Remembering Suwannee: Nancy Parshley’s will

Eric Musgrove Contributor   I have spoken of Nancy Parshley in previous articles. She and her husband, John, were instrumental in establishing downtown Live Oak as we now know it after the Civil War, setting up the various streets and their names, donating properties for multiple churches and schools (for whites and African-Americans), and also the very location of the Suwannee County Courthouse. As with all people, however, Nancy could not live forever. The Clerk's Office still has in its possession her last will and testament, written in 1890. Because of the prominence of not only Nancy but also her family to Suwannee County and Live Oak history, and being near the anniversar