United
Daughters
Of The
Confederacy
Florida Division
Mattie T.
Wright
Chapter
2533

UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY®

ANCESTORS

ANCESTOR	MEMBER
Col. Wyatt Abbitt	Atwood Brewton
Joseph Elothia Acosta, 8th Regiment, Florida Infantry James Alexander Plummer, Capt J. A. Pacetti’s Co 8th Infantry, Florida Simeon Plummer, Co. A, 1st Infantry, Florida Skirving Price, ASST. SURG., 38th Infantry Regiment, Georgia William S. Price, Capt Brook’s Co, Terrell Light Artillery, Georgia William Hearl West, Co. A, 10th Regiment South Carolina Infantry Volunteers	Juanita Plummer Dixon Dana Sawyer Becky Harrison Sarah Yates
Elias Brown; 45th Reg. Georgia, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharp Shooters	Sherrie Harris
K. B. Drew, Company K, 2nd Florida Cavalry	Dorothy Permenter
Fielden L. Hales,29th signer of Secession papers of Virginia	Sara Ann Wales
Thomas W. Hart,  2nd Lt., Co. B, 5th Florida Infantry; Captured at Harper's Farm; Prisoner of War, Johnson Island, Ohio Nathaniel Greene Renfroe, Co. C, 7th Regiment, Florida Infantry Arnold Whitaker, Co. E, 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Madison Tucker, Co. G, 2nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Daniel Bird Herring, Co. I, 3rd Florida Infantry George Washington Herring, Home Guard, Welborn, Florida Henry Hamilton Herring, Co. H, 1st Florida Cavalry John Wesley Herring, Co. A, 1st Florida Cavalry Robert Asberry Herring, Co. H, 9th Georgia Infantry William Woody Herring, Co. I, 3rd Florida Infantry	Brenda Whitaker Collins Charlsie Whitaker Rigdon
Thomas Hodge Hightower, Tennessee, Artilleryman, Captain Lynch's Company	Marianne Hibbard
John Milton Mauldin, Company E., 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Pickensville, SC	JoAnne Gunn Crane
James Jackson Pynes, Corporal, Co. H, 18th Regiment, Brown's Rebels, Mississippi	Sue Woodford-Beal
Samuel Robinette, Virginia	Patty Weatherly Cooper
Willis William Sibley, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry	Denice Sibley Anderson
Archie Smith, Pvt., 37th Alabama Infantry, Co. E, Wounded in the Battle of New Hope Church	Teresa Joyce
Nelson Watford	Kathy Steele
James L. Cothran, South Carolina	Johnnie W. Fellabaum

CHARTER MEMBERS
 

MEMBER	ANCESTOR
Gayle Lee Abston	John Waltus, 49th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
Vickie McCurry Ashton	Wiley G. McDowell, 12th Regiment, Alabama Calvary
Elizabeth Ann Brewer Ranny Durham Brewer Margaret Stuckey Dennard Eloise Stuckey Gleaton Eleanor Stuckey Hutto Patricia Dennard Perkins Ruby Dennard Turner	Alexander Stuckey, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Jennifer Mikkelson Dickens Juanita Plummer Dixon Edith Plummer Hardison Juanita Dixon Harrison Patricia Plummer Mikkelson Bonnijayne Plummer Rehberg Dana Marie Dixon Sawyer Sarah Dixon Yates Norma Plummer Turknett	Joseph Elothia Acosta, 8th Regiment, Florida Infantry
Rebecca White Hardy	James Moorehead Rixley, 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Alice Abernathy Hawkes	Hugh Neisler Mitchell, 9th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Dianne Gleaton Lawton	James Patrick Gleaton, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
Martha Home Lyle	Nathaniel Washington Home, 13th Regiment, Infantry
Sallie Westbrook Messina	James Zachariah McChesney, 14th Regiment, Virginia Calvary
Nancy Lee Dowell Parker	Samuel James Ellis, 14th Volunteer Regiment, Florida Infantry
Jeanie Austin Robinson	James S. Harris, 49th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Elizabeth Evans Rowe	Jacob Walker, 44th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Suvan Shine	James Miller Shine, 11th Regiment, Florida Infantry
Theresa Wainwright Smith	Spencer Lewis Houston, CSS Agnes E. Fry, CSN
Sally Hall Waldrop	John J. Nettles, 24th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry

 

Officers 2006-2008
 

President	Suzanne Reynolds-Brady	904-223-4435
First Vice-President	Charlotte B. Hotalen	904-223-1413
Second Vice-President	Juanita P. Dixon	904-223-3025
Third Vice-President	Anna DuBois	904-721-7749
Recording Secretary	Maureen Tinnesz
Treasurer	Fritzi Altobellis
Military Service Awards	Denice S. Anderson	904-607-5091
Historian	Pamela Sullivan
Registrar	Joanne Crane
Chaplain	Atwood Brewton
Parliamentarian

Please contact us at any of the above numbers if you have any questions or would like to apply for membership.

