Jackson and Frances Roberts
Sources and Notes:
1 1850 Lee County, GA Census, Fiftieth District, Page 294-B, Dwelling # 371,
Dated September 21, 1850
2 There is a Jackson Roberts living in Sopchoppy, Fl that is a different line than ours.
Her served in the Florida 8th Infantry, Company B. He was born in 1814 and is buried in the
Roberts Cemetery in Sopchoppy. The 1860 and 1870 census records show that he does not fit our line.
There is also a Jackson Roberts who died in 1864 at Camp Chase OH. It has been impossible to
determine if this is our Jackson Roberts. He died two months before John Whidden arrived
there as a prisoner.
3 Dated Index to Marriages – Orange County, Florida, Part I: April 1869-December 1899,
complied by Jean Geisler Vogelius for the Central Florida Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc.;
Note in the Preface: “In 1868, a highly suspicious fire, coinciding with the fall term of the
circuit court in Orlando – the first item on the docket being a noted case of cattle rustling –
reduced the Orange County courthouse to ashes, destroying almost all vital records.”
It should also be noted that Lucinda’s sisters were married in Florida. Arminda was married in
Sumter County, FL, in 1866. Amanda was married in Polk County, FL, in 1870. It is probable that
the Roberts family was already in Florida at the time Lucinda and William were married.
4 While William’s siblings are found in the Sumter County, FL census is 1860, a thorough search
of the 1860 census, as well as Sumter County, FL records for the time period, does not produce
any information on William.
5 William and Lucinda could have been in either Orange or Polk County. According to the librarians
at the Polk County Historic Library, many areas of Polk County were missed in the 1870 census.
About 1/3 of the census information is fiction, having been made up by a carpetbagger from
Michigan who complied the 1870 Polk County census.
6 Florida Voter Registration Lists (1867-1968), Orange County, Precinct 3; Voter # 239,
white, 12 years in the state, Dated April 23, 1868
7 1880 Polk County, FL census, ED 129, Page 27 (renumbered 14-C), Line 13, Family 233,
Dated June 16, 1880
8 Polk County, FL Deed Book Z, Pages 73-74; Internal Improvement Fund –
State of Florida, Deed #11373 (the NE Quarter of the SE Quarter of section 27 in township 30 S of
range 24-E containing 40 acres)
9 Polk County, FL Deed Book C, Page 442
10 1885 Polk County, FL census, Bartow District # 3, Page 535 (16), Dwelling 136,
Family 136, Dated June 1, 1885
11 Owen Judson Frier, A Memorial Sketch of the Life and Ministerial Labors of
Rev. J. M. Hayman, Nashville, Tennessee: Marshall and Bruce Company, 1901, Page 36.
Rev. Hayman was a pioneer Baptist preacher who ministered in South Florida. He died July 9, 1902.
This book is found in the Polk County Historic Library, Bartow, FL.
12 Information was copied from the Bible of Zebedee Calvin Mimbs and given to
Joey Mimbs by Nancy Gardner, Zebedee's daughter. The page of the Bible containing the information
is in the possession of Joey Mimbs.
13 Homestead Certificate 7787, Application 14056, Page 334. The legal description of the land is
the NW section of Block 31 in Township 29-S, Range 27-E, Polk County, FL.
14 The 1895 Polk County Census was found in the attic of the Court House.
The date on the census is July 1895. Lucinda is found on Page 43
(renumbered Book 2, Page 495), Family Number 11.
15 1900 Polk County, FL Census, Dated July 4 & 5, 1900; E.D. 136, Page 2, Line 76
16 Lucinda's death certificate is filed with Polk Co., FL, file #10541
17 Lake Wales Highlander, Volume II, Number 32, Personal and Pertinent Section,
October 11, 1917
18 Information on Lucinda’s burial comes from her death certificate.
19 Polk County, FL Marriage Records, Book 1, Page 208, Number 1893 – 141,
November 23, 1893, Filed December 23, 1893
20 Manatee County, FL Marriage Records, Book B, Page 42, Number 470,
August 31, 1899, Filed September 1, 1899
21 Birth, marriage, and death dates for Charles and his family were copied in 1992 by the
author from Alice Mimbs' Bible and Ida Blount's Bible. These Bibles were in the possession
of Ida Blount, Sarasota, FL, at the time. Ida has since passed away.
22 Polk County, FL Marriage Records, Book 1, Page 128, (1892 – 008)
“Charlie M. Mimbs and Mrs. Alice Sater”
23 St. John's Chapel Cemetery was formerly known as the Peter Crocker Memorial Park.
It is located on the north side of Bee Ridge Road, just east of US-41 in Sarasota, FL.
24 Charles' death certificate is filed with the State of Florida, file # 60-024852.
It states he died on June 28, 1960. Charles’ headstone states that he was born on November 24, 1872.
25 Braden River Cemetery is located on State Road 70, east of Braden River.
26 Polk County, FL Marriage Record #1, 1894-1902
27 Article entitled “James Isham Lewis (1820-1895)” found in South Florida Pioneers, Issue # 33/34,
Dated July/October 1982, Pages 6-8
28 State of Florida, Death Certificate, # 2682
29 State of Florida, Death Certificate # 68-023061
30 Polk County, FL Marriage Records, Marriage Book 2, Page 8
31 State of Florida, Death Certificate # 17207
32 State of Florida, Death Certificate # 17207
33 State of Florida, Death Certificate # 68-023061
34 Delayed Birth Certificate, Manatee County, FL, Judge’s File # 620
35 Polk County, FL Marriage Record Book 2, Page 186
36 Section: Garden of Memories I, Row 9, Space 48
37
Birth and death records on Zebedee’s family were copied from his Family
Bible.
