Edgewood Plantation was a small
forced-labor farm of 1840
acre
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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, 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 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,
North Carolina
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and became the doctor for the slaves at
Pine Hill Plantation.
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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