St Johns County Miscellaneous Records

Misc. Lists

  • 1763 List of Inhabitants of East Florida (More Info)
  • A List of Inhabitants of EAST FLORIDA
    at the beginning of the English Period when the land was ceded to England in 1763 by The Treaty of Paris
    The list is extracted from the D. BRAHAM’S REPORT of the General Survey in the Southern District of North America
    which he presented to King George III
    It lists the inhabitants of East Florida, their Employ, Business and Qualifications in Science from 1763 to 1771
    Computerized from the original publication by Mack Wills September 2009

Railroad Records including River Railway

  • Employee Rosters (More Info)
  • Roster of the Employees of the FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY at approximately ten year intervals beginning in 1893 Taken from payroll data at the St. Augustine Historical Center
    Computerized by Mack Wills 2008-2008
    For period ending January 1893
    For period ending December 1912
    For period ending January 1922
    For period ending January 1936
    For period ending December 1940
    For period ending September 1957
    Information includes department and locale of employee’s job and the position they held.

  • 1893 Jacksonville, St Augustine, Halifax River Railway Employees
  • 1912 Florida East Coast Railway Employees
  • 1922 Florida East Coast Railway Employees
  • 1936 Florida East Coast Railway Employees
  • 1940 Florida East Coast Railway Employees
  • 1957 Florida East Coast Railway Employees

St. Augustine City Directories

  • 1885 City Directory (More Info)
  • List of Residences with Race, Street Addresses and Occupations
    for the year 1885-6
    Taken from the records at the St. Augustine Historical Society in the
    "St. Augusitne Directory of the Citizens, CHurches, etc of St. Augustine"
    and "Webb's Consolidated Directory"
    Published by Chapin & Company, Publishers
    and Wanton S> Webb Compiler.
    Computerized by Mack WIlls June-August 2010
    Notes: The comment 'boarding house' follows some names. It was not clear from
    the source publication whether this term meant the individual lived in a boarding house or ran a boarding house.

  • 1899 City Directory (More Info)
  • List of Residences with Race, Street Addresses and Occupations
    for the year 1899
    Taken from the records at the St. Augustine Historical Society Computerized by Mack Wills June-August 2010

  • 1904 City Directory (More Info)
  • List of Residences with Race, Street Addresses and Occupations
    for the year 1904
    Taken from the records at the St. Augustine Historical Society in the
    "History, Guide and Directory of St. Augustine"
    Published by the Record Company
    Computerized by Mack WIlls June-August 2010
    Notes: The comment 'boarding house' follows some names. It was not clear from
    the source publication whether this term meant the individual lived in a boarding house or ran a boarding house.
    A section of the 1904 published directory had a section labeled "New Augustine"
    which meant presumably that those names were of residents of what is also called
    "West Augustine", the portion of the city to the west of the San Sebastian River.

  • Listed by Name
  • Listed by Address

St. Augustine Occupational Licenses

  • Licenses Issued 1887-1903(More Info)
  • These cover items such as business licenses, dog licenses, transportation
    vehicle licenses and such.
    It includes the date the license was granted and in the remarks column,
    in some cases, the street on which the business was located.
    The notation "Not Listed" indicates no street was given.
    Of interest, the dog licenses were issued for $1 for a male dog and $2 for a female.
    The handwriting of one of the city clerks was atrociously undecipherable, so
    the spelling or actual identification of some names is questionable and so noted
    with a question mark.

Voter Registration Lists

  • St. Augustine 1809-1916(More Info)
  • Oath to be taken by each person before registering.
    "I do solemnly swear, or affirm that I will protect and defend the
    Constitution of the United States and the State of Florida, that I
    am twenty-one years of age and have been a resident of the State
    of Florida for twelve months, and of the County for six months,
    and I am qualified to vote under the Constitution and Laws of the
    State of Florida, and that my name, age, residence, occupation
    and description are correctly given as set opposite my name below."
    Compilers Note:
    The voters lists are hand written in a series of books in the St.
    Augustine Historical Society by Ward number, there being five Wards.
    No map showing the wards is aailable. On the listing the wards are
    designated in the District column. However, there were two books labeled
    Ward 2 and no book labeled Ward 5, other than a smaller book with names
    listed that seem to impy that it is of the 5th Ward. These "e;5th ward"e;
    names are so identified with an * after their names. The names from the "e;2nd Ward"e;
    book were compared with the first 2nd Ward book and ny names listed in the
    second but not the first were added to this list and designated by #.
    Some of the names were difficult to read and are so designated by a ? after the name.
    This list can be used as a partial source for the 1890 U.S. Census which was
    destroyed and not available.
    Compiled by Mack Wills May - June 2010

Newspaper Extracts

  • 1839 Florida Herald Democrat
  • 1841 St. Augustine News
  • 1850 Ancient City
  • 1867-1868 News Extracts
  • Mar 24, 1855 Ancient City
  • 1898 Daily Herald
  • 1820 -1831 Misc Notes on St. Augustine, includes references to slaves and freed blacks