Zebedee Calvin Mimbs’ Bible was in the possession of his
daughter, Nancy Gardner.
A family member took the Bible and would not
return it. Nancy asked them to at least
return the family record page.
The page of the Bible containing family records was ripped
from the
Bible and returned to Nancy. She later gave the page to Joey Mimbs.
The
family records page is in the possession of Joey Mimbs today.
38 Polk County Marriage Record Book 2, Page 366
39
State of Florida, file # 71-013142; The Social Security Death Index
states
Zebedee Calvin died in Polk County, FL on February 15, 1971.
40 Sumter County, FL Marriage Record Book 1 (1853-1875), Page 134
41 It should be noted that there were other John Whiddens living in the same areas at this
time in history.
42 Family traditions on Arminda’s family were compiled by Denton Cash,
Arminda’s Great-Great-Grandson
43 1870 Orange County, FL Census, Division #17, Mellonville, Page 454, Dwelling # 519,
Dated July 9, 1870
44 1880 Polk County, FL Census, Supervisor’s District # 18, Page 26-27, Dwelling # 231,
Dated June 16, 1880
45 1880 Polk County, FL Agricultural Census, Supervisor’s District 18, E.D. # 129,
Page 20-D, Line # 5
46 1885 Polk County, FL Census, District 6, Page 5-A, Dwelling # 41, Dated June 1, 1885
47
1900 Polk County, FL Census, Precinct # 6, ED # 133, Page 75, Sheet
2-A, Dwelling # 27,
Dated June 4, 1900, Recorded by Ernest B. Simmons
48
Polk County, FL Census, Auburndale Town, Precinct 6, ED # 161, Sheet
2-A, Dwelling # 29,
Dated January 3 & 5, 1920, Recorded by Mrs.
Gertrude G. Winter
49 Orange County, FL Marriages (1869-1881), Volume 1, Page 6
50 1880 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 129, Dwelling 449, Page 33-A, Dated June 30, 1880
51 Polk County, FL Marriage Book 1 (1887-1902), Page 58
52 1900 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 136, Page 134, Dwelling # 170;
1910 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 146, Sheet 4-A, Dwelling # 56.
53 1920 Lee County, FL Census, E.D. # 108, Ft. Myers City, Precinct # 24,
Sheet 6-A, Dwelling # 112, Dated January 7, 1920
54 Polk County, FL Marriage Records, Marriage License # 1883 035
55 1900 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 133, Precinct 11, Sheet 8, Dwelling # 156,
Dated June 18, 1900
56 1910 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 145, Precinct 12, Page 27, Dwelling # 683,
Dated May 17, 1910
57 Orange County, FL, Marriages (1869-1881), Volume 1, Page 20
58 It has been suggested that James was born in Hillsboro County, FL.
59 1870 Orange County, FL Census, Division # 17, Mellonville, Pages (38 & 38) 453 & 454,
Dwelling # 518, Dated July 9, 1870.
60 1880 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 129, Page 26-B, Dated June 15, 1880
61 1880 Polk County, FL Agricultural Census, E. D. # 129, Page 19
62 1885 Polk County, FL Census, Bartow District # 3, Page 16, Dwelling # 134,
Dated June 1, 1885
63 1895 Polk County, FL Census, Book 2, Page 496, Line 43
64 1900 Polk County, FL Census, E. D. # 136, Precinct # 13, Sheet 6-A, Dwelling # 97,
Dated June 12 & 13, 1900
65 1910 Polk County, FL Census, E. D. # 146, Precinct # 13, Town of “Gandys,” Sheet 12, Page 160,
Dwelling # 189, Dated May 3, 1910
66 Pension Number 19912
67 The Lake Wales Highlander, September 26, 1918
68 1920 Polk County, FL Census, Lake Wales Town, Precinct 28, ED 179, Page 232, Sheet 9-B,
Dwelling # 233, Dated February 2-19, 1920, Recorded by R. Burleigh
69 Florida Certificate of Death - File # 8209
70 The Highlander, Lake Wales, FL, Friday, May 4, 1928, Volume 12, Number 121, Front Page
71 Florida Death Certificate Number 4980
72 Polk County, FL Marriage License # 1879 012
73 1860 Columbia County, FL Census, Page 208, Lake City Post Office, Dwelling Number 199
74 1880 Polk County, FL Census, E.D. # 129, Dwelling 449, Page 33-A, Dated June 30, 1880
75 1885 Polk County, FL Census, Household # 7
76 1900 Desoto County, FL Census, E.D. # 34, Owens, Precinct # 18, Sheet 26, Dwelling # 539,
Dated June 1, 1900
77 1910 Desoto County, FL Census, E.D. # 6, Lily, Precinct 3, Page 10-A, Dwelling 160,
Dated April 29, 1910
78 There is no death certificate on file with the State of Florida for Abner.
The Office of vital Statistics made a search on September 26, 2002 for a death certificate for Abner.
None was found.
79 Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church was constituted July 1871. Church services are held the
4th Sunday of each month. For information on Bethlehem Memorial Cemetery, Inc.,
contact Louise Albritton at 428-1709 or 428-1269. The Church and cemetery are located on
Bethlehem Road, 3.8 miles off of SR 37. (Take SR 62 out of Parrish to SR 37.
Go north 12.2 miles to Bethlehem Road.)
80 1930 Manatee County, FL Census, E.D. # 41/19, Sheet 194, Dwelling # 25,
Dated April 3, 1930
81 Florida Death Certificate Number 4980 - Her death certificate states that she died on
March 4, 1931. Her headstone gives the death date as March 5, 1931.
82 According to the 1900 Census, Abner and Frances had 7 children, 4 of whom were still living.
Amanda, Henry, and George P. were listed in the census.