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

Pensacola-Area Census Records

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)

1830 Census

1840 Census

1850 Census / 1850 Slave Schedule

1860 Census / 1860 Slave Schedule

1870 Census

1880 Census

1885 Census (state)

1900 Census

1910 Census

1920 Census

1930 Census

1935 Census (state)

1940 Census

Santa Rosa County, Florida (created 1842)

1850 Census / 1850 Slave Schedule

1860 Census / 1860 Slave Schedule

1870 Census

1880 Census

1885 Census (state)

1900 Census

1910 Census

1920 Census

1930 Census

1935 Census (state)

1940 Census

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Pensacola City Directories

1885-1886

1887-1888

1890-1891

1896

1900

1903

1905

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1913

1916

1919-1920

1921-1922

1934

1940

1949-1954 (phone books)

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Pensacola

The full collection of all these maps below are available at the Library of Congress here.

1884

1887

1892

1897

1903

1907

1951a

1951b

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Escambia County Records Online

Deed Indexes (1820-1982) (hosted by Escambia County Clerk & Comptroller)

Individuals, Direct (1820-1910)

Individuals, Indirect (1820-1910)

Corporations, Direct (1820-1910)

Corporations, 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=on

Deed 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=on

Deed 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=on

Deed 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=on

Deed 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=on

Deed 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=on

Deed 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=on

Deed 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=on

Marriage 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=on

Pensacola. 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=on

Will 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=on

Escambia. 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)

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