Mulat is possibly the oldest human settlement in Santa Rosa County. The area was originally inhabited as early as the 4th Century by the Santa Rosa-Swift Creek people. It is believed that the Santa Rosa-Swift Creek people lived in the area until the 7th Century, when they were overtaken by people of the Weeden Island Culture.
The first European in Mulat was Beltran Suchet, who settled on the Mulatto Bayou (then called the Governor's River) with his family and slaves in 1818. He had multiple properties in Pensacola, included the "Last stuccoed brick Gulf Coast Creole High House in Pensacola". Suchet is believed to have had children with one of his slaves, hence the name, Mulat. Suchet moved to Havana, Cuba in 1821.
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