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Sunland Tribune 23/01 Tampa Historical Society University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Publications 11-1-1997 Sunland Tribune 23/01 Tampa Historical Society Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/flstud_pub Part of the American Studies Commons, and the Community-based Research Commons Scholar Commons Citation Tampa Historical Society, "Sunland Tribune 23/01" (1997). Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Publications. Paper 2577. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/flstud_pub/2577 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Table of Contents THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT By Kyle S. VanLandingham, President, Tampa Historical Society 1 "TO FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE MY DUTY": THE LIFE AND CAREER OF PERRY GREEN WALL By Kyle S. VanLandingham 3 MADISON STARKE PERRY VS. DAVID LEVY YULEE: THE FIGHT FOR THE TAMPA BAY ROUTE By Joe Knetsch 13 REV CAPT. LEROY G. LESLEY: TAMPANS FIGHTING PARSON THE By Spessard Stone 25 SUNLAND JAMES GETTIS: TAMPA PIONEER LAWYER By Kyle S. VanLandingham 35 TRIBUNE AN ISLAND FORTRESS: EGMONT KEY'S FORT DADE Volume XXIII November, 1997 By Geoffrey Mohlman 43 Journal of the THE "YELLOW PERIL" IN TAMPA 1941-1945 By Scott Rohrer 55 TAMPA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Tampa, Florida "VERY MUCH ATTACHED TO TAMPA" THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF CATHARINE CAMPELL HART 1860 and 1865 KYLE S. VanLANDINGHAM By Canter Brown, Jr 63 Editor in Chief TAMPA CHAPTER 113, UDC, CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL 1997 Officers By Kris Armitage 70 KYLE S. VanLANDINGHAM OAKLAWN CEMETERY RAMBLE-1997 70 President RALPH N. BEAVER MEET THE AUTHORS 71 Vice President 1997 SUNLAND TRIBUNE PATRONS 72 President June-Dec. 1997 TAMPA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP ROSTER – 1997 74 MARY J. BROWN Composition and printing completed by Ralard Printers, Inc. - 30904 State Road 52 * Secretary San Antonio, FL 33576 - (800) 393-2800 LOIS LATIMER Cover: Program for the 3rd Annual Tampa Bay Regatta, billed as "Tampa's Treasurer Premier Sporting Event." The event was held in March of 1927 on the "Davis Islands Marine Speedway ... Under the auspices of the Tampa Board of Trade, Board of Directors Paul E. Camp the Tampa Boat and Anglers Club and the Davis Island Yacht Club." Claire Cardina -Collection of Frank R. North Jo Ann H. Cimino Lula J. Dovi The Sunland Tribune is the official annual publication of The Tampa Historical Soci- Richard Jacobson ety, distributed to members each year. Non-members may receive limited edition Fernando R. Mesa issues by contacting the Society at 259-1111. Frank R. North Scott L. Peeler, Jr. Individuals interested in contributing manuscripts for consideration should send them Paul R. Pizzo to the headquarters no later than July I of each calendar year. The Sunland Tribune Jan Platt Editor will review, accept or reject articles and will return all photographs and Doris Rosenblatt materials not selected for publication. All manuscripts should be double spaced Charles A. Brown, typed pages and should include endnotes, and, in addition, captions for all immediate past president photographs submitted. 3-1/2" disks will be the only media allowed. Any popular Headquarters word processing program will be accepted. The Tampa Historical Society and the 245 S. Hyde Park Avenue Editor of the Sunland Tribune accept no responsibility for statements made or Tampa, FL 33606 opinions held by authors. Phone (813) 259-1111 The President's Report It has been an honor to serve as President of the Tampa Historical Society in 1996 and 1997. This year, in January, we placed a monument at Oaklawn Cemetery in honor of the four unknown U.S. soldiers at Ft. Brooke who were recently reburied at Oaklawn. The memorial service was impressive and well attended. In March we held our second Spring Festival at the Knight House. The Oaklawn Ramble at Historic Oaklawn and St. Louis Cemeteries took place April 13 and was one of the best-attended ever. We dedicated two granite markers, both of which were funded by the Society. One honors the sea captains and mariners buried at Oaklawn and the other pays tribute to the nineteenth century yellow fever victims KYLE S. VanLANDINGHAM buried in the cemetery. President in this capacity and I'm proud of each In May, two historical markers were edition from 1991 to 1997. installed. One was placed at Bungalow Terrace neighborhood in Hyde Park and was funded by THS. The other marker, partially funded by THS, was dedicated at the site of the Confederate Monument in front of the Respectfully submitted, Hillsborough County Courthouse. This is my seventh