Egbert Sammis

Egbert C. Sammis (1848 - ?) was a farmer and state senator in Florida.[1] He also served as consul in Stuttgart.

John S. Sammis was his father.[2] Two of his grandparents were Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley[3][4] of the Kingsley Plantation.

He represented Duval County in the Florida Senate in 1885.[5] He was listed a "mulatto".[5]

Edmund G. Sammis (1836 - November 1892) served as a justice of the peace in Duval County.[5]

References
  1. https://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/OFFICES/SECRETARY/AfricanAmericanSenatorsDuringReconstruction.pdf
  2. "The Southern Reporter". West Publishing Company. June 29, 1893 – via Google Books.
  3. Horton, James Oliver; Horton, Lois E. (November 1, 2004). Slavery and the Making of America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199845453 – via Google Books.
  4. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/timu/timu_ethno.pdf page 10
  5. Florida's Black Public Officials by Canter Brown Jr. page 122
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