Add
Add was small community that was located at or near where Old Crystal River Road and Snow Hill Road used to intersect in north cental Hernando County near Lake Lindsey. Add was settled by the Anderson Mayo family, as well as others. Anderson Mayo operated what was one of the first, if not the first general Stores in Hernando County. Mr. Mayo opened for business in the late 1840's or early 1850's. His roll-top desk, matching cane bottomed chair and several of his account books are on display at the Historic Train Depot Museum and Genealogy Library in Brooksville. Many of Mr. Mayo's descendants still reside in Hernando County.
Anderson Mayo was born September 22, 1812 in Georgia or South Carolina and died July 18, 1885. Annie Mayo, daughter of Anderson and Annie Mayo married Mallory Higgins Snow. Anderson Mayo, his wife, daughter, son-in-law, several grandchildren great grandchildren have been laid to rest at Lake Lindsey Cemetery. Their graves are located in an older section of this cemetery.
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Augusta
An 1850 Tomas Cowperthwait & Co. map of Benton (now Hernando) County shows Augustaa few miles north of the Melendez Settlement at a crossroads. It is believed to have been north and east of present day Brooksville near Lake Lindsey. On June 30, 1845 a Post Office was established at Augusta. Albert Clarke was the first and only postmaster. The post office was abandoned shortly after the murder of Mr. Clark sometime shortly before October 20 1860. Mr. Clarke was murdered by a slave who had been promised a sum of money to kill his master by Mrs. Clarke and hers on from a previous marriage, John Boyd. The pair were apparently taken into custody, but information was not found regarding the disposition of the case, however the slave Hemp was promptly hung per The Florida Peninsular.
It appears that the Augusta Settlement withered away during the next few years after Mr.Clarke's death. In the first Statewide election held on Mondy May 26, 1845, Mr. Clarke and 17 other men cast their ballots in the August Precinct. Along with Mr. Albert Clarke, the following men voted in that precinct: J. B. ALLEN, John BOYET, Nathan BOYET, Elihia CLARK, Dennis GILL, Jeremiah M. HAYMANS, C. T. JENKINS, Lewis JENKINS, E. J.KNIGHT, E. J. William H. MEIN, David RUSSELL, William TAYLOR, William TRESCOTT, William W. TUCKER, and David B. TURNER. Most of these men still have descendants living in Hernando County.
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