Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida)
| Rocky Comfort Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Gadsden |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 30°36′05″N 84°39′41″W / 30.60139°N 84.66139°W |
| Mouth | Lake Talquin |
• coordinates | 30°26′49″N 84°33′22″W / 30.44694°N 84.55611°W |
• elevation | 66 feet (20 m) |
Rocky Comfort Creek is a stream near Florida's capital city of Tallahassee. It now feeds into Lake Talquin which was formed by a dam on the Ochlockonee River.
David Ochiltree who served as mayor of Tallahassee in 1827 resided in a home by the creek and died there in 1834. He moved to Florida from Fayetteville, North Carolina.[1] He was also a colonel and was a member elect of the Legislative Council for Gadsden County when he died.[2]
A historical marker commemorates Bryan Croom's Rocky Comfort plantation. He was the brother of Hardy Bryan Croom. [3]
Lake Talquin State Forest has a Rocky Comfort tract.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "d.o. elected intendant in Tallahassee, fla. 1827". Newspapers.com.
- ^ Floridian and Advocate (Tallahassee, Florida), Dec. 27, 1834, p. 3: Obituary
- ^ "Historical Markers". West Gadsden Historical Society. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Bloxham Pavilion Lake Talquin State Forest, FL". Reserve America.
- ^ "Lake Talquin State Forest Map" (PDF). Freshfromflorida.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- "Rocky Comfort Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 15, 2018.