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La Grange Plantation was a large Cotton Plantation of 4150 acres located in central Leon County , Florida , USA owned by Joseph John Williams. LOCATION La Grange Plantation was located just east of Tallahassee in 2 tracts of land. The western most tract bordered the James Kirksey Plantation on the east and Barrow Hill Plantation on the south. The second tract of land to the east and much larger than the first bordered R. A. Whitfield's The House Place Plantation on the west, Barrow Hill Plantation's second tract of land on the east, and to the south it bordered Evergreen Hills Plantation and the Francis Eppes Plantation . PLANTATION SPECIFICS The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the La Grange Plantation had the following:
Purchasing agents for land, equipment and slaves:
THE OWNER Joseph John Williams was the son of General William Williams and Delia Haywood. J. J. Williams was the only surviving son of William and Delia when William died. Aside from agriculture, Jospeph John Williams was a voter in the 1st Statewide Election, Monday, May 26, 1845. Williams was also a Florida state representative from Leon County in 1860 . The Joseph John Wiliams home at 217 N. Calhoun Street was built in 1839 for W.P. Gorman. It sold to Dr. English, Harvard mathematics professor who came to Tallahassee for his health. Later sold to Williams as a town house for his family. The house was demolished in 1955 . Sources:
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