Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 3

Eric Musgrove  Contributor  This week, we will continue our discussion of Live Oak's selection as the county seat and the events that led to today's location of the Suwannee County Courthouse. We left off last week with a second legal vote in 1869, in which Live Oak bested Houston to become the new county seat. However, much more drama remained to unfold before things finally settled down.  Due to the changes in the law and the recent election, Nathan Walker and Henry Wyse now had a nearly complete building that was no longer designated the county courthouse, and worse yet, the Board of County Commissioners had not compensated for its construction. This lack of payment brought Walker,