Welcome to Leon County Florida Genealogy Trails
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Originally part of Escambia and later Gadsden County, Leon County was created in 1824. It was named for Juan Ponce de León, the Spanish explorer who was the first European to reach Florida. During the 1850s - 1860s, Leon County was a "cotton kingdom" and ranked 5th out of all of Florida and Georgia counties in the production of cotton from the 20 major plantations. The principal place in Leon County is Tallahassee, the county seat and state capital. The community name derives from Muskogean for "old town" or "old fields" Other communities include: Miccosukee -- Ochlockonee -- Woodville We appreciate all help we can get to make this a better site. Anything sent to us that we use will have full credit given Please contact Fawn if you have any questions or comments or want to donate some data to help this site grow.	Leon Hotel, Tallahassee This Leon County website is available for adoption! Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to transcribe and post genealogical source data so that family researchers can track their ancestors through time, throughout the country. This website needs a dedicated host to make it the best that it can be! If you think that you may be interested in volunteering to host a county or state please view our Volunteer Information page here and email Kim. (A desire to transcribe data and the know-how to make a basic webpage is required) Join our mailing lists for researchers looking to connect and share information. You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates. Florida is covered under the South-Eastern Region Mailing List Remember to look around at the other states and consider donating your source information -- every little bit helps someone.
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