Octavia Walton Le Vert, also known as Madame Octavia Walton Le Vert, had a number of poems written for and about her. Octavia was the daughter of Walton County, Florida's namesake, George Walton, Jr. Walton County, Florida, founded December 29, 1824, is home to SoWal and is one of the older counties in Florida. Alaqua was a key community in Walton County in 1827 when Octavia was traveling to Baltimore and other resort cities. See map that shows roads converging in Alaqua during this time.

The first poem probably published about her was by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's first published poem was Tamerlane in 1827. It was this same year that Poe met Octavia in Baltimore and wrote "Octavia." Octavia was living in Pensacola, Florida and was on a trip with her mother. They could have traveled through South Walton and Walton County. Many relatives and friends lived in Alabama and Georgia. They would have stopped by to see them and refresh themselves on their travels. Alaqua was an early county seat of Walton County, Florida. In addition, Alaqua was the location of an early land grant of their friend Judge Henry M. Brackenridge. This historic Alaqua site is located in North Walton near DeFuniak Springs. Turn on Coy Burgess Loop Road (once known as Steele Church Road) off 331.

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