Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 4

Eric Musgrove  Contributor  This week, we will continue our multi-part discussion of how the current location of the Suwannee County Courthouse came to be. We have seen politics, shady dealings, blackmail and a host of other events that were a part of this selection. These last articles on the subject (fortunately) will not see the depth of corruption that we saw in earlier articles.  In the Wednesday, Aug. 7, edition of the Riverbend News, we left off with the county commissioners being ordered by Judge William Bryson in 1872 to erect a courthouse upon the Parshley lot as a result of John Purviance's lawsuit. At the end of 1872, Purviance became Chairman of the Board of County Commiss