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had a land grant just north of Smyrna. In 1804 Samuel Williams
received a land grant of 3,000 acres from the Spanish Crown. This
land grant encompassed the area that would become Daytona in
1875.
Captain James Ormond I was also granted the land for the Damietta
plantation in 1804, near the Tomoka River. This property, consisting
of 2,000 acres, had previously belonged to Colonel James Moncrief in
British times. It was one of the best known plantations during its time,
and had a large number of slaves. Damietta was named after the
Egyptian city in a time when all things Egyptian were popular.

In 1819, a runaway Negro slave from the Williams’ plantation, shot
and killed James Ormond I as he was walking with his son Emanuel.

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