Rocky Comfort Creek (Florida)

Rocky Comfort Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Gadsden
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	30°36′05″N84°39′41″W / 30.60139°N 84.66139°W / 30.60139; -84.66139
Mouth	Lake Talquin
• coordinates	30°26′49″N84°33′22″W / 30.44694°N 84.55611°W / 30.44694; -84.55611
• elevation	66 feet (20 m)

Rocky Comfort Creek is a stream near Florida's capital city of Tallahassee. It now feeds into Lake Talquin which was formed by a dam on the Ochlockonee River.

David Ochiltree who served as mayor of Tallahassee in 1827 resided in a home by the creek and died there in 1834. He moved to Florida from Fayetteville, North Carolina. ^[1] He was also a colonel and was a member elect of the Legislative Council for Gadsden County when he died. ^[2]

A historical marker commemorates Bryan Croom's Rocky Comfort plantation. He was the brother of Hardy Bryan Croom. ^[3]

Lake Talquin State Forest has a Rocky Comfort tract. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "d.o. elected intendant in Tallahassee, fla. 1827". Newspapers.com.
2. Floridian and Advocate (Tallahassee, Florida), Dec. 27, 1834, p. 3: Obituary
3. "Historical Markers". West Gadsden Historical Society. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
4. "Bloxham Pavilion Lake Talquin State Forest, FL". Reserve America.
5. "Lake Talquin State Forest Map" (PDF). Freshfromflorida.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

• "Rocky Comfort Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 15, 2018.