Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation

The Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation was a forced-labor farm of 1,610 acres (650 ha) located in Leon County, Florida, United States established by Daniel B. Meginniss. In 1860, 70 enslaved people worked the land, which was primarily devoted to producing cotton as a cash crop.

Plantation specifics

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

Improved Land: 800 acres (320 ha)
Unimproved Land: 810 acres (330 ha)
Cash value of plantation: $40,000
Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $500
Cash value of farm animals: $4150
Number of slaves: 70
Bushels of corn: 3000
Bales of cotton: 150

The owner

Daniel B. Meginniss was born in 1820 in Maryland. Meginniss is shown as a voter in the First Florida Election in 1845.

1845 voters
1860 plantations
Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.

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