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Surnames: Canady, Raulerson, etc.
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I too have documentation and will be glad to share it. It is through actual military,
which we know is responsible for a lot of the misspellings of the names, as well as
depositions given for different reasons (voting priviledges, pensions, etc). The
Raulerson side of the family is more well documented than the Canaday and was easier to
obtain actual records for the DAR and UDC. You know what kind of proof they require and
it is exhausting. I do research for the University of Florida for the West Wing Special
Collections department and the Florida information not available for public viewing is
exhaustive but extremely rewarding. The Raulerson family bible is also extremely
interesting in the information given about the events at the time of occurence (my aunt
refuses to give it up). John M. Raulerson is my connection for the UDC as actual birth
and death certificates are available as well as Religious ceremony documents for
marriages. I also didn't have to go back bu!
t 2 generations for that connection for the Confederacy.
The indian blood in the Raulerson side is Cherokee and not Creek as the the Canaday. It
is very different in the sequence in the DNA results. We didn't need to establish the
link there as it had already been on record for Elizabeth ( Battie) Moore.
John raulerson fought with his father Westberry in the Civil War and enlisted at the same
time in the 1st Florida Infantry Reserves as he was too young to enlist by himself and his
father was considered too old for service at the very beginning but that soon changed. My
father has very interesting stories told to him by his grandparents about his family.
I'm in the process of recording them while his mind is still clear. The civil war
stories are great. Living history cannot be beat. That regiment ended up fighting in
many battles including Olustee which we attented this year and my husband's camp
participated in the battle. He is from the Bartow Durrance and Clary line and they are
interestingly documented also. My mother is a Campbell and Barber line and that combined
with the Raulerson and Canaday lines make for the Wiregrass connection. The Huxfod Gen.
Soc. has great information on these families also. I have not followed the Jacob line as
they were not as closely!
connected in events to John's line.
Well, it's nice to find a cousin interested in doing the research also. I'll be
glad to get out my files and enter the facts I have about both families. It probably will
take me a little while as I'm the caregiver for my terminally ill father thus most my
internet time is in the very early mornings and the middle of the night. This is my year
to take off from the research and teaching. The University was nice in keeping my
position open until I can return or decide not to. I'm also Historian for my UDC
Chapter as well as Reasearcher for my District under Faye Castille. She is great. You
probably know her. I'll be glad to post everything as soon as possible to help
others. I'm sure John and Sarah Canaday visited family in Orange county and may have
been there during a Census. I'll check the bible events to see if any deaths occured
during that time. The Rev. Glisson's widow over on the North Prong is also a keeper
of church records for the Canaday cemetary were Jo!
hn and Missouri are buried. She has a copy of generations of families. It doesn't
always appear in the Baker county information as technically it is in Moniac, Ga.
Charlton county Probate Court records has marriage, birth and death certification going
way back further than Florida has available for public viewing at this time. Charlton
also has records from when they were part of Camden county in the early 1800's.
It's interesting and they are very helpful to anyone calling for information. They
will tell you if a document is on record over the phone rather than having to fill out
forms and pay for their search. They charge $10.00 for a certified copy. It's
amazing how much more helpful Georgia is than Florida in obtaining records! The Florida
Archives are sadly lacking in information and the National Archives is backed up for
months. The National Park Service is sometimes helpful in locating documents so as to
request them from the Archives.
Again, it is nice to find another cousin(no matter how far removed) out there. There is
an incredible amount of us.