Plantations of Leon County were numerous and vast. Leon County, Florida was a true cotton kingdom. From the 1820s through 1850s Leon County attracted cotton planters from Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, North, South Carolina, plus other states and abroad to its fertile red clay soils and long growing season.
For some time and 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. (C. Paisley).
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