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Woodlawn Plantation (Florida)

Coordinates: 30°25′18″N 84°07′03″W / 30.4217°N 84.1175°W / 30.4217; -84.1175
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Woodlawn Plantation was a large forced-labor farm built by Thomas Peter Chaires on St. Augustine Road immediately south of Chaires in eastern Leon County, Florida.[1]

Chaires, along with his 2 brothers Green H. Chaires and Benjamin Chaires, established large plantations during the Florida Territorial Period of 1821-1845. Green Chaires would establish Evergreen Hills Plantation and Benjamin would establish Verdura Plantation.

Plantation specifics

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The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the Woodlawn Plantation had the following:

  • Improved Land: N/A
  • Unimproved Land: N/A
  • Cash value of plantation: N/A
  • Cash value of farm implements/machinery: N/A
  • Cash value of farm animals: N/A
  • Number of slaves: N/A
  • Bushels of corn: N/A
  • Bales of cotton: N/A

The plantations would eventually form the community hub of Chaires. In 2000 the community of Chaires was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The owner

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Chaires' father was Major Benjamin Chaires who laid out and named the area of Jacksonville, Florida in 1822. Chaires is also listed as a voter in First Florida Election of 1845.

References

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  1. ^ Clifton Paisley (1968). From cotton to quail an agricultural chronicle of leon country florida 1860-1967. Internet Archive. p. 5.

30°25′18″N 84°07′03″W / 30.4217°N 84.1175°W / 30.4217; -84.1175