Woodlawn Plantation was a large plantation located in eastern 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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United States

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 owned by Thomas Peter Chaires.

Thomas Peter Chaires, along with his 2 brothers Green A. Chaires and Benjamin A. Chaires, established large plantations during the Florida Territorial Period of 1821-1845. Green Chaires would establish Evergreen Hills Plantation

Evergreen Hills Plantation

Evergreen Hills Plantation was a large cotton plantation of 6700 acres located in eastern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Green A. Chaires.-Location:Evergreen Hills was located in 2 tracts...

 and Benjamin would establish Vendura Plantation

Vendura Plantation

Vendura Plantation was a large cotton plantation of in eastern Leon County, Florida, USA established by Benjamin Chaires, Sr.The Benjamin Chaires who owned VERDURA was not Benjamin Chaires Sr...

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Plantation specifics

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

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

The plantations would eventually form the community hub of Chaires. In 2000 the community of Chaires was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The owner

Peter Thomas Chaires' father was Major Benjamin Chaires who laid out and named the area of Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

in 1822. Chaires is also listed as a voter in First Florida Election of 1845.