Walnut Hill Plantation was a small forced-labor farm growing cotton on 2,120 acres (860 ha) located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States owned by Thomas Anderson Bradford.
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Location
Walnut Hill was located in the general area of Bradfordville near William Bradford's Edgewood Plantation, and Edward Bradford's Pine Hill Plantation, and Richard H. Bradford's Water Oak Plantation.
Plantation specifics
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Pine Hill Plantation had the following:
- Improved Land: 1,700 acres (690 ha)
- Unimproved Land: 420 acres (170 ha)
- Cash value of plantation: $12,000
- Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $600
- Cash value of farm animals: $3700
- Number of slaves: 65
- Bushels of corn: 2500
- Bales of cotton: 80
Owner
Thomas Anderson Bradford was born February 13, 1790, in Enfield, North Carolina. Thomas had a daughter, Sallie G. Bradford born in 1835 and died in 1867.
References
- Rootsweb Forced-labor Farms
- Largest Enslavers from 1860 Slave Census Schedules
- Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.
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This page was last edited on 27 May 2024, at 03:41