Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida)

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.

Rocky Comfort Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyGadsden
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates30°36′05″N 84°39′41″W
MouthLake Talquin
 • coordinates
30°26′49″N 84°33′22″W
 • elevation
66 feet (20 m)

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
  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.



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