Merrill papers dealing with Pilot Town, Batton Island and Fort George Island

Name/Title

Merrill papers dealing with Pilot Town, Batton Island and Fort George Island

Entry/Object ID

MC14.047

Scope and Content

Deeds, mortgages and receipts dealing with Pilot Town, Batton Island and Fort George Island. Also included are the mortgage papers dealing with the Kenneth Merrill home, 1847 Montgomery Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

Collection

Merrill Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Deed

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Muniment

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Legal Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Contracts, Survey drawings, Deed, Mortgages

Archive Details

Date(s) Material Assembled

1851 - 1944

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1851 - 1944

Title

Batton Island Deeds between Harry Fozzard, a widower, to Merrill Dynamite Company, a corporation.

Description

Harry Fozzard Mortgage Deed, 7/22/1938 Batton Island Satisfaction of Mortgage, 7/22/138 (Harry Fozzard to Merrill Dynamite Comapy) Batton Island Warranty Deed, 7/22/1938 Installment Plan, 7/22/1938

Date(s) of Creation

1938 - 1938

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 1

Subjects

Deed, Land use

Notes

Date: 7/22/1938 Public Access

Title

Fort George Property sold by Merrill Dynamite Company to Mrs. R.V. Chattin

Description

Letter from Barnett Bank to Kenneth Merrill, 5/15/1946 Two-typed pages describing land parcel Sales Agrrement between Merrill Synamite and R.V. Chattin, 4/11/1946

Date(s) of Creation

1946 - 1946

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 3

Subjects

Deed, Land use, Selling

Notes

Public Access

Title

Quit Claim Deed for property on Batton Island

Description

Quit Claim Deed to Forest J. Hyde from S.L. Houston adn Rosa Houston fro property on Batton Island in Duval County, Florida on June 18, 1909. Notable names: S.L. Houston Rosa Houston Forest J. Hyde William Lamee K.B. Gibbs Charles Brown Latimer Charles B. Spencer Louise Stuart

Date(s) of Creation

1946 - 1946

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 4

Subjects

Deed, Land use, Selling

Notes

Public Access

Title

Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock (Miami) Stock Purchase Agreement

Description

Two copies of Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock (Miami) Stock Purchase Agreement for the following people: Gardner T. Gillette Kenneth A. Merrill, Jr. Ann S. (Merrill) Gillette James C. Merrill, Jr. Arthur E. Merrill Kenneth A. Merrill William A. Schell, Jr. James C. Merrill Helen M. Slappey Trust

Date(s) of Creation

1952 - 1952

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 5

Subjects

Deed, Land use, Stock certificates

Notes

Date: 12/23/1952 Public Access

Title

Policy of Title Insurance - Batton Island Property of Kenneth and Mary Merrill

Description

Warranty deed from Jesse Von Lyncker and Corrine Von Lyncker to Kenneth A. Merrill and Mary E. Merrill dated October 17, 1942 in Latimer's Subdivision near the Broward land conveyed to the Bayshore Company by Ada Quackenbush Spencer.

Date(s) of Creation

1942 - 1942

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 8

Subjects

Insurance, Deed

Notes

Date: 10/22/1942 Public Access

Title

Batton Island Deeds

Description

Warranty deed from Jesse Von Lyncker and Corrine Von Lyncker to Kenneth A. Merrill and Mary E. Merrill dated October 17, 1942 in Latimer's Subdivision near the Broward land conveyed to the Bayshore Company by Ada Quackenbush Spencer. Warranty deed from Hedwig Von Lyncker to Jesse Von Lyncker in June 10, 1932 Letter from Walter F. Rogers, attorney, deeling with Von Lyncker deed, 12/29/1944

Date(s) of Creation

1932 - 1944

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 9

Subjects

Insurance, Deed

Notes

Public Access

Title

Deeds, Martgage papers, Tax receipts related to Merrill Property at 1847 Montgomery Place

Date(s) of Creation

1925 - 1938

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 10

Subjects

Insurance, Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Public Access

Title

Tax receipts for properties from City of Jacksonville

Description

NW 1/2 Lot 4 Montgomery Place W 75' Lot 12 Block 9 Springfield W 1/2 Lot 14 E 17'8" Lot 15 Block 9 Springfield

Date(s) of Creation

1926 - 1941

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 11

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Public Access

Title

Mortgage papers and payments for 1847 Montgomery Place

Description

Mortgage Policy for $10,000 Payment receipts from John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company for 1847 Montgomery Place by Kenneth A. Merrill.

