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Miccosukee Plantation


Miccosukee Plantation was a medium-sized cotton plantation of 2517 acres (10 km2) located in eastern Leon County, Florida, United States established by John Miller.

Miccosukee Plantation was located in eastern Leon County near Lake Miccosukee and the village of Miccosukee most likely north of Blakely Plantation.

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

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

John Miller was born in 1798 in Duplin County, North Carolina 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.



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