Waverly Plantation was a large cotton-growing slave plantation of unknown size, located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States, owned by George Taliaferro Ward.
Waverly Plantation was a large cotton-growing slave plantation of unknown size, located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States, owned by George Taliaferro Ward.
Waverly Plantation bordered the Southwood Plantation on the west.
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Southwood Plantation had the following:
Besides Waverly, Ward also maintained his plantations of Clifford Place and Southwood. Including Waverly, his holdings totaled 4,200 acres (1,700 ha) of which 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) were improved. Combined, Ward held 160 persons enslaved, produced 7500 bushels of corn and 500 bales of cotton.
George Taliafero Ward was born in Kentucky in 1810 and moved to Tallahassee in 1825. In that same year Ward became Register of the Land Office, succeeding Samuel R. Overton. From 1838 to 1839 Ward served on the Legislative Council from Leon County and attended the Constitutional Convention.
George T. Ward inherited the land now known as Southwood from his father, George W. Ward.
In 1844 Ward married Sarah Jane Chaires of the wealthy Benjamin Chaires family of eastern Leon County and had at least three daughters, Georgima, Anna, and Mattie as well as brothers. Sarah Jane would inherit other properties that were later incorporated into Southwood.
The original mansion built in 1865 at Southwood was destroyed by fire. In 1939, George Henderson, grandson of Colonel John and Mattie Henderson, moved the family home from downtown Tallahassee to the old foundation of the original Southwood house.
Woodlawn was a large forced-labor farm of 2,503 acres (1,013 ha) located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Dr. Griffin Holland in 1834. It contained good portion of County Road 12, Gallen Drive, Henry Beadel Drive including Tall Timbers Research Station, Iamonia and Landing Road including the small African-American neighborhoods located on Waterfront Drive, Pelican Lane, Seagull Lane, and Annabelle Lane.
The James A. Kirksey Plantation was a moderate forced-labor farm of 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) located in northwestern Leon County, Florida, United States, established by James A. Kirksey. In 1847 he served as mayor of Tallahassee. He had a large number of slaves.
Chemonie Plantation was a forced-labor farm of 1,840 acres (740 ha) in northern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Hector Braden. By 1860, 64 enslaved people worked the land, which was primarily used to produce cotton as a cash crop.
Casa de Laga Plantation was a forced-labor farm of 1,228 acres (497 ha) located in west central Leon County, Florida, United States established by George Alexander Croom. It was also known as the Ball and McCabe Place and later as Shidzuoka. In 1860, 70 enslaved people worked the land, which was primarily devoted to producing cotton as a cash crop.
La Grange Plantation was a large forced-labor farm of 4,150 acres (1,680 ha) located in central Leon County, Florida, United States established by Joseph John Williams.
Tuscawilla Plantation was a large forced-labor farm growing cotton on 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) located in eastern Leon County, Florida, United States established by George W. Parkhill.
Verdura Plantation was a large slave plantation growing cotton on 9,440 acres (3,820 ha) in eastern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Benjamin Chaires.
Joseph Chaires Plantation was a large cotton plantation of 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States owned by Joseph Chaires.
Walnut Hill Plantation was a small forced-labor farm growing cotton on 2,120 acres (860 ha) located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States owned by Thomas Anderson Bradford.
Southwood Plantation was a large forced-labor farm growing cotton on 5,000 acres (20 km2) located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States and owned by George Taliafero Ward.
The Francis Eppes Plantation was a cotton plantation of 1,920 acres (8 km2) situated in east-central Leon County, Florida, United States and established by Francis W. Eppes in 1829.
The R. G. Shepard Plantation was a small forced-labor farm growing cotton on 1,400 acres (570 ha) located in south central Leon County, Florida, United States established by R. G. Shepard.
Orchard Pond Plantation was a large forced-labor farm originally growing cotton on 8754 acres, developed and owned in the 19th century by Richard Keith Call, attorney, planter and future Territorial Governor, in what is now northwestern Leon County, Florida, United States. In 1860 he owned 118 slaves to work the 1300 acres of improved land.
Live Oak Plantation was originally a small cotton plantation of 1,560 acres (630 ha) located in central Leon County, Florida, United States established by John Branch who arrived in Florida in 1832 and served as Florida Territorial Governor while living at Live Oak for 15 years.
The William D. Bloxham Plantation was a small cotton-growing forced-labor farm of 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) located southwest of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, established by William D. Bloxham.
The George W. Scott Plantation was a 1036-acre (4 km2) cotton-growing forced-labor farm in central Leon County, Florida, United States established by George Washington Scott in 1852 and located 2 miles (3 km) south of Tallahassee.
Barrow Hill Plantation was a large forced-labor farm of 3,990 acres (1,610 ha) located in central Leon County, Florida, United States. It was established by John S. Winthrop, who by 1860 enslaved 71 people to work his land, which was primarily dedicated to growing cotton as a cash crop.
George Taliaferro Ward was a major cotton planter and politician from Leon County, Florida. He served in the Confederate Army as a colonel during the American Civil War, dying near Williamsburg, Virginia.
Clifford Place Plantation or Clifford Place was a cotton forced-labor farm of unknown size, located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States, owned by George Taliaferro Ward.
Benjamin Chaires Sr. (1786–1838) was an American planter, land owner, banker and investor in Territorial Florida, and may have been the richest man in Florida in the 1830s. He was involved in the creation of the first railroads in Florida.