George and Annie Floyd Gardner
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Title
George and Annie Floyd Gardner
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Image
Description
A portrait of George Madison "Mack" Gardner and Annie Floyd Gardner from the Gardner Family Collection. Formerly enslaved, they became a Pioneer Tallahassee family when, after the Civil War, they moved to the rural Leon County. There, they bought 40 acres on Meridian Road and property in the Frenchtown area where they opened a store. They later purchased 360 acres on Lake Jackson and rented to tenant farmers. Rent was paid in cotton and cotton sales paid for the land.
Genre
Photographs
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Physical Description
1 item
Identifier
JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F022-I018
Topics
African American families
Pioneer Tallahassee families
Frenchtown (Tallahassee (Fla.))
Physical Location
Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.