R. G. Shepard Plantation

Location of the R. G. Shepard Plantation

The R. G. Shepard Plantation was a small cotton plantation of 1,400 acres (570 ha) located in south central Leon County, Florida, USA established by R.G. Shepard.

Location

The R.G. Shepard Plantation bordered Southwood Plantation on the west side. Also nearby and to the northeast would have been the Joseph Chaires Plantation as well as George Taliaferro Ward's Clifford Place Plantation, Waverly Plantation, and Southwood Plantation.

Today that land encompasses part of Tram Road in the general area of an incorporated community called Corey southeast of Southwood Golf Club and northeast of Woodville.

Plantation specifics

The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the R. G. Shepard Plantation had the following:

References

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