found: Elliott, J.D. Papers, 1824-1839(John Branch, secretary of the Navy)
found: WWasWAm(John Branch, 1782-1863; senator, gov. of N.C., sec. of Navy)
found: Florida. Board of Trustees of the Seminary Lands. Tallahassee, November 12th, 1844:t.p. (Territory of Florida, Executive Office ... Jno. Branch, governor)
found: Glashan, R.R. American governors and gubernatorial elections, 1975:p. 54 (John Branch; became governor of Territory of Florida 8-11-1844; left office 6-25-1845)
found: A register of the governors of the states of the United States of America, 1776-1974, 1974(John Branch; governor of North Carolina 1817-1820)
found: NCpedia WWW site, Mar. 27, 2020(Branch, John; born 4 Nov. 1782, Halifax, N.C., died 4 Jan. 1863; governor of North Carolina, U.S. senator, secretary of the navy, and governor of Florida) - https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/branch-john found: Finding aid for Branch family papers, via UNC University Libraries, Mar. 27, 2020(Prominent members of the Branch family included John Branch (1782-1863), governor of North Carolina, U.S. representative and senator, secretary of the Navy, governor of the Florida Territory, and a planter in North Carolina and Florida; his son, William Henry Branch (1823-1910), cotton planter in Florida and merchant and farmer in Georgia; and his grandson, William Horton Branch (1852-1920), also a merchant and farmer in Georgia) - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02718/
