Mossview Plantation was a medium-sized
forced-labor farm that grew cotton on located in
Leon County,
Florida
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, United States established by Amos Whitehead.
Location
Mossview Plantation was located in north central Leon County on the southeast shore of
Lake Jackson and just north of
Live Oak Plantation
Plantation specifics
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Mossview Plantation had the following:
* Improved Land:
* Unimproved Land:
* Cash value of plantation:
$20,000
* Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $800
* Cash value of farm animals: $3600
* Number of slaves: 58
* Bushels of corn: 2000
* Bales of cotton: 80
The Owner
Amos Whitehead was from
Burke County, Georgia
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. On June 18, 1858, he married Miss Margaret M. Bradford, daughter of Dr. Edward Bradford of
Pine Hill Plantation at Pine Hill. The Rev. Dr. Nash officiated.
In 1915 Mossview would become
Meridian Plantation having been sold to Arthur B. Lapsley of
Pomfret, Connecticut
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.
References
Rootsweb Plantations*Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968.
*Rootsweb - Amos Whitehead
Plantations in Leon County, Florida
Cotton plantations in Florida
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