Moving to Florida
The Carltons in my direct family tree made their way into the Florida frontier from Georgia funneling through Alachua and Marion Counties and then to the Central Florida area. The Florida Armed Occupation Act of 1842 and the effort to populate Florida prompted their relocation.
Alderman Carlton received land May 10, 1843 in Newnansville, Florida (Alachua County) but soon continued south and by 1849 the family was in Hillsborough County. There, he became trustee of The First Methodist Church of Tampa. The Three Seminole Wars also known as the Florida Wars were fought off and on from 1819-1858 and Lt. Alderman Carlton was killed in the Spring of 1856. His son Daniel's horse was killed from under him and Daniel was wounded in this same battle.
In the late 1850s, the family was settled in Troublesome Creek between Wauchula and Ona in Manatee (now Hardee) County.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Daniel's son Wright (Gov. Doyle Carlton's uncle) enlisted as a private in the Seventh Florida Infantry, C.S.A. A diary entry from another soldier said that Private Carlton spent much time marching without a pair of shoes during the winter march from Georgia to Tennessee. In December 16, 1864, he was captured on Shy's Hill and held at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. He was released in 1865 and settled in Nocatee, Florida. Wright had enlisted as a single man with a friend by the name of Hooker. It is said that Hooker requested if he died would Wright take care of his wife, Charlotte. Hooker died and in 1866 Wright Carlton married Charlotte.
In Nocatee, Wright became a rancher, citrus grower, and land developer. He lived to be 86. His obituary states that his funeral was the largest ever held in Nocatee and one of the largest in Desoto county. Among those present was Gov. Doyle Carlton, nephew of the deceased. He had lived in Nocatee for fifty-seven years and was the oldest of five remaining Confederate Veterans.
Alderman Carlton received land May 10, 1843 in Newnansville, Florida (Alachua County) but soon continued south and by 1849 the family was in Hillsborough County. There, he became trustee of The First Methodist Church of Tampa. The Three Seminole Wars also known as the Florida Wars were fought off and on from 1819-1858 and Lt. Alderman Carlton was killed in the Spring of 1856. His son Daniel's horse was killed from under him and Daniel was wounded in this same battle.
In the late 1850s, the family was settled in Troublesome Creek between Wauchula and Ona in Manatee (now Hardee) County.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Daniel's son Wright (Gov. Doyle Carlton's uncle) enlisted as a private in the Seventh Florida Infantry, C.S.A. A diary entry from another soldier said that Private Carlton spent much time marching without a pair of shoes during the winter march from Georgia to Tennessee. In December 16, 1864, he was captured on Shy's Hill and held at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. He was released in 1865 and settled in Nocatee, Florida. Wright had enlisted as a single man with a friend by the name of Hooker. It is said that Hooker requested if he died would Wright take care of his wife, Charlotte. Hooker died and in 1866 Wright Carlton married Charlotte.
In Nocatee, Wright became a rancher, citrus grower, and land developer. He lived to be 86. His obituary states that his funeral was the largest ever held in Nocatee and one of the largest in Desoto county. Among those present was Gov. Doyle Carlton, nephew of the deceased. He had lived in Nocatee for fifty-seven years and was the oldest of five remaining Confederate Veterans.
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