The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-30

tive state at times when men were
needed at the helm of government.
The names given below are somewhat
in TIE order in which they may be
found on the records:
Judge George s. Hawkins, member
of congress before the war and later
circuit Judge; John Milton, governor,
1861 to 1865; James S. Mcclellan, sur
veyor general and later circuit Judge;
William D. Barnes, state comptroller
and later circuit judge; VIM. II. Mil
ton, ST., adjutant general during the
war, resigning to become captain of q
company of Jackson 1905. ETOIT
company from Jackson county; Allen
H. Bush, circuit judge; L. R. Womb
well, commissioner of agriculture;
Bent. S. Liddon, chief justice supreme
court; Francis B. Carter, justice SUI
preme court and later circuit judge;
William H. Milton, Jr., speaker pro
tenn, house of representatives, 1883,
surveyor general of the state for four
years, and in 1908 was appointed by
Napoleon B. Broward to the United
States senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the lamented Stephen
r. Mallory and VIM. ]. Bryan; VIII
H. Price, circuit judge.
A summary of the above shows one
governor, one United States senator,
one member of congress, two surveyor
state comptroller, two justices of the
state supreme court and six circuit
judges.
The names of S. S. Alderman, Jas.
L. G. Baker, Adam McNealy and Jas.
Collier are familiar to the older citi-
zens' of Jackson county as the ones
who represented her in the secession
convention Of January Bird to 10th,
1851, when Florida Joined the other
L.. dsyarr fTnY he
union. OF this memorable body 5. 5.
Alderman, who now resides at Wewa-
hitchka, in Calhoun county, is the only
surviving member.
In enumerating the names of those
who have done so much for Florida IN
a political way, we cannot refrain
mentioning the names of some of Jack
son county's sons who risked their all
for their native state during the war
between the states. The names here
given will come in the order of rank:
General Jesse ]. Finlay, General
Warren E. Anderson, Col. James s.
Mcclellan, Lieut.. Col VIM. D. Barnes,
Major VIM. H. Milton, Major Thos. E.
Clark, Drs. J. T. Holden and Theop.
West, surgeons; Adjutant Frank Phil
lips, Captains Hyer H. Baker. J. H.
Poser, Joseph B. Barnes, John l..
Hays, NJ. n. Dixon, J. B. Anderson,
John r. Ely. Henry o. Bassett, Law
renee NJ. Attaway, Joseph NJ. White,
Jesse c. Booth. VIM. A. Jeter, Ben F..
Watts, H. Tillinghast, VIM. McPher-
son, Sam Y. Finlay, A. B. Hamilton,
John NJ. r. Irwin, Henry B. Grace,
Francis NJ. Farley. Whisley H. DubOse,
w. J. Robinson, G. w. Bassett, r. l..
Smith, John Tanner, John T. Davis,
A. r. Goodwin, John Davis and Henry
Robinson.
A summary viii show tw1 generals,
one colonel, one neutenAnt-colon
two majors, two surgeons, one adju-
tant and twenty-nine captains.
Jackson county furnished more than
a regiment Of soldiers during the civil
war, and a truer and more gallant lot
of men never donned the uniform Of a
soldier.
County Finances Good.
Before closing this article, it will
not be amiss to say something about
Jackson county financially. Imme-
diately after the struggle Of the SOS,
the entire south suffered while under
going the change following the four
years bloody war, and Jackson county
was no exception to the rule. But her
citizens, true to their Anglo Saxon
blood, went to work to rebuild their
country which had suffered so much
from the ravages of war.
1t has now been four decades since
the bloody STRUGGLE, and looking out
over forest and field, one would not
know from the vision before him that
the demon Of war ever visited this
beautiful and fruitful land. The pop
ulation has increased from 10,208 in
1860 to 81, 900 in 1911. The assessed
valuation Of property from approx
mateIy 81, 500, 600 in 1860 TO approx
mately S4,000,000 in 1911. The tax