Pinellas County, Florida Pioneers Database

The Pinellas County, Florida Pioneers Database was collected and assembled over fifteen years by members of the Pinellas Genealogy Society from various sources. Members who contributed to these efforts were: Dorothy Boyer, Madeline Daniels, Charlie Gransmaison, Leonard Smith, Chuck Tyrie, Lois Whitehead, Marjorie Hazel, and Linda Carpenter.

A searchable index was then created and placed online at out old website. While we determine the best way to transfer this index to our new website, it can still be accessed at: Pinellas County, Florida Pioneers Database [6 Nov 2019: The Pinellas County Pioneer Database is currently down. We are attempting to get it back up and running soon.]

The original information, including additional content that we were not able to add to this searchable index, is held by PGS at the Largo Public Library. If you wish to inquire about this information or about the fees associated with sending a copy of this information, please contact the society at: pgsfla@yahoo.com

Local Family Histories & Sketches

The following biographical sketches and family histories originated from various sources, most appeared in issues of The Pinellas Genealogist.

John Boyton Abercrombie – Written by Marguerite Blocker Bartlett

Ackerman Family – Written by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2000)

James Montgomery Baggett – Written by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 4, Winter 2000)

Solomon Smith Coachman – Written by Bette Coachman Hochman (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 22, No.2, Summer 1999)

Silas Dent, The Hermit of Cabbage Key – Reproduced by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 2001); substantial portions of the article are from “Sun, Sand & Post Card Sunsets,” Chapter 33, by Frank T. Hurley

Samuel Edward Hope – Written by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2001)

Captain Charles Wharton Johnson Family – Kathryn Johnson Wilcox (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 3, Fall 1998); excerpted from The Clearwater Sun newspaper, May 29, 1980

Malone Family – Written by Dorothy Malone Hamilton (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 2, Summer 2003)

Robert E. Neeld – Written by Lesleigh Butts (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1, Spring 2004)

William P. Neeld – Written by Scott Nash

Renney Family of Gulfport – Written by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer 2000)

Ridgely Family – Written by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 2000)

Robert Wallace Family – Written by William Wallace (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1998); reprinted from The Clearwater Sun, May 29, 1980

Jerry W. Wells – Written by Charlie Grandmaison (The Pinellas Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer 2000)

John Constantine Williams – Compiled by Thomas O. Ziebold, Ph.D.