The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17
ADDRESS Of WELCOME
B. Hen II ~. Lone. Chairman - ire
Bears % County Co1nnniEslone-s.
Ortober f7th. f906

. Ladies, Gentienen AMI Brethren Of
ne Mystic Tie
IN ~ address Of welcome q this
majestic occasion. il sens 10 -
eminenfly proper 20 give 4 brief ais
tory q the formation ~ sfar50n com
ry-ifs nstes and bounds the selec-
ton q Marion county as ths site
and 4 list q the Names Of its frEr
county officers. together wiki The
dates and o0sls Of the several e0uu
houses thar have been luIlt therein
Marion county wzs created by STA
urory lzw. March =. 1874. and bound
- as follows,
Beginning On The n0T1h bank o. gls--
aig WithlzcOOchee river ar the rsnsr
lne dividing ranges i sHH Il ruE
horth % township line diridin@ toEu-
ships y ana L thence eas: aIone
said line 10 Orange lake. thence d0vr
said Lake 10 orange cr@ek the1ca
down said creek 10 lis conjunction
si;h The Ocklawaha river. thence
ioEn said river 10 TIRE range nne c b.
gidius range lines - and -. thence
south along sid line 20 township
line dividing townships = ana
- thence ives. - the read ~ the
little W.rh.acoochee river. thence
down said river 10 its junction W.T..
he biz WiihlacOOChee river. thence
down said last mentioned river % the
place Of beginning
( According - my map tie north
+ east corner 81 the county was three
miles east d the s.. Johns river. nov
in Putnam county. Is southern pOr-
,iOn embraced nearly all Of the ter
ritOry that low Comprises Sumter
and Lake counties The boundaries
were changed by the legislatures Of
1876. 1883, 1883. 1877 and 1887. re-
ducinF its area to its present .;atus
+ The following named persons were
Marion oounJy's first officers. viz
I Judge Il probate John Vi. Meln'OSh.
( commissioner July -. IS+5: clerl
Circuit. court. John G. Rearlon. con-
miss:oned October 81. IS45; s F
Halliday. commissioned Noyember !.
1876. sheriff. +. D. Howse. commits.
stoned October 81. lS45; assessor If
taNes. Samuel Natter. commissioned
July PC. lS45: county surveyor. A. J.
Lyon. commissioned January II. 1916.
lcov1ty commissioners. Abraham cei-
ger. commissioned October 81. lS45.
John Morrison. commissioned Octo-
Der q. 1S45. 1GOmas Barnes. COM
missioned October 81. 1S45; solomon
F. Halliday. commissioned October
81. lS45.. Cotton Rawls. commission
ed October 81. IS45.
+ Justices OF the Peace-Dist. No. 3.
William ID Branch. commissioned
. September 10. 1875: Dist No 3. Al
len S,udivaut. commissioned Ssptem-
Der IL. iS45: Dist. No. 8. Daniel a
McDavid. commissioned Sept IN Der
10. 1915: Dist. No. 8. John McNeal.
commissioned September 10. 1Si3,
Dist No. 6. John Munroe. commission
ed September 10. 1915: Dist No. :.
James Clark. commissioned Septem-
Der 10. 1915. Dist No. :. Robert H.
Williams. commissioned September
10. 1855: Dist No $50. Benjamin Gran
than. October 81. iS45: Dist No !.
y. Hemingway. commissioned OctO-
Der 81. 1915: Dist. No. ,. John J.
Tucker. commissioned November 4.
1916: Dist No. ,. ]. C Stewart. COM
missioned November :. 1876.
Coroner-John a Rice. commits
stoned January Il. 1876
Marion Rangers-JOseph b. Brown.
captain. commissioned September Is.
1915: William S. Murphy, 1sr lieu
tenant. commissioned September %,
.lS45: Chas l. Powell. End lieutenant
commissioned September Is. lS45.
John c. ReardOn. clerk of the cir
cuit court was appointed county treas
urer. February 20. 1876. and s F
Halliday was appointed clerk Of the
circuit court. and Cotton Rawls drop
ped out Of the records as county COM
missioner
The county commissioners Of Mar
ion county. Florida. at a regular meet
ing held at Fl King. February 20
1896. took such Official action as was
necessary 10 authorize John G. Rear.
don. county treasurer, 10 enter from
the government Of the United States
the east half OF the northeast quar-.
ter. and the east half OF the south
east quarter Of section Is. and frac-
riOnal number ,. of section Il. Of
township Is south. of range - east.
containing 210 acres Of land. for a
county site. 10 be known by the
name Of Deala The old surrey Of
Ocala was made and plated by David
Bruton. county surveyor
Al q regular meeting OF the board
Of county commissioners. held AZ Fl
King. April =. 1886, block No o..