Edgewood Plantation was a small
cotton plantation
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of 1840
acre
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Places
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* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
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s (7½ km
2) located in northern
Leon County,
Florida
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, USA owned by Dr. William Bradford.
Location
Edgewood Plantation was located in the general area of
Bradfordville near Thomas Anderson Bradford's
Walnut Hill Plantation
Walnut Hill Plantation was a small cotton plantation of located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States owned by Thomas Anderson Bradford.
Location
Walnut Hill was located in the general area of Bradfordville near William Bradford's Ed ...
, and Edward Bradford's
Pine Hill Plantation
Pine Hill Plantation was a large cotton plantation of established between 1829 and 1832 in northern Leon County, Florida, by Edward Bradford. It touched the southeast arm of Lake Iamonia. The area today is known as Bradfordville.
Location
Adjace ...
, and Richard H. Bradford's
Water Oak Plantation
Water Oak Plantation was a small cotton plantation of located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Richard Bradford.
Location
Water Oak was located in the general area of Bradfordville.
Adjacent plantations:
*Pine H ...
.
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:
$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
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...
,
North Carolina
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and became the doctor for the slaves at
Pine Hill Plantation
Pine Hill Plantation was a large cotton plantation of established between 1829 and 1832 in northern Leon County, Florida, by Edward Bradford. It touched the southeast arm of Lake Iamonia. The area today is known as Bradfordville.
Location
Adjace ...
.
References
Rootsweb Plantations*Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968.
Plantations in Leon County, Florida
Cotton plantations in Florida
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