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Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida)

Coordinates: 30°26′49″N 84°33′22″W / 30.44694°N 84.55611°W / 30.44694; -84.55611
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Rocky Comfort Creek
Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida) is located in Florida
Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida)
Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida) is located in the United States
Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyGadsden
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates30°36′05″N 84°39′41″W / 30.60139°N 84.66139°W / 30.60139; -84.66139
MouthLake Talquin
 • coordinates
30°26′49″N 84°33′22″W / 30.44694°N 84.55611°W / 30.44694; -84.55611
 • 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

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  1. ^ "d.o. elected intendant in Tallahassee, fla. 1827". Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Floridian and Advocate (Tallahassee, Florida), Dec. 27, 1834, p. 3: Obituary
  3. ^ "Historical Markers". West Gadsden Historical Society. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Bloxham Pavilion Lake Talquin State Forest, FL". Reserve America.
  5. ^ "Lake Talquin State Forest Map" (PDF). Freshfromflorida.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.