Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation

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The Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation was a small cotton plantation of 1,600 acres (6.5 km²) located in Leon County, Florida, USA established by Daniel B. Meginniss.

[edit] Plantation specifics

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

  • Improved Land: 800 acres (3.2 km²)
  • Unimproved Land: 810 acres (3.3 km²)
  • Cash value of plantation: $40,000
  • Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $500
  • Cash value of farm animals: $4150
  • Number of slaves: 70
  • Bushels of corn: 3000
  • Bales of cotton: 150

[edit] The owner

Daniel B. Meginniss was born in 1820 in Maryland. Meginniss is shown as a voter in the First Florida Election in 1845.

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