Meridian Plantation was a quail hunting plantation

Quail hunting plantation

A quail hunting plantation is a large tract of land typically with a natural wooded and grass habitat for the purpose of recreational hunting of bobwhite quail.-Range:...

 in central Leon County, Florida

Leon County, Florida

Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...

 was
established by Arthur Lapsley in 1915. Lapsley was from Pomfret Center in Pomfret, Connecticut

Pomfret, Connecticut

Pomfret is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,798 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

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Meridian Plantation had previously been Mossview Plantation

Mossview Plantation

Mossview Plantation was a medium sized cotton plantation of located in Leon County, Florida, USA 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...

 owned by the Whitehead family.

In 1933, Meridian Plantation was purchased by Dwight F. Davis

Dwight F. Davis

Dwight Filley Davis was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition.-Biography:...

. Davis was Assistant Secretary of War

United States Assistant Secretary of War

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 under President Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

 and Governor General of the Philippines from 1929-1932. Davis also founded the tennis world's prestigious Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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In 1945, Davis died with Meridian becoming the property of Griscom Bettle, nephew to Lloyd C. Griscom of Luna Plantation

Luna Plantation

Luna Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Lloyd C. Griscom.Lloyd C. Griscom was the son of Clement A. Griscom from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Clement was a shipping magnate, President of the Red Star Line and American...

. Bettle would also acquire Rose Hill Plantation

Rose Hill Plantation

Rose Hill Plantation was a moderate sized quail hunting plantation established by Ralph Nicholson in 1950 and located in Leon County, Florida, United States....

, a smaller plantation which bordered Lake Elizabeth on its east and also had considerable acreage near Lake Jackson. Rose Hill would be sold to Ralph Nicholson, former publisher of the New Orleans Item and other newspapers.

Adjacent plantations:

• Ayavalla Plantation
  Ayavalla Plantation
  Ayavalla Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in west central Leon County, Florida established by John Henry Phipps, son of John Shaffer Phipps of the prominent Phipps family.Ayavalla was the Indian word used by Ellen Call Long for Lake Jackson...
  
   to the west
• Live Oak Plantation
  Live Oak Plantation, Florida
  Live Oak Plantation was originally a small cotton plantation of located in central Leon County, Florida, USA established by John Branch who arrived in Florida in 1832 and served as Florida Territorial Governor while living at Live Oak for 15 years.-Location:...
  
  to the south