michelle kirby women of tallahassee during the 1860s

Michelle Kirby

Women of Tallahassee during the 1860s

Stylized South

Plantations in North Florida

Plantations in Leon County

Plantations of Leon County in 1860During the 1820s through 1850s, Leon County attracted planters from Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, and North/South Carolina to its fertile soils and long growing season. Up until the early stages of the Civil War, Leon County was the 5th largest producer of cotton between all counties in Georgia and Florida.

Orchard Pond Plantation

According to data in the United States Census of 1860, Call

was the third-largest slaveholder in Leon County. 

Call began to concentrate on agricultural experiments such

as Florida hemp and livestock improvements.

Orchard Pond

Ellen Call Long – The Tallahassee Girl

The Grove

May Day at the Grove 1960

The Grove Today

Susan Branch Hopkins

Goodwood Today

Susan BranchBradford Eppes

Born: March 8, 1846

Pine Hill Plantation

Mother of 6

Author“Through Some Eventful Years”“Verses from Florida”

Died: July 2, 1942

Eppes driving a car

Susan Bradford Eppes

Pinewood Plantation

Women makingsnowballs - 1958(Florida Memory)