Pine Hill Plantation was a large cotton plantation of established between 1829 and 1832 in northern Leon County, Florida, by Edward Bradford. It touched the southeast arm of Lake Iamonia. The area today is known as Bradfordville. Location Adjacent plantations: Oaklawn Plantation in the northeast and southwest Horseshoe Plantation to the north. Pine Hill's plantation house was located north of Oaklawn Plantation home on Thomasville Road, north of Tallahassee. Today the developments of Killearn Lakes Plantation, large private homes, and several commercial interests are on Pine Hill. Plantation specifics The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Pine Hill Plantation had the following: Improved Land: Unimproved Land: Cash value of plantation: $28,000 () Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $1500 () Cash value of farm animals: $5,000 () Number of slaves: 130 Bushels of corn: 4000 Bales of cotton: 225 During March 1857 the "black measles" hit Pine Hill killing several people. Pine Hill was situated amid rolling hills and green forests, with little streams that fed one of the nearby lakes. The plantation had a large stately mansion painted green and white and which stood in a grove of pines. The mansion was surrounded by gardens of roses and a variety of shrubbery as well as lawns. Thoroughbred Kentucky horses, cows from Alderney and Guernsey grazed on some land. To the east of the mansion were the slaves' cabins. The plantation also had a 24-foot, one room business office with several windows and a fireplace used by Dr. Bradford. This office also served as a hospital for the sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Life of the slaves We know a lot about life at Pine Hill. Past the main house were approximately 100 well-whitewashed frame cabins with brick chimneys; all who wanted them had gardens, with free seed provided. There were also about 30 "house slaves". Past the cabins one found a saw mill, a grist mill, and a shingle mill. There were shops for a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a carpenter, and a cooper, a brickyard and a kiln. Working there were four white men: an engineer, a miller, a sawyer, and a bookkeeper. A "minister of the Gospel" visited alternate Sundays. Slaves were required to bathe and don clean clothes at least twice a week. There was a contract with a doctor to treat cases of illness. The owner Dr. Edward Bradford was born August 2, 1798, and