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	Gadsden County, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gadsden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.
		Gadsden County is known as an unusual stronghold of the Democratic Party in northern Florida, which leans toward the Republican Party.
		Gadsden County is unique in Florida, in that it is the state's only county with an African American majority population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gadsden_County,_Florida (460 words)

	James Gadsden
		James Gadsden was born in Charleston, South Carolina.
		Gadsden was later chosen by President James Monroe to be in charge of placing the Seminole Indians on reservations in southern Florida.
		Gadsden's instructions were to buy enough land from Mexico to allow the building of a railroad to the Gulf of California.
	www.harcourtschool.com /activity/biographies/gadsden (245 words)

	JAMES GADSDEN - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES GADSDEN
		Ratifications of the treaty, slightly modified by the Senate, were exchanged on the 30th of June 1854; before this, however, Gadsden had retired from his post.
		The boundary line between Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase was marked by joint commissions appointed in 1855 and 1891, the second commission publishing its report in 1899.
		Gadsden died at Charleston, South Carolina, on the 25th of December 1858.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GADSDEN_JAMES.htm (387 words)

	James Gadsden Biography / Biography of James Gadsden Biography Biography
		James Gadsden (1788-1858), American railroad promoter and a leading advocate of Southern nationalism, was the minister to Mexico responsible for the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.
		James Gadsden was born in Charleston, S.C., on May 15, 1788, the grandson of a Revolutionary patriot.
		Gadsden resigned from the Army and moved to Florida, where he was active in the territory's affairs.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-james-gadsden (482 words)

	Gadsden County Courthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Gadsden County was created in 1823 and the county seat established two years later at Quincy.
		James Gadsden was aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson during the latter’s invasion of Spanish Florida, and negotiated "treaties of removal" with the state’s native residents.
		Gadsden County is famed for its large plantations and tobacco farms - witness the name of Havana, a historic community between Quincy and Tallahassee.
	www.jud10.org /Courthouses/Gadsden/gadsden.html (228 words)

	The Official Web Site of the Gadsden Purchase
		James Gadsden (1788-1858), whose name the purchase bears, was a grandson of Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805), a South Carolina Revolutionary soldier and statesman who was captured by the British at Charleston and confined as a prisoner for ten months at St. Augustine.
		James Gadsden soldiered for several years under General Andrew Jackson and it was he who seized the papers that led to the trial and execution of Robert C. Ambister and Alexander Arbuthnot in Florida in 1818, an incident that strained British-American diplomatic relations almost to the breaking point.
		Gadsden was recalled as Minister to Mexico for mixing in Mexican politics and domestic affairs and did not live to see the Southern Pacific Railroad built through his purchase.
	www.gadsdenpurchase.com (1950 words)

	Who was this Gadsden, anyway? \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		James Gadsden was a Southern railroad executive and promoter who dreamed of connecting California to the Eastern United States via a southern route that would benefit the South.
		James Gadsden graduated from Yale College in 1806 and became a merchant in Charleston.
		Gadsden stayed in Mexico for two more years, despite regular conflicts with Mexican leaders and their subsequent demands for his recall.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printSN/8403.php (381 words)

	CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN - LoveToKnow Article on CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN
		His father, Thomas Gadsden, was for a time the kings collector for the port of Charleston.
		Christopher went to school near Bristol, in England, returned to America in 1741, was afterwards employed in a counting house in Philadelphia, and became a merchant and planter at CharlestOn.
		From the time that Governor Thomas Boone, in 1762, pronounced his election to the legislature improper, and dissolved the House in consequence, Gadsden was hostile to the British administration.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GADSDEN_CHRISTOPHER.htm (238 words)

	James Gadsden - Enlarged view - Rebellion
		James Gadsden, aide-de-camp to General Jackson during the Florida campaign of 1818.
		Gadsden played a later role in the history of the Seminoles by negotiating the Treaty of Payne's Landing (1832).
		He is known mainly for negotiating the Gadsden Purchase while serving as ambassador to Mexico in 1853.
	www.johnhorse.com /trail/01/c/02azz.htm (48 words)

	Introduction to Arizona - The United States of America
		Gadsonia was a Latin adaptation of the surname of James Gadsden.
		James Gadsden was appointed U.S. Minister to Mexico and instructed to purchase, from Mexico, a strip of land south of the Gila River and lying in what is now southwestern New Mexico and southern Arizona.
		The Gadsden Purchase formalized the deal, providing Mexico with $10,000,000, the United States with 45,535 square miles of land and a clarified the U.S./Mexico boundary.
	www.netstate.com /states/intro/az_intro.htm (1049 words)

