Carpet bag rule in Florida Author:John Wallace Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. The Assembling of the Comention. The Election of the Presiding Officer. Different Opinions of the Delegates as to the Negro Problem Before They Re... more »ceived the Governor's Message. The Goi'ernor's Message Solves and Settles the Problem. Negroes Testifying in Conrts of Justice. The convention met October 25th, 1865, and Hon. E. D. Tracy, of Nassau County, was called to the chair. A committee was appointed to wait upon the Provisional Governor and obtain from him a list of the delegates elected, which duty was promptly performed and the list of delegates forwarded to the convention by the Governor, namely : Leon County—James L. Taylor, G. Troup Maxwell, Thomas Baltzell, David P. Hogue. Gadsden County—George K. Walker, R. H. M. Davidson, Arthur J. Forman. Jefferson County—W. M. Capers Bird, W. B. Cooper, Asa May. Hamilton County—William J. J. Duncan, Alexander Bell. Madison County—W. J. Hines, D. G. Livingston. Wakulla County—James T. Magbee. Liberty County—T. D. Nixon. Jackson County—F. B. Calloway, Felix Leslie, Allen H. Bush. Calhoun County— Jackson Richard. Taylor County—Wiley W. Whidden. Clay County— William Wilson. Lafayette County—Moses Simmons. Putnam County—Henry S. Teasdale. St. Johns County—James A. Michler, Jr. Lay County—William R. Coulter. Duval County—S. L. Burritt. Suwamice County—Silas Overstreet. Columbia County—Silas L. Niblack, Thomas T. Long. Nassau County—E. D. Tracy. Baker County—Samuel N. Williams. Bradford County—John C. Richard. ffillsborough County—James Gettis. Marion County—James A. Wiggins, Thomas J. Pasteur. Hernando County—Samuel E. Hope. Monroe County—Daniel H. Winterhurst. Dade County—R. R. Fletcher. Polk County—Francis A. Hendry. Alachua County—W. Wash ...« less