Michelle Kirby Women of Tallahassee during the 1860s
Stylized South
Plantations in North Florida Plantations in Leon County Plantations in Leon County Plantations of Leon County in 1860 During the 1820s through 1850s, Leon County attracted planters from Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, and North/South Carolina to its fertile soils and long growing season. Up until the early stages of the Civil War, Leon County was the 5th largest producer of cotton between all counties in Georgia and Florida.
Orchard Pond Plantation According to data in the United States Census of 1860, Call was the third-largest slaveholder in Leon County. Call began to concentrate on agricultural experiments such as Florida hemp and livestock improvements.hemp
Orchard Pond
Ellen Call Long – The Tallahassee Girl
The Grove
May Day at the Grove 1960
The Grove Today
Susan Branch Hopkins
Goodwood Today
Susan Branch Bradford Eppes Born: March 8, 1846 Pine Hill Plantation Mother of 6 Author “Through Some Eventful Years” “Verses from Florida” Died: July 2, 1942
Eppes driving a car
Susan Bradford Eppes
Pinewood Plantation
Women making snowballs (Florida Memory)