Slaves of Frederick R Cotten at Burgesstown Plantation

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

Index of Plantations Burgesstown Plantation, Leon County, Florida

Contents 1 Burgesstown Plantation 1.1 Slaves Purchased in 1851 1.2 Freedman Who Listed Fred Cotten As Their Former Slave Owner And/or Lived On His Plantation Shortly After Emancipation 2 Sources

Burgesstown Plantation

Frederick R Cotten established Burgesstown Plantation in Northern Leon County, Florida, between 1850 and 1855. 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.

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.^[1][2] The named slaves included:

• Old Penny
• young Penny
• Wilkes
• Enoch
• Molly
• Sarry
• Sylvia
• Albery
• Nancy
• Rosetta
• Betsy
• John
• Franklin
• Jacob Sr.
• Jacob Jr.
• Jerry
• Frederick
• Penelope
• Lucy
• Jenny
• Lydia
• Guni (?)
• Seaborn
• Susan
• Washington
• Aga (?)
• George
• Martha
• Sarah
• Louisa
• Winna
• Mourning
• Scipio
• Davy
• Parthana
• Margaret

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

• Nate Griffin^[3]
• Simon Barrow^[4]
• Albert Luce ^[5]
• John Bowman^[6]
• Frederick Williams^[7]
• Lovlace Goines^[8]
• Lewis Cotten^[9]
• Peter Clanton (abt.1826-)^[10]
• Lucy Clanton (abt.1840-), wife of Peter^[10]
• Patsey Clanton (abt.1860-), daughter of Peter and Lucy^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Strawberry Hill Plantation (http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncstate/plantations/strawberry_halifax.htm}
2. ↑ Contract for Sale of Slaves (http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/327675)
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p54, #385
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p153, application #1171
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p158, application #1211
8. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p160, application #1225
9. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Roll 05: Tallahassee, Florida; Aug 25, 1866-Jan 15, 1872, p161, application #1237
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} 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.

• Burgesstown Plantation(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgesstown_Plantation)
• LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA, LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES and SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS, Transcribed by Tom Blake, May 2003 (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajac/genealogy/flleon.htm)
• Slaves of Dr Cary Whitaker at Strawberry Hill Plantation (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Slaves_of_Dr_Cary_Whitaker_at_Strawberry_Hill_Plantation)