Selected Primary Source Records of American Pensacola
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See also: History of Colonial Pensacola
Mostly for the use of my students, as well as anyone else interested in researching the post-colonial-era people and history of Pensacola, below I have posted links to free online digital scans of primary source records relating to Pensacola and both of its surrounding/nearest Florida counties (Escambia and Santa Rosa).
Census / City Directories / Sanborn Maps / Escambia County / Newspapers
Most of the census records relating to Pensacola can be found along with other Florida records at Family Search. For direct links to the digitized census imagery from the entire United States in each year, see my complete list here.
Escambia County, Florida (created 1821)
1850 Census / 1850 Slave Schedule
1860 Census / 1860 Slave Schedule
1885 Census (state)
1935 Census (state)
Santa Rosa County, Florida (created 1842)
1850 Census / 1850 Slave Schedule
1860 Census / 1860 Slave Schedule
1885 Census (state)
1935 Census (state)
Pensacola City Directories
1885-1886
1887-1888
1890-1891
1896
1900
1903
1905
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1913
1916
1919-19201949-1954 (phone books)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Pensacola
The full collection of all these maps below are available at the Library of Congress here.
Escambia County Records Online
Deed Indexes (1820-1982) (hosted by Escambia County Clerk & Comptroller)
Individuals, Direct (1820-1910)
Individuals, Indirect (1820-1910)
Florida Probate Records (1821-1929) (hosted by LDS Family Search)
Family Search Digital Archives (use the Image Group Numbers below on the search page to conduct AI-powered manuscript search for individual digitized microfilm reels)
Deed records: Escambia. Deeds 1822–1834 (Vol. A-B)
#007942897
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZN-3DLW?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63483-10567-92&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Deeds 1834–1836 (Vol. C-D)
#007942898
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZN-W25P?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63486-17810-51&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Mortgages 1837–1839 (Vol. F-G)
#007942899
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZV-Z94P-H?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63550-33625-21&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Deeds 1842–1845 (Vol. H-I)
#007942900
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZN-7LLL?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63485-18748-3&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Deeds 1848–1852 (Vol. K-L)
#007942901
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZF-YCVG?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63477-5876-68&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Deeds 1855–1857 (Vol. M-N)
#007942902
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZN-39C9-4?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63483-35066-78&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Deeds 1858–1860 (Vol. O)
#007942903
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZN-7BB3?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63485-24463-64&grid=onDeed records: Pensacola. Deeds 1860–1866 (Vol. P)
#007942904
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZN-Q9KY-R?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-63484-43612-74&grid=onMarriage records: Escambia. Marriage Records 1822–1842, 1840–1854, 1850–1855, 1853–1860, 1860–1867, 1867–1870 (Vol. A-F)
#004706827
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BHSW-TP?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-1-17948-54169-36&grid=onPensacola. Court Orders 1871–1972, Homestead Records 1871–1972, Wills 1833–1880, 1871–1897
#005885984
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q5-JXW4?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-1971-31337-990-14&grid=onWill books: Escambia. Wills 1832–1898 (Vol. 1-2)
#005885982
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q5-VTG6?view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-1961-31338-22176-61&grid=onEscambia. Vital Records 1858–1860, 1883–1884
#004706858
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BHSC-6W?view=explore&groupId=TH-1-17948-49628-81&lang=en&grid=on
Pensacola Newspapers
Pensacola Journal (1905-1922) (hosted by the Library of Congress)
Pensacola Journal (1905-1922) (from the University of Florida Digital Collections; not searchable to individual pages)
The Daily News (1900) (hosted by the Library of Congress)