Oakland Plantation, Leon County, Florida

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

Index of Plantations

Oakland Plantation

Richard Croom (1805-1859) owned Oakland Plantation in Leon County, Florida. He and his wife, Winifred Bryan (Whitfield) Croom, however, lived in Sumter County, Alabama, where they also owned slaves. Oakland bordered the La Grange Plantation, Leon County, Florida owned by Richard's brother, Bryan Croom.^[1]

In the 1850 Leon County Tax Roll and Agricultural Census, Richard reportedly owned 65 slaves. The plantation produced 400 bales of cotton that year.^[2] However, the 1850 Slave Schedule Census indicated he owned 81.^[3]

See: Slaves of Richard Croom

Sources

1. ↑ The Red Hills of Florida, 1528-1865 by Clifton Paisley, published by The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London, copyright 1989, p 138.
2. ↑ Florida's Antebellum Plantations Part 1
3. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91416633 (accessed 4 July 2022)
   Richard Croom in Division 8, Leon, Florida, USA.