On this day in 1841 the United States Treasury Department dispatched a revenue cutter to the lower Florida coast to intercept Spanish fishing vessels, which were reportedly supplying Seminole Indians with arms and ammunition. Governor William P. Duval urges the Federal government to take swift and harsh action to stop this activity.

In 1901 DeFuniak Springs was incorporated as a town, and Dr. G. P. Henry was elected the first mayor.