William Edward Kilcrease (died 1860) was a state legislator in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1850 and the Florida Senate in 1852, 1854, and 1855.[1] He had a cotton plantations in Gadsden County.[2] He owned slaves.[3]

He purchased the Edward Curry Love House in Quincy, Florida. Its previous owners died in a Yellow Fever epidemic. His son Albert Gilchrist became governor of Florida.[4]

Kirk Kirkland wrote a book about his wife becoming a widow after his death in 1860, remarrying, and serving as First Lady of Florida for her bachelor son.[5]

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  1. ^ https://www.floridamemory.com/fmp/territorial-legislative/PeopleOfLawmaking.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3173&context=fhq
  3. ^ https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/06/19/96/00001/9781947372627_Smith.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://www.quincymainstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/QuincyWalkingTourBooklet.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Kirkland, Kirk (June 10, 2013). Rhoda: A Story Based on the Life and Times of Rhoda Elizabeth Waller Kilcrease Gibbes. iUniverse. ISBN 9781475992403 – via Google Books.