Edgewood Plantation was a small cotton plantation of 1840 acre

Acre

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s (7½ km²) located in northern Leon County

Leon County, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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, USA

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 owned by Dr. William Bradford.

Location

Edgewood Plantation was located in the general area of Bradfordville

Bradfordville, Florida

Bradfordville is an unincorporated community in northern Leon County, Florida, United States. It is north of Tallahassee and south of the Florida/Georgia state line by at the intersection of US 319 and County Road 0342 . Elevation is 237 feet .- Geography :Bradfordville has rolling hills and...

 near Thomas Anderson Bradford's Walnut Hill Plantation

Walnut Hill Plantation

Walnut Hill Plantation was a small cotton plantation of located in northern Leon County, Florida, USA owned by Thomas Anderson Bradford.-Location:...

, and Edward Bradford's Pine Hill Plantation

Pine Hill Plantation

Pine Hill Plantation was a large cotton plantation of established between 1829 and 1832 in northern Leon County, Florida, United States touching the southeast arm of Lake Iamonia established by Dr...

, and Richard H. Bradford's Water Oak Plantation

Water Oak Plantation

Water Oak Plantation was a was a small cotton plantation of located in northern Leon County, Florida, USA established by Richard Bradford.- Location :Water Oak was located in the general area of Bradfordville.Adjacent plantations:...

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Plantation specifics

The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Edgewood Plantation had the following:

• Improved Land: unknown
• Unimproved Land: unknown
• Cash value of plantation: unknown
• Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $
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  75
• Cash value of farm animals: $870
• Number of slaves: N/A
• Bushels of corn: N/A
• Bales of cotton: N/A

The owner

William Bradford was born in 1829 in Enfield

Enfield, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

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 and became the doctor for the slaves at Pine Hill Plantation

Pine Hill Plantation

Pine Hill Plantation was a large cotton plantation of established between 1829 and 1832 in northern Leon County, Florida, United States touching the southeast arm of Lake Iamonia established by Dr...

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