Egbert Sammis
Egbert C. Sammis (1848 - ?) was a farmer and state senator in Florida.[1] He also served as consul in Stuttgart.
John S. Sammis was his father.[2] Two of his grandparents were Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley[3][4] of the Kingsley Plantation.
He represented Duval County in the Florida Senate in 1885.[5] He was listed a "mulatto".[5]
Edmund G. Sammis (1836 - November 1892) served as a justice of the peace in Duval County.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "African American Senators During Reconstruction" (PDF). flsenate.gov. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "The Southern Reporter". West Publishing Company. June 29, 1893. p. 536 – via Google Books.
- ^ Horton, James Oliver; Horton, Lois E. (2004). Slavery and the Making of America. Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780199845453 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ethnohistorical Study of the Kingsley Plantation Community" (PDF). nps.gov. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Florida's Black Public Officials by Canter Brown Jr. page 122