Levy County History

122 years ago

14 June 1881 - On this date William R. White of Cedar Key was appointed Inspector of Timber and Lumber for Levy County. White was replaced by C.G. McCormick on 16 July 1881.

83 years ago

20 January 1921 - T.C. Holden and R.H. Smith of Hawthorne doing business as Holden and Smith sold to D.P. McKenzie and C.G. Wiggins of Levy County and B.H. Sutton of Walton County, doing business as the Wylly Turpentine Company the
still and quarters of a turpentine plant known as the "Wylly Location." The property transferred included 140,000 - fifth year turpentine faces, cups and gutters now on trees; 78,000 yearling turpentine faces, cups and gutters now on trees; 17,000 third year turpentine faces, cupes and gutters now on trees; a 25-barrel turpentine still and fixtures; 150 dip barrels; two pumps and boilers; 6 mules; 2 horses; 4 wagons and harbess; 1 Republic automobile truck and 1 Ford automobile truck. All batten dross produced and manufactured on or by operation on the property shall be sold by Consolidated Naval Stores Company of Jacksonville, FL at the best obtainable price.

51 years ago

07 January 1953 - The Board of County Commissioners having received numerous complaints from in-state and out-of-state citizens regarding the imposition of fines and forfeitures for alleged traffic violations on the public roads of Levy County, passed a resolution banning "speed traps" within the limits of Levy County. The resolution stated "that if arrests are made predominantly in certain areas and on certain roads in such manner as to cause a reason to suspect that a `speed trap` is being operated by any law enforcement official, the Board shall cause a thorough investigation to be made."

Last week`s column identified a "wooden washing paddle or clothes beater." Used for pounding clothes in a washtub, these washing paddles were brought to the United States from Europe just before the 19th century.

From the Archives & History Center
Levy County Clerk`s Office
Danny J. Shipp, Clerk of Court