* Baker County Courthouse - courthouse, constructed in 1888, was lost to fire.

* Bradford County Courthouse - The original Lake Butler courthouse was burned in 1865, reportedly to destroy a murder indictment along with all other county records. A second courthouse burned in 1875

* Brevard County Courthouse - Record Loss, unknown causes

* Calhoun County Courthouse - Record Loss, unknown causes

* Clay County Courthouse - Court was held in McRae House which burned in 1872 and with it most of the county's judicial records.

* Columbia County Courthouse - Numerous prior courthouses, most if not all constructed from logs, fell victim to arsonists in 1848, 1860, 1867, and 1874. Most early records were destroyed.

* Dade County Courthouse - Record Loss (Court)

* Duval County Courthouse - was burned during the Civil War, burned in 1901. Extent of reocrd loss unknown.

* Franklin County Courthouse - destroyed by fire in 1887

* Gadsden County Courthouse - burned in 1849, supposedly an act of arson by a Forbes family slave.

* Hamilton County Courthouse - may have been destroyed by a tornado prior to 1836. Courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1929 and rebuilt in 1932.

* Hernando County Courthouse - destroyed by fire in 1877

* Hillsborough County Courthouse - The original building was a small log cabin which was burned by Indians during the Second Seminole War. Capt. James McKay completed a two-story house, 20 feet by 45 feet, at a cost of $1,358 in 1847 (data obtained from the government site by K.T.)

* Holmes County Courthouse - Courthouse at Cerro Gordo also burned at least once in the 1870's. Westville Courthouse burned in 1902, and most early county records perished with it.

* Jackson County Courthouse - courthouse was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1848. All records were destroyed.
Note from the Jackson County Clerk's office: "While the actual marriage records, estate files, and many others were lost, we still have the old estate books (“faithfully copied” and recorded files) beginning in 1840 and the 1831 County Court book which recorded all the estate files, county court (forerunner of the Bd of County Comm) minutes, chancery records, criminal records, etc. These old estate records (prior to 1849 are indexed for easier use). Please remember that although estates may not have been filed until 1840 or later, the actual date of death for an individual may have been several years earlier. We have many that date back to 1833 – Alexander Bellamy for instance. Our old records are available for review from 830 AM until 4:14 PM each day." From Sue Tindel, Jackson County, FL Clerk's Office.

* Lafayette County Courthouse - courthouse caught fire on New Year’s Eve, 1892, apparently the result of a drunken prank.

* Madison County Courthouse - The first Madison courthouse burned in 1876 and was replaced by one built in 1880 of brick. This building burned as well, in 1912, and was replaced in 1913 by the present courthouse

* Orange County Courthouse - The first Orange County Courthouse, a two-story hewn-log affair, was burned in 1868. Most of the books and records were destroyed.

* Santa Rosa County Courthouse - Record Loss (Marriage & Probate)

* Wakulla County Courthouse - Record Loss (Marriage & Probate)

* Walton County Courthouse - Record Loss (Marriage & Probate)

* Washington County Courthouse - Record Loss

This public information is available from many places, including florida.n2genealogy.com/fl-records-court.html which gives a comprehensive list of what data is available from the county offices.
Formatted by K.T.