Warranty Deed for State Bank of Apopka (May 20, 1921)
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
Banks and banking--Florida
A warranty deed certifying the transfer of land from Michael Gladden, Jr. and Elizabeth Gladden to the State Bank of Apopka for $100 on May 20, 1921. The property transferred was the west quarter of Lot 17 of Block J in Apopka, Florida. The deed was certified by the circuit court clerk and deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County on May 25, 1921. <br /><br />Michael Gladden, Jr. (1899-1982) was the executor of the estate of George W. Oden (1862-1939), a successful businessman and citrus grower in Apopka, Florida. Gladden was born in South Carolina in 1899. He married Elizabeth Gladden and together they had a son, William, who was born around 1904. According to census records, the Gladden family had moved to Jacksonville as early as 1910 and then moved to Apopka. After Oden's death in 1939, Gladden continued to manage the legal documents of Oden's estate.
Original warranty deed, May 20, 1921: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 74, <a href="https://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/AAL" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
H & W. B. Drew Company
Gladden, Michael, Jr.
Gladden, Elizabeth
Talton, W. G.
Robinson, Bill
Wittierby, Frank S.
Mundy, Carol E.
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Apopka, Florida
Warranty Deed for George W. Oden (January 6, 1903)
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
Warranty deed certifying the transfer of land in Apopka, Florida, from John F. Cogswell and Esther M. Cogswell to George W. Oden on November 1, 1902. The property transferred was 40 acres in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 8 in Township 21, south of Range 28 East, and was notarized by Frank H. Davis and David E. Moulton. The deed was certified by J. N. Bradshaw and M. A. Howard, circuit court clerk and deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County, respectively, on January 28, 1903. <br /><br />George W. Oden (1862-1939) was a successful businessman and citrus grower in Apopka, Florida. Born in Sylacauga, Alabama, Oden moved to Apopka by 1902. He owned four businesses and five parcels of land, where he grew citrus. In 1933, Oden donated land for the construction of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, located at 1202 South Central Avenue. Oden was also the recipient of the City of Apopka's Fifty Years in Business Award.
Original warranty deed, January 6, 1903: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 29, <a href="https://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/AAL" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
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Oden, George W.
Cogswell, John F.
Cogswell, Esther M.
Bradshaw, J. N.
Howard, M. A.
Daggett, Angelia
Libby, C. E.
Davis, Frank H.
Moulton, David E.
Mundy, Carol E.
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Apopka, Florida
Miller Family Warranty Deed
Sanford (Fla.)
Property--Florida
Deeds--Florida
The property deed of the Algerine Miller's family home in Sanford, Florida. The deed shows a purchase date of September 7, 1943. Moddie and Alberta Miller purchased lots 1-5 in Block 16 of the Pine Level Subdivision for one hundred dollars from Frank L. and Minnie D. Woodruff. As of 2013, the Miller family still retains the house and property.
Original warranty deed, September 9, 1943: <a href="http://www.myflorida.com/" target="_blank">State of Florida</a>, <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/index.aspx" target="_blank">County of Seminole</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/index.aspx" target="_blank">County of Seminole</a>
Miller, Algerine
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Sanford, Florida