Edgewood Plantation (Leon County, Florida)

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Edgewood Plantation was a small forced-labor farm of 1840 acres (7½ km2) located in northern Leon County, Florida, USA owned by Dr. William Bradford.

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Location

Edgewood Plantation was located in the general area of Bradfordville near Thomas Anderson Bradford's Walnut Hill Plantation, and Edward Bradford's Pine Hill Plantation, and Richard H. Bradford's Water Oak Plantation.

Plantation specifics

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

The owner

William Bradford was born in 1829 in Enfield, North Carolina and became the doctor for the slaves at Pine Hill Plantation.

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