Joseph Chaires Plantation was a large cotton plantation of located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States owned by Joseph Chaires.
Location The Joseph Chaires Plantation's northern border was located at the southeast tip of Lake Lafayette. The property extended southward across Old St. Augustine Road. Today that land encompasses part of U.S. 27, Louvinia Drive, County Road 2197 (Williams Road), County Road 2196 (Old St. Augustine Road), County Road 2195 (WW Kelly Drive) as far south as County Road 259 (Tram Road) near Lake Erie and Big Lake.
Plantation specifics The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the Joseph Chaires Plantation had the following: Improved Land: Unimproved Land: Cash value of plantation: $50,000 Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $150 Cash value of farm animals: $6,500 Number of persons enslaved: 130 Bushels of corn: 5000 Bales of cotton: 200
The owner
Joseph Chaires was the son of Benjamin Chaires and cousin of Green Averitt Chaires (1827-1902). Green Averitt Chaires was a Leon County Commissioner.https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/leadingtheway/County-Commissioners/Details/green-averitt-chaires
References
Rootsweb Plantations Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules 1845 voters Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.