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Hickory Hill, FL, March 1901

Leaving Tallahassee, Moore traveled just north of the city to the Hickory Hill estate of Edward Beadel. Beadel, a wealthy New York businessman, bought the property in 1895 as a quail hunting estate. Although Moore referrs to Hickory Hill as being in Georgia, it is actually located in Florida, a couple of miles inside the Fla/Ga line, just north of Tallahassee. The Ganet Pond that Ridgway refers to is actually Gannet Pond, located on the Hickory Hill estate. Today the property is known as Tall Timbers Research Station. Most of the people he photographed here were sharecroppers and staff from Hickory Hill.
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Juanita Shelton Winston 16-Feb-2010 07:27
In my first comments dated Dec. 1, 2009, it was later learned that the plantation I was referring to was the HICKORY HILL PLANTATION located in Hanover County, Virginia that my grandmother was born and raised at. She was born there in 1905 and is still living. Does anyone have any information on the life there at that time. Her mother was a maid in the Manor house. Her name was Mary Jackson and her father's name was Abram Henry. Her mother died when she was 11 years old. She cannot remember what caued her death. Her father died while digging a pond on the the Hickory Hill Plantation.
Juanita Shelton Winston 01-Dec-2009 17:20
I am overwhelmed at the pictures and history. My grandmother, who is currently still living; Virginia Henry Shelton was born and raised on a plantation in Hanover County owned by the Wickhams. Her father and mother both worked on this plantation. This plantation seems to be located on the same place as the Hickory Hill Plantation. It may be one in the same. My grandmother turned 104 this past September and talks a lot about her life on this plantation.
Immanuel Guest 15-Sep-2008 09:47
My family were sharecroppers at Hickory Hills Plantation. I'm wondering if there are names to go along with any of the photographs.
Scott 08-Nov-2005 03:22
Fantastic photos.
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