Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation


The Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation was a forced-labor farm of 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:
  • Unimproved Land:
  • 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.
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