The Barber-Mizell Feud

 

 

Additional Sources and Links

 

 

For Futher Reading:

·       “Cattle Feud Slaughtered Mizells, Barbers during Reconstruction,” by Mark Andrews, The Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, March 29, 1992, Page K-6.

·       Orlando: A Centennial History, by Eve Bacon, The Mickler House Publishers, Chuluota, Florida, 1975.

·       Pine Castle: A Walk Down Memory Lane, by Ruth Barber Linton, Book Crafters, Chelsea, Michigan, 1993.

·       Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, by Huxford Folks ( A series of genealogical compilations covering the counties of Irwin, Appling, Wayne, Camden, and Glynn).

·       Orlando in the Long, long, ago . . . and now, by Kena Fries, Florida Press, Orlando, 1938.

·       Florida’s Frontier: The Way Hit Wuz, by Mary Ida Bass Shearhart, Magnolia Press, Gainesville, Georgia, 1992.  Write her at: 2850 Boggy Creek Road, Kissimmee, FL 34744.

             

Feud-related deaths enumerated in the1870 Mortality schedule, Orange County, Florida:

·       Isaac Barber, 35, white male, married, born in Georgia, shot in March.

·       Moses Barber, 37, white male, married, born in Georgia, Farmer, drowned in March.

·       William Bronson, 37, white male, married, farmer, born in South Carolina,  shot in March.

·       David Mizell, 40, white male, married, born in Georgia, Sheriff, murdered in March.

·       Needham Yates, 52, white male, married, born in Georgia, Farmer, shot in March.

·       William Yates, 32, white male, married, born in Georgia, Farmer, shot in March.

 

Barber Burials at Finney Point Cemetery, ST. Cloud, Florida:

·       Henry W. Barber (3 Jan 1863 – 8 Nov 1901)

·       Infant son of Dan and Viola Barber

·       Warren Barber (1890-1973) and Elizabeth (1896 - ?)

·       Edmund Dennis Barber (17 Feb 1920 – 30 Dec 1982)

·       Joseph Barber (27 Sept 1860 – 5 June 1893)

·       Isaac Barber (29 July 1835 – 20 March 1870), killed during the feud

·       Infant son of John and Della Barber, 20 Feb 1919

 

 

Inex to these pages:

1.              Introduction

2.              The Barber Family

3.              The Mizell Family

4.              The Law Clamps Down

5.              Orlando Burns

6.              Ambush at Bull Creek

7.              The Judge’s Fury

8.              A Drowning in Lake Conway

9.            Aftermath