Martha Tyler
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How did Orlando get its name?
Over the past century, probably a hundred historians have debated the name origin of the City of Orlando. “So,” I […]
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Orlando’s Fort Gatlin and Council Oak
Historians have debated the location of the fabled landmark where Seminoles gathered. Let’s solve the puzzle. Background: Orange County was […]
Martha was the daughter of Aaron Jernigan, who is considered Orlando’s first settler. She was born in 1838 and died in 1926. She was part of the group that bunkered down for almost a year in 1849, along the banks of Lake Conway during the “Indian Scare.”