I know a lot of the research for the area came out of the defuniak library archives. This is where a lot of stories from the book "The way we where" a recollection of the south walton pioneers came from. You could talk to the butlers in Grayton. Grandpa had all the stories, but he is no longer. Hope the library helps. I understood they they sold rockers for $5.00 bucks a night because it was such a hopping place. There also use to be a hotel in front of the Seagrove Village Market on the corner I am told.