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by Collin J. Overby (MLRHR, MSW), Seminole descendent
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Author's Note: This research paper is dedicated to my paternal grandmother, Mildred Rivers Overby. Grandmama Mildred often entertained me with interesting stories and old photographs relative to her Indian lineage. She was born in Miami, Florida and reared in the small picturesque Indian town of Palatka, Florida, which is located at the mouth of the St. Johns River.
Mildred is the daughter of Leona Hall and Joseph Rivers. Leona (born in 1896 in Thomasville, Georgia) was the daughter of Ansel, an Indian, and Louis Hall, a white man. Joseph Rivers (my great grandfather) traces his lineage to the union of his grandparents (my great, great, great grandparents) a Spaniard and a full blooded Seminole woman. My writing of this paper was undertaken in response to my budding interests in my lineage due, in great part, to the effects of my grandmother's stories, but also due to my newly heightened interest in the history of the deplorable treatment of the American Indian (including the Seminoles) at the hands of the United States. |
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