Miccosukee Plantation

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Miccosukee Plantation was a medium sized cotton plantation of 2517 acres (10 km²) located in eastern Leon County, Florida, USA established by John Miller.

Contents 1 Location 2 Plantation specifics 3 Owner 4 References

[edit] Location

Miccosukee Plantation was located in eastern Leon County near Lake Miccosukee and the village of Miccosukee most likely north of Blakely Plantation.

[edit] Plantation specifics

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

• Improved Land: 1400 acres (5½ km²)
• Unimproved Land: 1300 acres (5 km²)
• Cash value of plantation: $35,000
• Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $250
• Cash value of farm animals: $15,000
• Number of slaves: 80
• Bushels of corn: 5000
• Bales of cotton: 180

Miller grazed 266 head of cattle, 160 sheep, and 250 hogs on the lowlands of Miccosukee.

[edit] Owner

John Miller was born in 1798 in Duplin County, North Carolina where he was a merchant and postmaster. He migrated to Florida but returned briefly to marry Sarah Eliza Houston in 1850. John died in 1865 and is buried in Leon County.

[edit] References

• Rootsweb Plantations
• 1845 voters
• Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.