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Battle of Thomas Creek Marker, looking south along US 1, at Thomas Creek image, Touch for more information
By Mike Stroud, March 15, 2011
Battle of Thomas Creek Marker, looking south along US 1, at Thomas Creek
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1 Florida, Nassau County, south of Callahan — F-236 — Battle of Thomas Creek
When the American War of Independence began, the new British colonies of East and West Florida did not seek separation from England. East Florida remained comparatively free from serious fighting throughout the course of the Revolutionary War. In . . . Map (db m41222) HM
2 Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Northside — F-827 — American Revolutionary War Battle of Thomas CreekMay 17, 1777
In May 1777, 400 soldiers from the Continental Army and 165 members of the Georgia militia organized in Sunbury, Georgia, just north of the Florida border for an expedition into British East Florida in retaliation for raids conducted by British . . . Map (db m93071) HM
3 Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Northside — F-842 — Sawpit Bluff Plantation
Side 1 Sawpit Bluff Plantation, located on Black Hammock Island, was built in the 1750s by Edmund Gray. The plantation was named for the sawpit excavated to accommodate the up and down motion of a vertical saw blade. The plantation house . . . Map (db m92973) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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