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Horseshoe Plantation

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121: 113: 52: 152:, the Whitehead family, and many other owners retaining the "Horseshoe Plantation" name. The plantation eventually was more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) in size with over 25 miles (40 km) of woodland drives. The plantation house had a 700 ft (210 m) long 176:
families at Horseshoe Plantation. One-third of Horseshoe was cultivated by these tenant farmers with 1,200 acres (4.9 km) in cotton and 1,500 acres (6.1 km) in corn. The remainder of the plantation was put to use for
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On October 19, 1916, and after Clement Griscom's death, the eastern part of Horseshoe was sold to New Yorker George F. Baker, Jr. for $ 170,000. Baker was the son of
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The western part of Horseshoe was divided into two separate plantations. Clement Grisom's son,
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and had 75 acres (300,000 m) set aside for their cultivation. In 1911 There were 80
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for $ 5300 (~$ 155,031 in 2023) from R. E. Lester, the son of Capt. William Lester of
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purchased 978 acres (3.96 km) and plantation house in the horseshoe bend of
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and established around 1840 by Dr. Edward Bradford, a planter from
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on the remaining 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) naming it for the
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Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules
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30°37′27″N 84°12′01″W / 30.6241°N 84.200187°W / 30.6241; -84.200187

forced-labor farm
Leon County
Florida
Enfield
North Carolina
Frederic C. Hamilton
Pine Hill Plantation


Clement A. Griscom
Philadelphia
American Civil War
Lake Iamonia
Oaklawn Plantation
Burgesstown Plantation
piazza
Jersey cattle
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Dolobran
pecans
tenant farmer
bobwhite quail
George Fisher Baker
J. P. Morgan
Lloyd C. Griscom
Luna Plantation
Lake Iamonia
Ochlockonee River

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