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Burgesstown Plantation, Leon County, Florida

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Index of Plantations Slaves of Frederick R Cotten at Burgesstown Plantation

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Burgesstown Plantation

Frederick R Cotten established Burgesstown Plantation in Northern Leon County, Florida, between 1850 and 1855. The plantation bordered the Ochlockonee River on the west and Lake Iammonia on the East. It became one of the largest cotton plantations in Florida, consisting of 8,100 acres. Slaves were used to work 3,800 acres of improved land.

The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Burgesstown Plantation had the following:[1]

  • Improved Land: 3,800 acres (1,500 ha)
  • Unimproved Land: 4,300 acres (1,700 ha)
  • Cash value of plantation: US$22,000
  • Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $200
  • Cash value of farm animals: $600
  • Number of enslaved persons: 274[1]
  • corn: 13,000 bushels (460 m³)
  • cotton: 825 bales

Owners

  • Frederick R Cotten, established plantation between 1850-1855 and held until his death in 1878.

Slaves

Slaves Purchased in 1851

There is a Bill of Sale from 1851, which indicated Frederick R Cotten purchased 35 named slaves from Cary Whitaker of Halifax County, North Carolina, for $15,000. Dr. Cary Whitaker was Frederick's uncle, and the owner of Strawberry Hill Plantation in Halifax County, North Carolina.[2][3] The named slaves included:

Freedman Who Listed Fred Cotten As Their Master And/or Lived On His Plantation Shortly After Emancipation

Sources

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Burgesstown Plantation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burgesstown_Plantation&oldid=982428145 (accessed July 9, 2022).
  2. Strawberry Hill Plantation (http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncstate/plantations/strawberry_halifax.htm}
  3. Contract for Sale of Slaves (http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/327675)
  4. "United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSTH-86F : 9 March 2018), Nate Griffin, ; citing bank Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication M816 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1970); FHL microfilm 928,575.
  5. "United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSTH-85J : 9 March 2018), Simon Barrow, ; citing bank Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication M816 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1970); FHL microfilm 928,575.
  6. Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p54, #385
  7. Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p153, application #1171
  8. Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p158, application #1211
  9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p160, application #1225
  10. Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p161, application #1237
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 US Freedman's Bank Records: "U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874"
    The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874; ARC Identifier: 566522; Record Group Number: 101; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-2006
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8755 #183750 (accessed 1 July 2022)
    Name: Peter Clanton; Gender: Male; Residence Age: 44; Application Age: 44; Birth Date: 1828; Birth Place: North Carolina; Account Date: 15 Jan 1870; Residence Address: Burgess Town With Fred Cotton; Residence: Burgess Town, Florida; Application Date: 15 Jan 1870; Bank Location: Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA; Relation to Head: Self (Head); Complexion: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Spouse: Lucy Clanton; Child: Vinney; Description: Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872; Account Number: 875; Household
    Age
    Relationship: Peter Clanton 44 Self (Head)
    Lucy Clanton Spouse
    Vinney Child.




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