 

ABOUT MEMBERSHIP

How to become a member
Those eligible for active membership are- women no less than sixteen years of age who are blood descendants, lineal or collateral, of men and women who served honorably in the Army, Navy or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America, or gave material aid to the Cause. Also eligible are those women who are lineal or collateral blood descendants of members or former members of UDC.
Proof of eligibility - Proof of ancestor service to the Confederate States of America may be obtained, if available, upon request from one of the following sources:
UDC Business Office: From records of military service compiled from registered UDC applications and National Archives Compiled Confederate Service Records, upon request of UDC Chapter Registrar and payment of research fee. Pension records are limited (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and South Carolina) State Departments of Archives and History, Confederate Records, if certified. General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20408.
An Authoritative Publication: Photocopy of title page, name of author, volume, page number, year of publication, location of library. Provide certified copy of pertinent data relating to Confederate ancestor only.
Data from tombstone: Name of cemetery and location, please certify as to authenticity. Enclose photograph if possible. Proof of applicant's relation to Confederate Ancestor. (birth, marriage and death certificates, where applicable).

TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR UDC MEMBERS

1. She accepts her responsibility cheerfully and gives it her best.
2. She reads her yearbook carefully and finds out what duties are laid down for her office.
3. She consults her predecessor to find out what has been done, what to hope for.
4. She confers with the members of her committee for suggestions, and outlines what share they can take in the work.
5. She keeps an alert eye on all activities of the whole organization and fits in her work with that of others.
6. She keeps in touch with her president.
7. She keeps others aware of the importance of her job and presents it to others whenever she can.
8. She keeps an accurate record of what she does for her successor, and passes it on with suggestions, when her term is ended.
9. She Cooperates with other officers and chairmen.
10. She reports promptly and on time for her own yearbook and to her general chairman.

 

MEETINGS

Our meetings are held the 4th Wednesday from September through May except November and December which is the 3rd Wednesday and they are held at
 Selva Marina Country Club.
Visitors are always welcome.
Contact any officer for information.

CHAPLAIN

Our Chaplain is Atwood Brewton and you may contact her by the phone number in your yearbooks.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are available to children who are blood descendants, lineal or collateral, of men and women who served honorably for the Confederate States of America.
For more information contact our Second Vice-President
Juanita Plummer Dixon
904-223-3025

Crosses of Military Service Awards
These are awarded through United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapters to LINEAL blood descendants of Confederate Soldiers or Sailors. This includes those that served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Herzegovina and the Persian Gulf.
For more information contact our Recorder Of Military Service Awards
Denice Anderson

              Our Veterans

This is a couple of our local veterans  receiving some needed articles

and treats.

For information of how you can help please contact our 
Veteran Liaison Denice Anderson 

Other Activities
We also support our veterans in VA Hospitals and local nursing homes along with sponsoring a local chapter of Children of the Confederacy. We have Essay Contests open to children under 18 years old and our Mrs. Norman Randolph Relief Fund helps support Real Daughters of Confederate Veterans still living, some in nursing homes.

CHILDREN of the CONFEDERACY

C. S. S. Florida

The cruiser Florida, during her two years of operations against United States commerce, was one of the two most profitable military investments made by the Confederacy. She and her sister ship, Alabama, appear to have done more damage to the United States in proportion to their cost than any other major activity undertaken by the Confederacy.

The Florida, and the ships she outfitted, accounted for $4,051,000 worth of commerce. She and her tenders captured a total of 60 prizes, of which 46 were burned, 13 bonded, and 1 recaptured. The Florida herself captured 38 of these. The ship cost the South $400,000 to build and operate. Therefore, the Florida destroyed ships worth ten times her own cost. In addition, the cost to the United States in operating ships to search for the cruisers has been tentatively set at $3,325,000, a figure several times greater than the cost of all Confederate cruisers.

On the morning of November 28, 1864, the Florida sank in nine fathoms of water at Hampton Roads, Virginia due to taking on water from a previous ramming by the Federal Steamer, Wachusett.

On July 1, 1988, a charter was issued to C. S. S. Florida Chapter No. 841, Children of the Confederacy, Jacksonville Beach, Florida as auxiliary to Mattie T. Wright Chapter No. 2533.

For more information contact our Third Vice-President 
Anna DuBois