African-American Resources for Leon County, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Leon County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Plantations

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Contents 1 Genealogy Resources 2 Cemeteries 3 Plantations 4 Slave Owners 4.1 Slaves 5 Statistics By End of 2022 6 Sources

Genealogy Resources

• 1850 Slave Schedule, Leon County Florida
• 1860 Slave Schedule, Leon County Florida
• Plantations of Leon County, Florida
• Smith, Julia Floyd (2017). Slavery and plantation growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860 (PDF). Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series. University of Florida Press. ISBN 9781947372627.
• Paisley, Clifton (1981). From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967. University of Florida Press. ISBN 9780813007182. First published in 1968
• Paisley, Clifton. The Red Hills of Florida, 1528-1865. University of Alabama Press. IBSN0-8173-0412-6. First published in 1989.
• Blake, Tom (2003). "Leon County, Florida: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules and Surnames Matches For African Americans on 1870 Census
• Plantations of Leon County in 1860
• Florida Ante Bellum Plantations
• Florida County List
• Florida: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More
• Leon County, Florida: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More
• Leon County enslaved Persons and Slaveholders
• An Archaeological Investigation of Enslavement at Gamble Plantation - list names of slaves at Nehamathla Plantation in Leon County on page 95 ^[1]

Cemeteries

• BELAIR CEMETERY, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
• Memorials in Belair Cemetery - Find A Grave (47 profiles)
• Clifford Hill Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida
• Clifford Hill Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida - Find A Grave (10 profiles)
• Connie-Copeland African-American Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida - Find A Grave (8 profiles)
• DeSoto Field Cemetery Memorials - Find A Grave (78 profiles)
• DeSoto Field Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida
• Hickory Hill Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida (35 memorials, 20 profiles created) - the primary burial ground for African-American families that lived and worked on the Welaunee Plantation.
• Munree Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida
• Munree Cemetery - Find A Grave (55 profiles)
• Payne Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida
• Payne Cemetery - Find A Grave (4 profiles)
• SODA FIELD CEMETERY aka DE SOTO TRAIL CEMETERY, East Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
• Southside Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida
• Southside Cemetery - Find A Grave (15 profiles)

See also:

• African-American Cemeteries in Florida

Plantations

• Bannerman Plantation
• Black Creek Plantation
• Blakely Plantation
• Burgesstown Plantation
• Casa de Laga Plantation
• Chemonie Plantation
• Fauntleroy Plantation
• Goodwood Plantation
• Ingleside Plantation
• La Grange Plantation
• Lakeland Plantation
• Live Oak Plantation
• New Hope Plantation
• Oakland Plantation
• Orchard Pond Plantation
• Pine Hill Plantation
• Pleasant Grove Plantation
• Shepards Place Plantation
• Walnut Hill Plantation
• Welaunee Plantation (needs creation)
• Verdura Plantation

See also:

• Florida Plantations

Slave Owners

• Joel Clifton Blake (1831-1863) and Slaves of Joel Clifton Blake, Florida (12 slave profiles done)
• Miles Blake (1785-1840) and Slaves of Miles Blake, Florida (needs 41 profiles done)
• Susan (Parish) Blake (1809-1868) and Slaves of Susan (Parish) Blake, Florida (no named slaves)
• Isham Miles Blake (1837-1899)
• Ann Eliza (Blake) Cromartie (1839-1903)
• Walter Raleigh Blake (1836-1910)
• Charles Bannerman (1806-1866) and Slaves of Charles Bannerman, Florida (no named slaves)
• Slaves of Richard Keith Call (226 profiles done)
• Benjamin C. Chaires (1786-1838) and Slaves of Benjamin C Chaires of Leon County, Florida (164 slave profiles done)
• Richard Croom (1805-1859) and Slaves of Richard Croom (no named slaves)
• James Addison (abt.1816-)
• William Alderman (abt.1815-), and Slaves of William Alderman, Florida (no named slaves)
• Alice P (Shepard) Gibbon (1828-1902)
• Julia (Shepard) Pettes (abt.1832-1898)
• Robert Gamble Shepard (abt.1835-)
• Mary Ann (Shepard) Chaires (abt.1825-)
• Lardner Gibbon (1820-1910)
• Alfred Moore Gatlin (1790-1841) and Slaves of Alfred Moore Gatlin, Leon County, Florida (45 slave profiles done)
• Slaves of Mary Anderson Wallace Savage (55 slave profiles done)
• John Branch (1782-1863) and Slaves of Gov. John Branch, Florida (85 slaves profiles done)
• Jeremiah Powell (abt.1792-abt.1839)
• John Swann Shepard (abt.1796-1853)
• Thomas Anderson Bradford (1790-1874) and Slaves of Thomas Anderson Bradford at Walnut Hill Plantation (92 slave profiles done)
• Edward Bradford (1798-1873)
• Edward McQueen Houstoun (1806-1875)
• Joseph John Williams (abt.1832-1876)
• Arvah Hopkins (1813-1888) and Slaves of Arvah Hopkins at Goodwood Plantation (41 slave profiles done)
• Francis Wayles Eppes (abt.1801-1881)
• George Alexander Croom (abt.1821-1890)
• Frederick R Cotten (1819-1878) and Slaves of Frederick R Cotten at Burgesstown Plantation (45 slave profiles done)
• George Noble Jones (1811-1876) and Slaves of George Noble Jones at Chemonie Plantation (58 slave profiles done, more needed)
• Amos Whitehead (1744-1812), already on Wikitree, added slave info
• John Whitehead (1783-1857), already on Wikitree, added slave owners categories, and Slaves of John Whitehead, Florida (needs 93 slave profiles created)
• Joseph King
• George Washington Parkhill (abt.1825-) and Slaves of George Washington Parkhill, Florida
• Noah L Thompson (abt.1811-abt.1854) and Slaves of Noah L Thompson, Leon County, Florida
• William Davis (bef.1835-bef.1855) and Slaves of William Davis, Leon County, Florida

Projects Still Needing Work :

• 1850 Slave Schedule, Leon County Florida (working on developing profiles not already on Wikitree, and linking existing profiles here; also add "Slaves of..." pages and plantation pages if more than 10 slaves for the enslaver.)
• 1860 Slave Schedule, Leon County Florida (working on developing profiles not already on Wikitree, and linking existing profiles here; also add "Slaves of..." pages and plantation pages if more than 10 slaves for the enslaver.)

Slaves

• George Davis

Statistics By End of 2022

Tabulations display where we are at the end of 2022. They include prior work done on the county before the team was established as well as the team's contributions.

Total slave profile count is a bit inflated as it is quite difficult to tabulate due to some slaves having been with multiple owners or on multiple lists for one owner.

Number of completed tasks for Leon County:
Cemeteries with A-A profiles done/(total profiles)	Slave Profiles from SO pages	Slave Owner Profiles	"Slaves of …" Pages Developed	Plantation Pages Developed
7 (217)	829	29	13	20

Sources

1. ↑ Deed Bk A p.78-81 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C372-F77P-Q?i=43&cat=38558