Jesse Carter (Florida politician)
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Not to be confused with Jesse McI. Carter or state senator Jesse W. Carter of California, or Jesse Carter of Missouri who represented Schuyler County in the state legislature from 1872 to 1878.[1]
Jesse Carter was a state legislator, mail contractor, and state militia officer in Tampa, as well as a school co-founder. He was a Democrat.[2]
He was a commanding officer dealing with "Indian disturbances".[3] As a state official, he was involved with provisioning Tampa during the Seminole Wars.[4] He represented the 11th Senatorial District.[5]
His home was where the University of Tampa is now located.[6] He built a schoolhouse for his daughter.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri: From the Earliest Times to the Present, Together with Sundry Personal, Business and Professional Sketches and Numerous Family Records, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Etc., Etc. Brookhaven Press. 1888. p. 641. ISBN 978-1-58103-967-2.
- ^ Picking Up the Pieces: Tampa 1848-1853 - USF Scholar Commons by C Brown Jr · 1999
- ^ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 6, 1887 – via Google Books.
- ^ Florida. Legislature. House (1881). Journal ... p. 296.
- ^ Florida. Legislature. Senate (1845). Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of Florida at the ... Session ... The State. p. 3.
- ^ "J". www.tampapix.com.
- ^ "Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Architectural Slides". University of South Florida Libraries Digital Collections.
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/1e7131c7-652f-47ca-a850-d0b110996315
- ^ "Old Schoolhouse Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.