	Gadsden Purchase
		Gadsden, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, was President of the South Carolina, Louisville, Charleston and Cincinnati railroads.
		A preliminary agreement between Santa Anna and Gadsden encountered opposition from senators of antislavery states, concerned that the purchased territory would establish slavery within its boundaries and thus join the West with the South politically.
		The Gadsden Purchase includes sections of the Southwest that are now among the fastest growing in the nation, part of the Sunbelt's phenomenal development.
	www.epcc.edu /ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/18_gadsden.htm (885 words)

	obit_03012000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Brown was a native of Cherokee County and a longtime resident of Etowah County.
		She is survived by her daughters, Evonne Powell and Hazel Keener, both of Gadsden; son, Talmadge Shaneyfelt, Gadsden; brother, Kyle Underwood, Gadsden; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
		She is survived by her daughters, Tommie (James) Richardson, Gadsden, Dinky Gibbs, Gadsden, and Inez (Bill) Newbern, Huntsville; son, Bobby (Dee) Wagnon, Rainbow City, 10 grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sister, Amy Dell (Lawrence) Hamilton, Attalla; and a number of nieces and nephews.
	www.gadsdenmessenger.com /obits/obit_03012000.htm (1816 words)

	Gadsden Depot
		Gadsden, Alabama is the seat of Etowah County in northeast Alabama.
		The City is named for Colonel James Gadsden, who negotiated the "Gadsden Purchase", which annexed land from Mexico to form a vast part of today's southwestern United States.
		Gadsden has an excellent public school system, with advanced academic and fine arts programs, a large community college (Gadsden State Community College) and branches of several state universities (Jacksonville State University and The University of Alabama) which provide a variety of educational options for citizens.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/gadsden.htm (342 words)

	GADSDEN CO. FL. QUERIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		When they lived in Gadsden Co. FL they were living next door to his daughter, Martha, and her husband Duncan J. Any information on this family appreciated.
		GUNN was born in Quincy, Gadsden County in 1892.
		I think William MITCHELL was born in Gadsden County 1812 and he enlisted on the Blackwater in the Seminole Indian War.
	members.aol.com /sweeney303/query97.html (3512 words)

	Gadsden, James -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It was renamed for James Gadsden, who later negotiated the Gadsden Purchase...
		Most notably he was a leader in the movement known as pragmatism, which stresses that the value of any idea or policy is based entirely on its usefulness and workability.
		He enlarged the form, was innovative with it, and placed upon it the mark of a highly individual method and style.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035783?tocId=9035783 (745 words)

	Newspaper Obituary Notices: Ga-Gginn,q Entries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Gadsden, James, see: Willis, Philip: PP May 3, 1883; p.
		Gadsden, (Mrs.) Selena: BG August 1, 1957; sec.
		Gadsden, (Mrs.) Wilhelmina Blue: BG July 28, 1977; p.
	www.co.beaufort.sc.us /BFTLIB/obitgagq.htm (3144 words)

	Today in History: December 30
		James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, and General Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico, signed the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City on December 30, 1853.
		U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis had sent Gadsden to negotiate with Santa Anna for this tract of land which many people, including Davis, believed to be strategic for the construction of the southern transcontinental railroad.
		A southern transcontinental route through territory acquired by the Gadsen Purchase was not a reality until 1881 when the tracks of the "big four's" Southern Pacific met those of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe in the Territory of New Mexico.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/dec30.html (1085 words)

	Guadlupe Hidalgo & Gadsden Purchase
		James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, and General Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico, signed the Gadsden Purchase in
		Jefferson Davis had sent Gadsden to negotiate with Santa Anna for this tract of land which many people, including Davis, believed to be strategic for the construction of the southern transcontinental railroad.
		This treaty, along with the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, completed the continental expansion of the United States.
	thenaturalamerican.com /guadlupe_hidalgo_&_gadsden.htm (277 words)

	Christopher Gadsden
		Gadsden served (1774–76) in the Continental Congress and favored independence.
		Christopher GADSDEN - GADSDEN, Christopher (1723—1805) GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from South Carolina; born...
		James Gadsden - Gadsden, James, 1788–1858, American railroad promoter and diplomat, b.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0819973.html (189 words)

	The Reader's Companion to American History: Gadsden Purchase@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		It helped settle the direction of a proposed southern route for a transcontinental railroad, but it also became caught up in the sectional conflict.
		James Gadsden, who had long promoted a transcontinental route from the South to the Pacific, had been President Franklin Pierce's choice as minister to Mexico.
		A railroad executive from South Carolina, Gadsden was instructed to obtain land in the Gila River region in present-day New Mexico and Arizona for the southern route.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28406811&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (184 words)

