Walnut Hill Plantation was a small
cotton plantation
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of located in northern
Leon County,
Florida
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, United States owned by Thomas Anderson Bradford.
Location
Walnut Hill was located in the general area of
Bradfordville near William Bradford's
Edgewood Plantation, 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 Pine Hill Plantation had the following:
* Improved Land:
* Unimproved Land:
* 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
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,
North Carolina
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. Thomas had a daughter, Sallie G. Bradford born in 1835 and died in 1867.
References
Rootsweb Plantations
*Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968.
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Plantations in Leon County, Florida
Cotton plantations in Florida