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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Florencio Commyns
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| date_of_birth =Circa [[1796]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
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| occupation =[[Escambia County Sheriff]]
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'''Florencio Commyns''', born circa [[1796]] in Pensacola, served as both [[Escambia County Tax Collector|Tax Collector]] and [[Sheriff of Escambia County]] beginning in [[1830]]. He is believed to be the first elected sheriff (other records credit [[Ebenezer Dorr IV]] with that title), as well as the first native Pensacolian to serve in that position.
