Christopher C. Minchin is first noted in “A PETITION FROM THE INHABITANTS OF THE ST. MARYS ST. JOHNS DISTRICT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF A MUNICIPALITY” dated October 10, 1820.

From the 1830 United States Census:

Christopher C. Minchin, his wife and three children were living in the area of the Sundance, St Marys, Lusty, and St Afee Rivers in Alachua County, Florida.