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William Lee Apthorp was born August 31, 1837 in Lee County, Georgia. Apthorp’s mother was of New England Puritan- Pilgrim stock, noted for piety. His father was the first Congregational minister in Iowa. He attended Amherst College, joined the Union army, became a captain, and was by the time this document was written the Lt. Colonel of the 34th regiment of the United States Colored Infantry. After the war he held the office of Register of Deeds for Hillsborough County, Florida, and later became a county judge. From 1876-78 he was Surveyor General of Florida. In 1878, Apthorp moved to Springfield, New Jersey, where he died January 24, 1879.


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