and last issue as Editor Kyle S. VanLandingham, of the Sunland Tribune. I've enjoyed serving President “TO FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE MY DUTY”: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF PERRY GREEN WALL By KYLE S. VanLANDINGHAM children. About 1817, the Suttons moved to Irwin County, Georgia, where they are shown on the 820 census. By 826 they had moved on to Hamilton County, Florida, where Susannah's brother, John Whitehurst, also settled.1 In January 1828, Shadrack Sutton was appointed Sheriff of Hamilton County. Perry Wall, soon after his twenty-first birthday, married Nancy Ann Hunter, November 18, 1830. Her father, William Marion Hunter, was a prominent settler who later served as county commissioner and member of the territorial Legislative Council.2 Perry and his wife lived at present day Jasper and in early 1835 he purchased two tracts in Sections 5 and 19, Township 1 North, Range 14, East, Perry Green Wall- consisting of 120 acres, and an 80 acre Courtesy J. Edgar Wall, III tract in Section 24, Township 1, North, Range 13, East. He voted in elections in Perry Green Wall's long and productive 1833 and 1835 in the Courthouse 2nd life began at the "Fork," near the Precinct.3 junction of the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers in the southern portion of The Second Seminole War broke out in Montgomery County, Georgia. The only December 1835 and Perry G. Wall child of John Wall, Jr., and Susannah served two enlistments. He was mus- (Whitehurst) Wall, he was born tered into Capt. George W. Smith's November 2, 1809. Perry's father soon Company of the 2nd Regiment, 2nd died and he and his mother lived for a Brigade, Florida Mounted Volunteers, at time in the home of her father, Simon Fort Read, January 16, 1837, as a Whitehurst. Later, Susannah married private. Also serving in this unit was his Shadrack Sutton and had six more stepfather, Shadrack Sutton. The com- pany mustered out at Fort Gilliland, December 18, 1837. Perry served again life. He settled at Spring Hill, about four in Smith's company from March 22, miles west of present-day Brooksville. 1838 until September 23, 1838.4 Other original settlers there were Peter W. Law, Malcolm C. Peterson, John E The war veteran made his first foray into Bassett and William Garrison. Perry also the political arena when he ran took a new wife, 35-year old Barbara R. unsuccessfully for the post of Clerk of Balsden, daughter of Josiah Baisden, on Court, losing to John G. Smith. But two December 11, 1845, in a triple wedding years later, in 1840, Perry ran again, this ceremony performed by a circuit riding time unopposed. He was reelected preacher. Barbara's sister Rosa married without opposition in 1842 and 1843. He Malcolm Peterson and her sister Frances was still clerk in April 1845 but did not married John Bassett. Martha Baisden, seek reelection that October. The last another sister, was already the wife of reference to Perry Wall as Clerk of the Peter W Law. In December 1846, Perry Circuit Court in Hamilton County is began purchasing land, 40 acres in dated October 18, 1845.5 Section 24, Township 22 South, Range 18 East, at Spring Hill. By 1850, Perry Wall was a member of Concord according to the tax rolls, he had 370 Baptist Church which he joined in 1835. acres and 18 slaves.9 The church was located in Tiger Swamp about one and one-half miles south of Perry G. Wall became Judge of Probate present-day Highway 41. He was a of Benton County in 1848. In this stockholder in the Union Bank of Florida capacity, he also served as ex officio and was an original purchaser of a lot in chairman of the Board of County the Town of Jasper, which was Commissioners. In the May 1849 incorporated in 1840. When the U. S. election, he received 38 votes to 18 for Census was taken in 1840, Perry G. Wall E. J. Knight and five for Isaac Garrison. served as an enumerator in the capacity However, in 1851, Wall was defeated by of assistant to the Marshal of the Middle Knight, 59-55.10 Perry may have made District of the Territory of Florida. On some enemies as a result of the election February 28, 1845, Nancy Hunter Wall the previous year for the office of State died, leaving Perry with seven children, Assemblyman. Wall and the two others all under the age of 11.6 on the canvassing board certified Joel L. Lockhart as winner over Robert D. It was time to move on. Hernando Bradley by a vote of 46 to 45. Four other County had been established in 1843 but votes for Bradley were thrown out the following year its name was changed because in that precinct only two to Benton, in honor of Sen. Thomas Hart inspectors were present instead of the Benton of Missouri.7 The Annuttalagga three required.
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