Michelle Kirby Women of Tallahassee during the 1860s.
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Michelle Kirby
Women of Tallahassee during the 1860s
Stylized South
Plantations in North Florida
Plantations in Leon County
Plantations of Leon County in 1860During the 1820s through 1850s, Leon County attracted planters from Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, and North/South Carolina to its fertile soils and long growing season. Up until the early stages of the Civil War, Leon County was the 5th largest producer of cotton between all counties in Georgia and Florida.
Orchard Pond Plantation
According to data in the United States Census of 1860, Call
was the third-largest slaveholder in Leon County.
Call began to concentrate on agricultural experiments such
as Florida hemp and livestock improvements.
Orchard Pond
Ellen Call Long – The Tallahassee Girl
The Grove
May Day at the Grove 1960
Susan Branch Hopkins
Goodwood Today
Susan BranchBradford Eppes
Born: March 8, 1846
Pine Hill Plantation
Mother of 6
Author“Through Some Eventful Years”“Verses from Florida”
Died: July 2, 1942
Eppes driving a car
Susan Bradford Eppes
Pinewood Plantation
Women makingsnowballs - 1958(Florida Memory)
