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Terrel Hidgon Yon 

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William Ruel Yon
1/11/1817 - 5/14/1857

Flora Ann Johnson
8/23/1820 - 1/25/1905
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Terrel Hidgon Yon
10/18/1843 - 1/2/1863
Terrel Hidgon Yon was born on October 18, 1843 in Calhoun Co., Florida and died on January 2, 1863 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He lived to be 19 years old.

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Census10/16/1850 Division 5 FL (Calhoun County) 7 yrs old 
family#28: Ruel Yon (33),F. A. Yon (30),Newton Yon (9), Mary A. Yon (5) T. H. Yon (7)& K. A. Yon (3). Ruel was born in GA, F.A. in NC, all children in AL. estate value is $3200.  
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census7/25/1860 West Wynnton FL (Calhoun County) 16 yrs old 
family# 134: wife-Flora Yon (age 38) Newton Yon (19), Terrel Yon (17), Mary Yon (14), Margaret Yon (10), Calvin Yon (8)& Francis Yon (6). Flora is keeping house, Newton is a farmer & Terrel is a laborer. Flora was born in NC, Newton, Terrel & Mary were born in AL, all others in FL. Estate valued at $4000, personal valued at $8000. For Flora, Newton, Terrel & Mary check marks are in the box for white, black or malatto.  
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Other12/27/1862 FL (Calhoun County) 19 yrs old 
From a tax book - page 9 -Received in office December the 27 1862
R. W. Nixon Treser of Calhoun County
January the 20 1863
Received of R S Jones one order given in faver
Joel pate for cents .80
Received of R S Jones fifteen dollars $15.00
R W Nixon ???? Treasure
March the 2 1863
Received of R S Jones $506
March the 2 1863
Recived of Samuel J. Nixon $10
March the 2 1863
Receved of Mary B. Wade $52
March the 2 1863
Received of J. N. Richards cash $300.00, one order in favor of J. F. Richards $8, one in favor of T. H. Yon for $2, one order in favor of Levi Yon $20, one order in favor of T. H. Yon $45, one order in favor of J. W. Selmen $4 .70, one order in favor James B. Stone $8 .18, one order in favor of H. K. Doles $1 .80, one order in favor of H. K. Doles $2 .30 
Military1/2/1863 Murfreesboro TN  19 yrs old 
Private Terrel Yon Enlisted in Company I, Florida 4th Infantry Regiment on 17 Aug 1861. Enlistment Place: Apalachicola, FL , State Served: Florida, Survived the War: No;
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2 1845 Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
7 1850 Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
12 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
18 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
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1 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
10 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
13 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
16 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
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18 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
19 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
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12 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
17 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
19 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
20 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.


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