	## WHO WAS PRESIDENT DURING THE GADSDEN PURCHASE :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In 1853, James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, engineered the purchase of over 29.000 square miles of Mexican...
		In 1840 Gadsden became president of the Louisville, Cincinnati...
		25, the Gadsden Purchase is ratified by the Congress...
	theorder.nl /15582 (286 words)

	Gadsden County Florida Genealogy Resources
		The 1860 Gadsden Co FL Census Book, 200 pages (104 of images of the actual census pages and 84 of index of all persons listed) The price of this book is $25.00 plus 3.00 for postage.
		The 1870 Census Gadsden Co FL Book is twice as large as the 1860 (the population increased after the War because the census included the fl population) The price of this book is $35.00 plus 3.00 for postage.
		The boundaries for Gadsden County were set in 1823 by the Florida Territorial Legislature.
	members.aol.com /sweeney303/gadsden.html (1083 words)

	Downtown Gadsden, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		General James Gadsden, President of the L.L.C. Railroad, was invited to town by General Turrentine and was so enthusiastic over its possibilities that he predicted great things, declaring the village would soon be a city.
		The founders decided at once to name the town in his honor, and in 1846 Gadsden was born.
		Some of these people have their names recorded on plaques or in history books, Others will be remembered as statistics are researched and recorded, but many others will be remembered only by their families and friends.
	www.downtowngadsden.com (276 words)

	obit_08062003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		BYRAM, JAMES A. Funeral services were Monday afternoon at First United Methodist Church of Gadsden for James A. Byram, 79, Rainbow City, who died Saturday, August 2, 2003.
		Miss Hefner was a native of Porterville, AL and a resident of Gadsden most of her life.
		She was retired from Bobbie Brooks and was preceded in death by her husband: Travis Vinyard; parents: Tucker and Stella Mizell; and brothers and sisters: R.T., Henry, Pat, Ira, Marie and Jurney Mizell.
	www.gadsdenmessenger.com /html/obit_08062003.htm (1620 words)

	James Gadsden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		James Gadsden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		After a career as a (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) US Army officer, James was appointed a commissioner in 1823 to assist the government in moving the (The Muskhogean language of the Seminole people) Seminoles to reservations.
		He served as president of the South Carolina Railroad Company from 1840 to 1850 and promoted the construction of a (Click link for more info and facts about transcontinental railroad) transcontinental railroad by the southern route.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_gadsden.htm (91 words)

	Gadsden Hote Arizona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		When the Gadsden Hotel was being built, the area around it was in battle with the Apaches and cattle rustlers.
		The Gadsden was named after James Gadsden, who negotiated the purchase of land that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
		The Gadsden Hotel is located in Douglas at 1046 G Avenue.
	www.arizonan.com /douglas/gadsdenhotel.htm (373 words)

	Descendants of Sterling S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Clay was a member of the Eastern Star and Rebeka Lodge in Hokes Bluff and the Central United Methodist Church in Gadsden.
		Condray had been associated in the mercantile business in Gadsden and Alabama City for the past 17 years and for the past six years he had operated his own store, the Home Clothing Co., in Alabama City.
		Merea Condray was voted Woman of the Year by Gadsden Charter Chapter, of the American Business Women's Association at their regular meeting.
	www.hctgs.org /Families/condray_sterling.htm (4123 words)

	Fantasy Football News, Games & Leagues at Fanball
		Wide receiver James McKnight was on the inactive list for week two and doesn't figure to be a big part of the offense anytime soon, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
		Gadsden returned to practice Tuesday for the first time since the surgery, but he remained limited.
		Gadsden (shoulder) and fourth receiver Dedric Ward (foot) still are recovering from offseason surgery, and both will join Chambers on the sideline when the team works out this weekend.
	www.fanball.com /fb/playerNewsBreakers.cfm?pid=1463&id=5377 (1021 words)

	Tucson Weekly : currents : Manifest Destiny
		Southerners, including railroad executive James Gadsden of South Carolina, who was sent south by President Franklin Pierce in 1853 to improve relations with Mexico while also securing territory below the Gila River for the United States, hoped rails to California would improve the economy of the South.
		Another irony of history the Gadsden Treaty represents is that its namesake eventually disowned the document.
		Dave Devine helped plan the Gadsden Treaty exhibit at the Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. Second St., and will be giving a talk there on the life of James Gadsden at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 10.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /gbase/currents/Content?oid=oid:53318 (1112 words)

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