Miccosukee Plantation was a medium sized cotton plantation of 2517 acres (10 km²) located in eastern Leon County

Leon County, Florida

Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...

, Florida

Florida

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, USA established by John Miller.

Location

Miccosukee Plantation was located in eastern Leon County near Lake Miccosukee

Lake Miccosukee

Lake Miccosukee is a large swampy prairie lake in northern Jefferson County, Florida, USA, located east of the settlement of Miccosukee. A small portion of the lake, its northwest corner, is located in Leon County.-Characteristics:...

 and the village of Miccosukee

Miccosukee, Florida

Miccosukee is a historical small unincorporated community in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States. It is located at the junction of County Road 59 and County Road 151...

 most likely north of Blakely Plantation

Blakely Plantation

Blakely was a small cotton plantation of located in extreme northeast Leon County, Florida and established by Miles Blake.-Location:Blakely was bounded on the east by Susan's son's Ingleside Plantation and would have been bound on the west by what is now County Road 59...

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Plantation specifics

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

• Improved Land: 1400 acres (5½ km²)
• Unimproved Land: 1300 acres (5 km²)
• Cash value of plantation: $
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  35,000
• Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $250
• Cash value of farm animals: $15,000
• Number of slaves: 80
• Bushels of corn: 5000
• Bales of cotton: 180

Miller grazed 266 head of cattle, 160 sheep, and 250 hogs on the lowlands of Miccosukee.

Owner

John Miller was born in 1798 in Duplin County

Duplin County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 49,063 people, 18,267 households, and 13,060 families residing in the county. The population density was 60 people per square mile . There were 20,520 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

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where he was a merchant and postmaster. He migrated to Florida but returned briefly to marry Sarah Eliza Houston in 1850. John died in 1865 and is buried in Leon County.