Mossview Plantation was a medium sized cotton plantation of 2204 acres (8.9 km²) located in Leon County

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...

, Florida

Florida

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, USA established by Amos Whitehead.

Location

Mossview Plantation was located in north central Leon County on the southeast shore of Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson (Tallahassee, Florida)

Lake Jackson is a shallow, prairie lake on the north side of Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida with two major depressions or sinkholes known as Porter Sink and Lime Sink....

 and just north of 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:...

Plantation specifics

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

• Improved Land: 1200 acres (4.9 km²)
• Unimproved Land: 1200 acres (4.9 km²)
• Cash value of plantation: $
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  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

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...

 at Pine Hill. The Rev. Dr. Nash officiated.

In 1915 Mossview would become Meridian Plantation

Meridian Plantation

Meridian Plantation was a quail hunting plantation in central Leon County, Florida wasestablished by Arthur Lapsley in 1915. Lapsley was from Pomfret Center in Pomfret, Connecticut....

 having been sold to Arthur B. Lapsley of Pomfret, Connecticut

Pomfret, Connecticut

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