Pine Castle’s William Wallace Harney provided a wealth of Orange
County history in his 19th century writings, but planted as well
clues about many of the region’s history makers. When writing about the first
church built south of Orlando, for example, Harney included the name, “Mrs.
Milton.”
UCF History Professor Paul Wehr, author of ‘Dateline: Pine
Castle, Stories of Orange County,’ published by Pine Castle Historical Society,
Professor Wehr wrote: “The area south of Orlando was still without a church
(mid-1870s), but the energy of Mrs. Milton, an active Christian lady, keenly
alive to the moral and religious destitution around her, soon remedied that
shortcoming.”
Florence (CLARK) Milton had been successful in her endeavor.
In fact, Harney even described her church: “The structure, which seated one
hundred persons comfortably and one hundred and fifty by crowding, stood about
two hundred yards from the margin of Lake JESSAMINE. The local Presbytery
expected to dedicate (the church) in August 1876.”
Mrs. Milton’s fund raising endeavor, as described by Will
Harney, “applied to her old home, the bluegrass region of Kentucky.” Among the
donations received was $20 from a minister, “Mr. Young, of Nicholasville.” The
town of Nicholasville is located in JESSAMINE County, KY.
Florence Clark, born 1848 at Washington, DC, was born in DC
because her father, a native of Kentucky, worked there as a law clerk. Florence
married William A. Milton in 1869 at Kentucky. Featured in my latest book,
Beyond Gatlin: A History of South Orange County, Florence CLARK Milton was one
of many Kentuckians influenced by Will Wallace Harney to buy land near his Pine
Castle community.
I do hope you attend my 2 PM FREE presentation today at Orange
County SOUTH CREEK branch library. Click on the Event page link below for
details.
BEYOND GATLIN: A History of South Orange County
Orange County Public Library Presentation
Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2 PM
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Tomorrow: Franc of Lake Ivanhoe’s Fair Oaks & Lord’s
Arcade
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