Title: Indian Springs
Subtitle: the story of a pioneer church in Leon County, Florida
Description: This is a wonderful book; the author was one of a few people allowed to look at the 100's of brittle pages of The Christian Index, a book I had never heard of; I am Catholic; this book contains information on my ancestors the Mannings and other families who were Baptist Missionaries in the Territory of Florida. Our group came from Washington Co. Ga. into the Terr. and my ancestor was one of 3 who came to Texas. Bryant tried to get as much genealogy as possible which i so appreciated since that is my passion. There are stories of Slaves, Indians, as the story of Pink Cason who was the adopted daughter of John Cason the White frontiersman who was not a minister but who traveled with the Baptist missionaries. She was the child of a Black Slave who had an affair with a Miccasouki Indian but didn't care to marry him so  Cason who had one daughter Lindy, and had lost 3 sets of children already, adopted Pink and raised her in his home with his daughter. My regret is that the Mormons have not microfilmed this book. It is an account of life at that time as it was written then when Slavery as horrible a blight on our Society that it is, was legal so this book gives a good account and not politically correct. I applaud Bryant for getting as much genealogy in the time he had. Please LDS, please microfilm the Christian Index; there is probably a lot more there that would help us find our ancestors. To my knowledge my ggrmo abt 4th or 5th removed Charity Gray Manning is still a mystery. They are buried on the land that once belonged to the people who owned the Coats and Clarke thread co.; I am just now getting back into genealogy in search of more of my American Indians and others in the family.
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, Indian Springs Baptist Church (Miccosukee, Fla.)
Places: Florida, Leon County