Gad Humphreys
Gad Humphreys (? – October 25, 1859) was an officer in the United States military and an Indian agent in Florida.[1] He was appointed to his post in 1822 and removed in 1830.[2]
He met with Native Americans in Florida.[3]
Historian Kevin D. Kokomoor wrote his dissertation on Humphries.[4]
He was involved in slave claims.[2] His property was burned during the Seminole Wars.[5] He moved to St. Augustine. He died there in 1859.
See also
References
- ^ Eby, Cecil D. (1962). "Memoir of a West Pointer in Florida: 1825". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 41 (2): 154–164. JSTOR 30139915 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b "Gad Humphreys". City of Ocala Recreation and Parks.
- ^ https://www.ocala.com/article/LK/20030101/News/604228509/OS?template=ampart
- ^ Kokomoor, Kevin (April 9, 2008). "Indian Agent Gad Humphreys And The Politics Of Slave Claims On The Florida Frontier, 1822–1830". USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
- ^ https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=indianserialset
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