Date(s) of Creation

1928 - 1938

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 12

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Public Access

Title

Title for lots in Batton Island as in "M-76 and I-38"

Description

Originally located in a folder marked Pilot Town. Title originally from March 20, 1849 to November 20, 1911

Date(s) of Creation

1911 - 1911

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 14

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Date: 11/21/1911 Public Access

Title

Batton Island Quit Claim Deed

Description

Originally located in a folder marked Pilot Town. Deed by Mary G. Houston, Frank W. Lamee, A.E. Lamee, Mary M. Harsen, Edward D. Harsen, Rosa Houston, James Falana, Fanny Latimer, Robert H. Latimer, James I. Lamee, Susan Lamee, William S. Lamee and Edna Lamee to Harry Fozzard

Date(s) of Creation

1912 - 1914

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 15

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Date: 2/1/1912 Public Access

Title

Title for part of Batton Island

Description

Originally located in a folder marked Pilot Town. Florida Title & Guaranty Company Title Abstract for part of Batton Island prepared for Harry B. Fozzard

Date(s) of Creation

1909 - 1932

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 16

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Date: 4/6/1932 Public Access

Title

Papers relating to the estate of Antonika Lamee

Description

Originally located in a folder marked Pilot Town. Last Will and Testament for Antonika Lamee naming William S. Lamee as Executor, signed on 3/25/1905. Signed mortage payment given to Louise Stuart by Dennis Togni on 8/21/1901

Date(s) of Creation

1901 - 1905

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 18

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Public Access

Title

Batton Island Warranty Deeds

Description

Originally located in a folder marked Pilot Town. Togni to Hyde, September 1902 Stuart to Togni, August 1901 Hyde to Fozzard, June 1909

Date(s) of Creation

1901 - 1909

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 19

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Public Access

Title

Miscellaneous papers related to Batton Island

Description

Originally located in a folder marked Pilot Town.

Date(s) of Creation

1909 - 1944

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 20

Subjects

Deed, Mortgages

Notes

Public Access

Title

William Lamee parcel - Batton Island

Description

History of land parcel owned by William S. Lamee and how he acquired parcel. Notable names mentioned: Antonika Lamee Kingsley B. Gibbs Charles R. THompson J. W. Shields S. L. Houston Lamee Place

Creator

Lamee, William S.

Date(s) of Creation

1851 - 1912

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 2

Subjects

Deed, Land use

Notes

Date: 1/20/1912 Public Access

Title

Promissory note from Protestant Episcopal Church

Description

Promissory note from Edwin G. Weed, Bishop of The Protestant Episcopal Chuurch in the Diocese of Florida to James E. Merrill, J.E. Sidley, J. M. Stapp and A.K. Bashan to pay for land purchased described as the West half of Lot Two of Block 55 according to the map of East Jacksonville, said lot fronting on East Duval Street.

Creator

The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida

Date(s) of Creation

1906 - 1909

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 6

Notes

Date: 2/7/1906 Public Access

Title

Mortgage Deed frm Dennis Togni to Louise Stuart - Batton Island Lot

Description

Mortgage deed from Dennis Togni to Louise Stuart in 1901 for $200 payable to National Bank of Jacksonville for a parcel of land on Batton Island about 40 yards to the north of lot owned in 1888 by William Lamee on the St. Johns River.

Creator

The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida

Date(s) of Creation

1901 - 1901

Container

Location JHS Archives, Room 201 Container MC14.047 Folder 7

Notes

Date: 8/21/1901 Public Access