Oaklawn Plantation

Oaklawn Plantation was a large forced-labor farm of 5,326 acres (21½ km²) in northern Leon County in the U.S. state of Florida. It was established around 1850 by Captain William Lester (born December 24, 1790) of Burke County, Georgia. The plantation operated as an agricultural enterprise worked by enslaved people, and it is documented in the 1860 Leon County agricultural census as holding 156 enslaved persons alongside 1,200 acres of improved land and 4,440 acres of unimproved land. The plantation occupied two tracts of land. The first and northernmost tract would become what is now parts of Killearn Lakes Plantation and the private hunting preserve of Horseshoe Plantation, extending south to Bradfordville. The second and southernmost tract would become properties on Ox Bottom Rd and edge Thomasville Road. The plantation home was known as The Lester-Lauder House, an antebellum I-house with a Carolina-type porch and enclosed rear shed rooms. By 1870, William Lester owned 5,000 acres of land in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. The Lester Cemetery, enclosed by an ornamental iron fence, contained an obelisk marking the location of Captain Lester and his wife Rhoda, with a total of 11 interments in brick vaults before its removal. In 1997, the Lester-Lauder house was razed to the ground to make way for a commercial interest called Bannerman Crossing. Oaklawn Plantation is not a commercial brand, company, product, or trademarked offering. It is a historical human settlement and agricultural estate. It therefore does not fit the brand knowledge base and is flagged for review.

Oaklawn Plantation was established around 1850 by Captain William Lester (born December 24, 1790) of Burke County, Georgia. It was a large forced-labor farm of 5,326 acres (21½ km²) in northern Leon County, Florida. The plantation was worked by enslaved people; the 1860 Leon County Florida Agricultural Census records that Oaklawn held 156 slaves, 1,200 acres of improved land, and 4,440 acres of unimproved land, with a cash value of $26,720 for the plantation, $600 for farm implements and machinery, and $5,925 for farm animals. That year the plantation produced 5,000 bushels of corn and 300 bales of cotton. The plantation occupied two tracts of land. The first and northernmost tract would become what is now parts of Killearn Lakes Plantation and the private hunting preserve of Horseshoe Plantation, extending south to Bradfordville. The second and southernmost tract would become properties on Ox Bottom Rd and edge Thomasville Road. The plantation home was known as The Lester-Lauder House, an antebellum I-house with a Carolina-type porch and enclosed rear shed rooms. William Lester's activities extended beyond the plantation. In 1834, prior to coming to Florida, Lester became the head of a vigilante committee called "The Regulators" during the funeral of a Mr. Roundtree. In May 1846, the Florida Superior Court grand jury investigated the deaths of two Georgia citizens at the hands of The Regulators. Judge Scarborough instructed the grand jury not to indict The Regulators for murder, but to issue a warning that they would be indicted the next time. The grand jury called on the officers of The Regulators to dismiss the body that was no longer needed for the purpose it was organized. William Lester was a signee to the Southern Rights Association of Centreville District on secession from the Union for the protection of Southern interests and the vindication of Southern rights to preserve and protect the Constitution in its purity as the basis of Federal compact, and the only foundation on which the Union of the States was made, or on which that Union should be preserved. By 1870, Lester owned 5,000 acres of land in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Lester Cemetery had an ornamental iron fence. An obelisk marked the location of Captain Lester and his wife Rhoda. A total of 11 interments with brick vaults were at this cemetery before its removal. Pieces of pearlware sherd were found around the graveyard. In 1997, the Lester-Lauder house was razed to the ground to make way for a commercial interest called Bannerman Crossing. Oaklawn Plantation is a historical human settlement and agricultural estate, not a commercial brand, company, product, or trademarked offering. It does not belong in a brand knowledge base.

• 1997

  The Lester-Lauder house was razed to the ground to make way for a commercial interest called Bannerman Crossing.

• 1870

  William Lester owned 5,000 acres of land in Texas, Georgia, and Florida.

• 1860

  Leon County Florida Agricultural Census records Oaklawn Plantation with 156 slaves, 1,200 acres improved land, 4,440 acres unimproved land, 5,000 bushels of corn, and 300 bales of cotton.

• 1850

  Oaklawn Plantation established around 1850 by Captain William Lester in northern Leon County, Florida.

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