Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 7 - The Barber-Mizell Family Feud
Episode Date
7-16-2016
Episode Summary
On February 21, 1870, Sheriff David Mizell, his son Will, and brother Morgan went onto the property of Moses Barber to serve an arrest warrant. Tensions between the Barbers and Mizells had been growing for years, and the Sheriff had been warned that if he set foot on Barber land he would be killed. When the group stopped at Bull Creek, a shot was fired from behind some bushes. Sheriff Mizell was killed, becoming the first casualty of this long-running feud.
Keywords
Florida Frontiers Television; Barber-Mizell Family Feud; Cattle Industry
Series Title
Florida Frontiers Television
Episode Title
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 7 - The Barber-Mizell Family Feud
Episode Number
7
Duration
26:46
Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Jessie Ball Dupont Fund website
This project is sponsored in part by The Historic Rossetter House Museum.
Rossetter House Musuem - Foundation and history
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 7 - The Barber-Mizell Family Feud" (2016). Florida Frontiers Television. 9.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-television/9
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The Barber-Mizell Family Feud