• ALBRITTON, A. H. - merchant
• ALBRITTON, B. J. - farmer
• ALBRITTON, Geo. W. - farmer
• ALBRITTON, Jas. C. - farmer
• BRYANT, Aaron - farmer
• CARLTON, M. P. - farmer
• COKER, John - farmer
• COOK, A. J. - farmer
• CROWLEY, Capt. J. - mechanic
• DURRANCE, W. A. - farmer
• EARNEST, D. U. - farmer
• EDWARDS, W. H. - farmer
• FERGERSON, E. A. - farmer
• FURGERSON, J. J. - farmer
• HALL, J. N. - farmer
• HANCOCK, J. S. - cattle
• HANCOCK, S. - cattle
• HANCOCK, W. F. - cattle
• HAYES, W. N. - farmer
• HIGH, N. J. - merchant
• HOWELL, Jos. - farmer
• JOHNSON, W. - teacher
• KEEN, Jas. F. - vegatable farmer
• McCALL, C. F. - farmer
• PEACOCK, I. S. - farmer
• PELOT, W. P. - farmer
• RAWLS, F. D. - vegatable farmer, carpenter
• RAWLS, W. A. L. - farmer
• ROUTH, G. W. - mail contract
• SCOTT, Jas. - farmer
• STEPHENS, Geo. E. - farmer
• STEPHENS, S. E. - farmer
• TATUM, Geo. - farmer
• TOLLIN, Oscar - taxidermist
• WEBB, Dr. A. O. - ______
• WEBB, J. A. - farmer
• WEBB, O. I. - farmer
• WILLIS, Alvin - farmer
• WILSON, A. M. - farmer
• WILSON, Ben F. - farmer
• WILSON, E. D. - farmer
• WINGATE, J. H. - farmer
• WINGATE, D. C. - farmer
• YEOMANS, Jno. R. - farmer

Fruitville

Situated eleven miles southeast of Braidentown and two and one-half miles from Sara Sota. Surrounding land, fine pine and saw grass. The finest peaches in the State are raised on saw grass lands, the trees bearing at two years from planting. Mail daily from Sara Sota. Postmaster, C. L. Reaves

• BATES, Aaron - farmer
• BATES, J. M. - farmer
• BRYAN, Thos. - farmer
• HAND, H. F. - farmer
• HAND, J. A. - farmer, carpenter
• HAND, Walter - farmer
• HAND, W. H. - farmer
• MOLPHUS, Bailey - farmer
• PATE, D. F. - salesman?
• PLATT, R. J. - farmer
• RAWLES, Hilton - farmer, carpenter
• REAVES, C. L. - farmer, carpenter
• REAVES, H. E. - farmer
• TATUM, G. J. - farmer, carpenter
• TATUM, John - farmer, carpenter
• TATUM, Riley - farmer
• TATUM, W. H. - farmer, carpenter
• THOMAS, Jas. - farmer
• TUCKER, E. B. - farmer, carpenter
• TUCKER, F. H. - farmer, carpenter
• WALKER, J. C. - farmer
• WALKER, P. A. - _____

Osprey

Located twenty-four miles south of Braidentown and eleven miles south of Sara Sota, on Little Sara Sota Bay. Land, high pine, suitable for citrus fruit culture. A fine fishing point. Mail daily from Sara Sota. Postmaster, John G. Webb

• BISWELL, Dr. J. H. - _____
• BLACKBURN, Geo. W. - vegatable farmer, fisherman
• BLACKBURN, Capt. B. - turtle farmer?
• BROWN, A. - fisherman
• BROWN, P. H. - fisherman
• BROWN, W. W. - laundry
• COWART, J. B. - lab.
• COWART, K. D. - vegatable farmer
• GRIFFITH, R. S. - builder
• HELM, E. F. - fisherman
• SCHMIDT, H. - fisherman
• SURGENIER, H. - farmer
• SURGENIER, H. W. - guide, vegatable farmer
• WEBB, John G. - hotel owner
• WEBB, Wm. B. - builder

Venice

Located thirty-two miles southeast of Braidentown, on Casey's Pass, between Little Sara Sota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Land, pine, suitable for orange culture. Splendid fishing grounds. Mail tri-weekly from Sara Sota. Postmaster, C. O. Curry

• CREQUITT, W. E. - farmer
• CURRY, C. O. - farmer
• CUREY, Claude T. - teacher
• DANIELS, _____ - farmer
• HIGEL, Geo. - farmer
• HIGEL, Ral. - farmer
• KENNEDY, H. J. - carpenter
• KNIGHT, F. R. - cow hunter
• KNIGHT, Rev. Jesse - _____
• KNIGHT, J. J. - farmer
• KNIGHT, L. J. - farmer
• LOWE, C. L. - farmer
• LOWE, Rev. Wm. - ______
• OLIVER, L. - carpenter
• STEPHENS, W. E. - merchant
• WREDE, A. F. - carpenter

