Woodlawn Plantation (Florida)
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Woodlawn Plantation was a large plantation located in eastern Leon County, Florida, U.S., owned by Thomas Peter Chaires.
Chaires, along with his 2 brothers Green H. Chaires and Benjamin Chaires, established large plantations during the Florida Territorial Period of 1821-1845. Green Chaires would establish Evergreen Hills Plantation and Benjamin would establish Verdura Plantation.
Plantation specifics[edit]
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the Woodlawn Plantation had the following:
- Improved Land: N/A
- Unimproved Land: N/A
- Cash value of plantation: N/A
- Cash value of farm implements/machinery: N/A
- Cash value of farm animals: N/A
- Number of slaves: N/A
- Bushels of corn: N/A
- Bales of cotton: N/A
The plantations would eventually form the community hub of Chaires. In 2000 the community of Chaires was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The owner[edit]
Chaires' father was Major Benjamin Chaires who laid out and named the area of Jacksonville, Florida in 1822. Chaires is also listed as a voter in First Florida Election of 1845.
References[edit]
- 1845 voters
- Florida Historical Markers Program
- Little Chaires
- Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.