Holmes Valley: A West Florida Cradle of Christianity "An effort is made, in providing Indian and pre-U.S. Territorial information, to show how the course of history in interior West Florida was influenced by events elsewhere... Hence, the emphasis on Indian wars, frontier intrigue and border tensions. Much attention otherwise is devoted to the Holmes Valley Methodist (Moss Hill) and Holmes Valley Baptist (Ebenezer) Churches, with separate chapters being provided as a means of acknowledging the contemporary contributions of the neighboring Orange Hill and Euchee Valley Communities. Inclusion of the brief census returns of 1830 and 1840 has a twofold purpose: to indicate the population sparsity and to make readily available some personalized information to genealogists and students of local history. The founding of Ruston, La., is included solely as an example of the influence of the valley's sturdy settlers and their descendants in faraway places." --preface. |
