Mossview Plantation

Location of Mossview Plantation in 1915

Mossview Plantation was a medium-sized cotton plantation of 2,204 acres (8.92 km2) located in Leon County, Florida, USA established by Amos Whitehead.

Location

Mossview Plantation was located in north central Leon County on the southeast shore of Lake Jackson and just north of Live Oak Plantation

Plantation specifics

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

The Owner

Amos Whitehead was from Burke County, Georgia. On June 18, 1858 he married Miss Margaret M. Bradford, daughter of Dr. Edward Bradford of Pine Hill Plantation at Pine Hill. The Rev. Dr. Nash officiated.

In 1915 Mossview would become Meridian Plantation having been sold to Arthur B. Lapsley of Pomfret, Connecticut.

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