Englewood

Located in the extreme southern portion of the county on Lemon Bay, about thirty-six miles due south from Braidentown. This is a newly settled section, and its products are chiefly fish. Several orange groves have been planted. Mail direct from Punta Gorda. Postmaster, George D. Farr

• ANDERSON, J. C. - farmer
• ANDERSON, J. D. - farmer
• ANDERSON, M. L. - farmer
• ANDERSON, Lee - farmer
• BIORSETH, C. M. - farmer
• CAROWAY, C. W. - farmer
• CHAPMAN, G. W. - farmer
• CHAYSMAN, S. W. - farmer
• CROCKFORD, A. L. - farmer
• DOYLE, Frank - farmer
• DRYMAN, T. L. - farmer
• DUNN, L. E. - farmer
• FARR, Geo. D. - merchant
• GALLUP, D. W. - farmer
• HAMILTON, T. C. - tailor
• HAMILTON, Geo. L. - tailor
• HAMILTON, Thos. - sailor
• HEACOCK, B. C. - mill worker
• HEACOCK, W. F. - mill worker
• HOPKINS, N. W. - farmer
• JOHN, L. C. - farmer
• JONES, E. F. - teamster
• JONES, W. F. - teamster
• JONAS, G. W. - farmer
• JONVARIEFF, R. - farmer
• KELLER, H. S. - farmer
• KELLEY, Schuyler - farmer
• KINSEY, W. P. - farmer
• LEACH, J. C. - farmer
• McNAB, D. A. - farmer
• MATHERN, J. A. - chemist
• MATHIEN, J. - farmer
• MITCHELL, C. W. - capitalist
• MONEY, L. C. - farmer
• MORSE, John F. - farmer
• MURPHY, Chas. H. - vegatable farmer
• NICHOLS, H. N. - real estate
• NICHOLS, H. S. - p. e.?
• NICHOLS, Ira - real estate
• OBERG, Henry - farmer
• PARKER, D. N. - farmer
• PARKER, Jas. S. - farmer
• POLITORSKY, A. - farmer
• POWELL, U. S. - lab.

Hayden

Located three miles south of Sarasota on the bay. Hayden was founded by Dr. George Hayden, a traveling dentist, from Palmetto, FL. Hayden no longer exisits today.

• HAMLIN, T. F.
• HEVLEM, E. T.
• LAMBERT, W. M.
• SCHUPP, Henry
• SILAS, S. F.

Sarasota

Over three-fourths of the people listed below lived outside of the town limits of Sarasota but recieved their mail at the Sarasota post office.

• ABBE, Carrie S.
• BERRY, Perry
• BERRY, W. R.
• BLAIR, T. F.
• BLOOMER, George
• BROADWAY, T.
• BROWNING, Hugh
• BRYAN, W. P.
• CASON, George A.
• CASSADY, N. W.
• CONYER, Robert
• CORWIN, S. C.
• CROCKER, Peter
• DENNIS, John
• DRUMWRIGHT, E. B.
• DRUMWRIGHT, W. J.
• FERGUSON, John
• GILLESPIE, J. Hamilton
• GOCIO, W. R.
• GRANTHAM, E. B.
• GUPTILL, Frank
• HAYDEN, G. W.
• HELVESTON, Furman H.
• HELVESTON, John
• HIGEL, Frank
• HIGEL, Harry L.
• HODGES, L. D.
• HODGES, W. A.
• JAMESON, D. R.
• JONES, A. P.
• JONES, J. C.
• JONES, Walter
• JOHNSON, George
• LEVESEY, E. R.
• LIDDELL, John
• MANN, G. C.
• MANN, P. H.
• MATHENY, George H.
• MOLFUS, B.
• NELSON, J.
• PETERSON, Elof
• PINARD, Frank
• POOLE, W. E.
• ROBERTS, Louis
• ROBINSON, C. M.
• SHOALES, William
• SMALLWOOD, R. B.
• SMITH, J. N.
• ST. ARMAND, C. A.
• STANCLIFFE, H. O.
• STOTZ, Henry
• STICKNEY, Benjamin
• SWEDEN, William
• TATUM, A. J.
• THOMPSON, C. N.
• TRAPWELL, H. M.
• VINCENT, J. L.
• WHITAKER, Hamlin
• WOOD, Luke
• WOOLLEY, E.

Six colored persons also listed:

• COLEMAN, J.
• COLSON, Lewis
• JUSTICE, E.
• MAYS, John
• WASHINGTON, I. P.
• WASHINGTON, W. S.

 

Resource: Explore Sarasota County's History Published by: Rylee, Slow, & Wobbly Publishing Co. for Sarasota Co's Centennial Celebration Resource: The Story of Sarasota Written by: Karl H. Grismer  Published by: M.E. Russell; Sarasota, FL Printed by: Florida Grower Press; Tampa, FL