The R. G. Shepard Plantation was a small

cotton plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

of located in south central Leon County,

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, United States established by R.G. Shepard.

Location

The R.G. Shepard Plantation bordered

Southwood Plantation Southwood Plantation was a large cotton plantation of located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States and owned by George Taliafero Ward. Location Southwood Plantation bordered the Francis Eppes Plantation on the north and the R. G. She ...

on the west side. Also nearby and to the northeast would have been the

Joseph Chaires Plantation Joseph Chaires Plantation was a large cotton plantation of located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States owned by Joseph Chaires. Location The Joseph Chaires Plantation's northern border was located at the southeast tip of Lake Lafayet ...

as well as

George Taliaferro Ward George Taliaferro Ward (1810 – May 5, 1862) was a major cotton planter and politician from Leon County, Florida. He served in the Confederate Army as a colonel during the American Civil War, dying near Williamsburg, Virginia. Early life and m ...

Clifford Place Plantation Clifford Place Plantation or Clifford Place was a cotton plantation of unknown size, located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States, owned by George Taliaferro Ward. Clifford Place would have been in the vicinity of Waverly Plantation an ...

, Waverly Plantation, and

. Today that land encompasses part of Tram Road in the general area of an

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called

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southeast of Southwood Golf Club and northeast of Woodville.

Plantation specifics

The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the R. G. Shepard Plantation had the following: * Improved Land: * Unimproved Land: * Cash value of plantation: $24,000 * Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $2000 * Cash value of farm animals: $7000 * Number of persons enslaved: 90 * Bushels of corn: 1000 * Bales of cotton: 225

References

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*Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968. {{coord missing, Florida Plantations in Leon County, Florida Cotton plantations in Florida