Patton Anderson – Apr. 1, 1861,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085651.
— 1870 U.S. Census, Taylor County, Florida, pop. sch., Rose Hill Post Office, Township 8, p. 4, dwelling 22, family 22, Garrett Sanders household.
— 1880 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., ED 79, Precinct 7, p. 3 (handwritten, 149C stamped), dwelling 27, family 27, Garrett Sanders household.
— 1885 Florida State Census, Jefferson County, pop. sch., District 17, p. 3C, dwelling 32, family 32, Garrett Anderson [Sanders] household.
James, or Jim, Sanders:
— 1870 U.S. Census, Taylor County, Florida, pop. sch., Rose Hill Post Office, Township 8, p. 4, dwelling 24, family 24, James Sanders household.
— 1885 Florida State Census, Jefferson County, agriculture sch., District 7, sheet B, line 7, Jim Saunders.
— 1900 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., ED 67, Precinct 6, p. 8 (handwritten, 86A stamped), dwelling 142, family 145, James Sanders household.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, M:620.
Peyton Pleasants:
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, E:113.
— “Bill of Sale: Ellen A. Beatty to J. Patton Anderson – Feb. 28, 1860,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 15, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085649.
— “Anderson, J. Patton to Etta A. Anderson – Nov. 9, 1863 – Missionary Ridge (TN),” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085665.
— “Jefferson County Freedmen’s Contracts,” Contract between J.M. Marvin and Thomas Harris, William Marks, et.al., Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida, accessed April 15, 2020, https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/269182.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Marriage Record, Freedmen, Vol. E:135.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, W:565.
Hope Douglas:
— Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida, Records of the Superior Court, Box 12, File Folder 31.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, A:403, 550; B:318-319, 328-329; I:124-125.
— 1880 U.S. Census, Chicot County, Arkansas, pop. sch., ED 27, Louisiana Township, p. 9 (handwritten, 341A stamped), dwelling 108, family 113, Hope Douglas.
Isham Nelson:
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, B:328-329; I:124-125; N:41, 84; R:458.
Frank Nelson:
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, I:124-125.
— Records of the field offices for the state of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872, Subordinate office (plantation department), Labor contracts (agreements with freedmen): Caldwell and Carroll, 1866-1868 [NARA M1905 roll 42].
— 1880 U.S. Census, Chicot County, Arkansas, pop. sch., ED 27, Louisiana Township, p. 9 (handwritten, 341A stamped), dwelling 108, family 112, Frank Nelson household.
— 1900 U.S. Census, Drew County, Arkansas, pop. sch., ED 67, Bartholomew Township, sheet 15A, dwelling 334, family 341, Frank Nelson household.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, T: 554, U:356.
Mary Baker:
— O Say Can you See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family, “Hay, George, 1765-1830,” accessed December 17, 2017, http://earlywashingtondc.org/people/per.000491.
— Loudoun County, Virginia, Deed Book, 3O:91.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, E:113.
— 1880 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., ED 75, Precinct 5th & 12th, p. 36D, dwelling 344, family 344, Mary Baker household.
— 1885 Florida State Census, Jefferson County, mortality sch., ED 11, District 14, p. 37, line 12, Mary Baker.
Charles and Ann Tyson:
— “Agreement: Ellen A. Beatty and J. Patton Anderson – Jan. 7, 1856,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085638.
— “List of Slaves on Casa Bianca – Dec. 31, 1855,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085636.
— “List of slaves belonging to Ellen A. Beatty – Jan. 7, 1856,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085637.
— “Bills, Receipts, Accounts: J. Patton Anderson – 1847-1872,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085788.
— “Anderson, J. Patton to Etta A. Anderson – Jan. 8, 1862 – Winchester, TN,” J. Patton Anderson Papers, University of Florida, accessed December 17, 2017, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085653.
— 1870 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., Monticello Post Office, Town of Monticello, p. 2, dwelling 15, family 15, Henry C White household.
Jim and Calypso Harris:
— “Inventory of servants, stock & plantation utensils,” November 25, 1823, James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, E:113.
— 1880 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., ED 6, Precinct 7, p. 33 (handwritten, 104C stamped), dwelling 27, family 28, Anthony Harris household.
Henry Clay White:
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, B:318-319.
— Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida, Records of the Superior Court, Box 11, File Folder 4.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Inventories, Appraisements and Accounts of Sales (1845-1865), 12.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Marriage Record, Freedmen, Vol. E:61.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, J:210, 212.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Tax Book for 1869, 54.
— 1870 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Florida, pop. sch., Monticello Post Office, Town of Monticello, p. 2, dwelling 15, family 15, Henry C White household.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, L-Z:181.
— Jefferson County, Florida, Deed Record Book, K: 217-218.
