Suwannee "Firsts" VIII, "Capt. Geo. E. McClellan" Traditional Geocache
Suwannee "Firsts" VIII, "Capt. Geo. E. McClellan"
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In 1838, a constitutional convention was called in the territory of
Florida for the purpose of drawing up a constitution in preparation
for Florida’s admission into the Union as a state. Among the
fifty-six men that attended the convention in Port St. Joe was
George E. McClellan, who delivered the keynote address to the
Constitutional Convention. McClellan was an early settler who had a
large plantation and home near what is now Wellborn and who had
also organized the first militia
in the area to fight in the Seminole Indian Wars. Later, he was
probate judge from 1841-1845 (while Suwannee County was a part of
Columbia County) and afterwards served as representative in the
Florida Legislature. In the Civil War, he was a captain in the
Confederate Army. Source: Suwannee County Clerk of the Court.
www.suwclerk.org Located off a very well-maintained unmarked path
6/10 mile South on CR 137 off HWY 90. Can be accessed with all
types of vehicles. No need to enter the cemetary however, Captain
McClellan is buried here. We felt honored to pay our respect to
this gentleman.
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