Bannerman Plantation was a
forced-labor farm of about and located in northwest
Leon County,
Florida
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, just north of the old unincorporated community of
Meridian and west-northwest of
Lake Iamonia
Lake Iamonia is a large, subtropical prairie lake in northern Leon County, Florida, United States, created during the Pleistocene epoch.
History
Forming Iamonia
Lake Iamonia's base was established during the Early Pleistocene through submergen ...
. Bannerman Plantation was established in 1852 or earlier by Charles Bannerman of North Carolina, who by 1860 had
enslaved 67 people to work his land.
The plantation house is located at 13426 N. Meridian Rd. and is a 2-story home with
porch
A porch (; , ) is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance to a building. A porch is placed in front of the façade of a building it commands, and forms a low front. Alternatively, it may be a vestibule (architecture), vestibule (a s ...
es on both floors that partially wrap to each side of the house. The porches are supported with eight stately columns. Fireplaces are located at both left and right sides of the home. A kitchen extends off the left side of the home. The boundaries of Bannerman Plantation itself are unknown.
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Bannerman Plantation had the following:
* Improved Land:
* Unimproved Land:
* Cash value of plantation:
$14,475
* Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $700
* Cash value of farm animals: $5000
* Number of slaves: 67
* Bushels of corn: 4,000
* Bales of cotton: 120
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*{{cite book , last= Paisley , first= Clifton , title= From Cotton To Quail , publisher= University of Florida Press , date= 1968
External links
National RegisterFlorida Heritage
National Register of Historic Places in Leon County, Florida
Federal architecture in Florida
Plantations in Leon County, Florida
Cotton plantations in Florida