• Source: Joseph Chaires Plantation

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.




Location


The Joseph Chaires Plantation's northern border was located at the southeast tip of Lake Lafayette. The property extended southward across Old St. Augustine Road. Today that land encompasses part of U.S. 27, Louvinia Drive, County Road 2197 (Williams Road), County Road 2196 (Old St. Augustine Road), County Road 2195 (WW Kelly Drive) as far south as County Road 259 (Tram Road) near Lake Erie and Big Lake.




Plantation specifics


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

Improved Land: 1,400 acres (570 ha)
Unimproved Land: 3,400 acres (1,400 ha)
Cash value of plantation: $50,000
Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $150
Cash value of farm animals: $6,500
Number of persons enslaved: 130
Bushels of corn: 5000
Bales of cotton: 200




The owner


Joseph Chaires was the son of Benjamin Chaires and cousin of Green Chaires.




References


Rootsweb Plantations
Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules
1845 voters
Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.

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