Pioneers of Flagler County

Raiford Valentine PRIEST was born in Bunnell, Florida in 1893. The family moved to Linton, now known as Delray Beach, in 1907 where he lived until his death in 1985.

His mother Martha Jane MALPHURS, great-granddaughter of John Hall MALPHURS, married Joseph Lark PRIEST in St. John's Co. in 1888. Joseph Lark PRIEST had moved to Hamilton Co., Florida in 1866 with his family.

Martha Jane's mother Rutha DAVIS was the daughter of George Washington and Jan DAVIS, who resided in Madison Co., Florida in the 1850s.

Ray PRIEST was a farmer, a gas station owner and a Delray Beach patrolman who then served as Chief of Police. He was a respected and loved man.

His daughter Dorothy PRIEST married Grover Cleveland BAKER on 6 August 1950 in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, FL.