Betty PROCTOR

Family/Spouse: Leonard SOHACKI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1910 Census for Marion Co., FL, Pedro, Pct 23, Enum. 23 Apr 1910.
Colon V. Proctor was 6 yrs old, b. FL. He was living with his father,
mother, three brothers, and seven sisters:  MarthaElizabeth, Blanche,
Mealy, Leola, Flora Mae, Estelle, Sidney, Ethelle Delbert, Helen, and
Mary Wilson Proctor.
1920 Census for Marion Co., FL, Pedro, Pct  23, Enum. 23 Mar 1920.
Collon Proctor was 16 yrs old, b. FL, living with his father, mother and
five brothers and sisters who were still living at home:  Estelle,
Sidney, Ethelle, Helen, and Mary Proctor.
Colin and Doris lived in Bay City, MI in the 1930s. Colin was a
mechanic.
PERRY-014
Last ressidence Harrison, Michigan

Birth:

A Birth Place or Birth Certificate Photo For Colon Charles Proctor Not Available At This Time. This Photo is A Place Holder Only If You Know The Place of Birth Information or or Have A Birth Certificate Photo, Would you Please Submit Photo or File. Thank You, House of Proctor Genealogy Webmaster

Colon married Doris A. JULY, Proctor on 9 May 1929 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States. Doris was born on 5 Mar 1910; died on 17 Jan 1992; was buried in Saint Patricks Cemetery, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:

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Mealy married Lillian Esdale PERRY. Lillian (daughter of Peter Boyer PERRY and Elizabeth DUKE) was born on 14 May 1868; died on 21 May 1940; was buried in Pine Level Cemetary, Oxford, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Proctor was the other prominent Pedro founding family.

John and his family came to Florida from Dillon, South Carolina during the middle 1800's. They first settled in North Marion County due to high water crossing the trail. They were delayed several weeks due to this high water. Later he settled in Pedro.

John had a family of eight (8) children when his wife died. He needed help to raise his younger children. He was told of a young woman who was looking for a home due to her parents being killed in a wagon wreck shortly after their arrival from another state.

He search for this young woman and found her in Oxford. He hired her to keep house for him. They eventually married and she presented him with a set of twins at his age 75. One of the twins was Jesse and his sister was Hattie. They went on to have three (3) additional children.

John Proctor was the Great, Great grandfather of this writer. Family members who are now deceased have passed down these stories. Ralph Dillon Hackett

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John Proctor enlisted in 1862 in Capt. Joseph Eicheberger's Co., 5th Battalion Florida Calvary of the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He was wounded at the Battle of Olustee on February 20, 1864, near Lake City, FL. The battle lasted 7 hours. The battle ground is now a state park near Lake City, FL.

From the Voice of South Marion newspaper (date unknown).

Plans have been made for a dedication ceremony May 6, a Saturday (time will be set later) of the Confederate marker at the grave of John Proctor at Pine Level Cemetery. John Proctor was wounded at the Battle of Olustee and his descendants are too numerous to mention. One, Fred Proctor of California, is planning a trip at this particular time. It is hoped the word will get out to the many others related to John Proctor. Much appreciation was expressed to Bob Watkins who did a beautiful job of setting this marker.

The marker was dedicated on May 6, 2000 at 11:00 A.M.

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Children of John Proctor according to a letter from his Great-Great Grandson, Fred G. Proctor:
Amey
Lenora
Charles
Alfred (married to Amelia)
Colin (Fred's Great-Grandfather)
Maria
John R.
Mealy
Flora

This information has not been entered into the database because of conflicts and concerns about the reliability of the data.

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(Research):
In 1857, John and Martha Ann moved from Little Rock, South Carolina to Ocala, Florida.  They lived in Eureka on the eastern part of Marion County before moving to Pedro, which is near Summerfield, Florida, near the Sumter- Marion County boundry.

In 1862, John Proctor enlisted in Capt. JacobC. Eichelberger's
Company K, 9th Regiment, Florida Infantry, CSA.  He was wounded February
20, 1864 in the battle of Olustee.  He mustered out April 26, 1865.

John Proctor was a registrant on the Florida Voter Registration
Lists 1867-68.  He had voter number 65 in Precinct 8, registering on Aug
17. He had been in the state of Florida and in Marion County 9 years.

John married Martha Ann DILLON, Proctor in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States. Martha (daughter of William DILLON and Lucretia COTTINGHAM) was born on 19 Sep 1824 in Little Rock, SC; died on 5 Mar 1886 in Summerfield, Marion, Florida, United States; was buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, Sumter, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha Ann Dillon met and married John Proctor in Dillon, SC. They moved to Marion County, FL from Dillon, SC in 1857.

Martha Ann was helping son Alfred and his wife Ophelia nurse their children through the Measels when she took the
disease and died. (told by granddau. Mattie Leitner Moore) There were 10 children.

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Martha Ann Dillion Proctor lived to the age of 62 years.  She was helping
her son, Alfred and his wife, Ophelia, nurse their children through the
measles, when she took the disease and died.

Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, FL;  "In Memory of Martha Ann Proctor, wife
of John Proctor, 7 Sept 1825, 5 Mar 1886."

Notes:

Peter Boyer Perry served in Company F, 9th Regiment, State of Florida during the Civil War. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on April 9, 1865.

"Peter B. Perry taught school in a log meeting house near the Crum cemetery, southwest of Summerfield, beginning in 1854, for a number of years." Excerpt from, "Gone with the Hickory Stick: School Days in Marion County 1845-1960," by Broward Lovell

The following article appeared in the Ocala Star Banner on 21 October 1998

"Founding Families still live in Pedro," BY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD, STAFF WRITER

Chances are if your family has lived near the comer of County Roads 42 and 475 for a long stretch of years, you had some Proctors or Perrys among your ancestors.

Those two families settled Pedro, a loosely defined community west of Summerfield, more than a century ago. They raised cattle, hogs and watermelon, and it wasn't at all uncommon for a Proctor gal to marry a Perry feller, or vice-versa.

"There's an old saying that if you see some guy on the street, you can say, 'Hello, Mr. Perry,' and if he doesn't answer you can come back and say, 'Hello, Mr. Proctor' and get an answer," said Ralph Hackett, 67.

Hackett, who lives across the street from his [grand]father's farmhouse where he was born, is a direct descendant of Peter Boyer Perry, who gave Pedro its name. His great-great-grandfather passed through the area in 1847 on his way to fight in the Mexican-American War.

Perry helped win the war, planting a flag inside Mexico City. He stayed there for two more years, friends with many of the Mexicans who used to be his enemies.

"He was called Pedro, which is Spanish for Peter," Hackett said.

As he prepared to return to the States, Perry's mind recalled the quiet open lands in Florida he had passed through, and thought it would be a great place to raise cattle. He became one of the first white men to settle the area, and gave it his Spanish name.

In 1849, when most people were going out West for the Gold Rush, he came to Florida," Hackett said. Don't make the mistake of pronouncing the name as "pay-dro," though it's "pee-dro!'

It would remain a spread-out farming community. In the early days the Perrys let their cattle roam free, rounding them up when auction time came. Occasionally the men would fight off roving raiding bands of Seminole indians.

Nearby Dank

Peter married Elizabeth DUKE. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert DUKE and Nancy KING) was born on 25 Jul 1831; died on 18 May 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]