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Susan Bradford Eppes (third from right) standing in front of her childhood home, Pinehill.

This undated document is a geographical survey of Township 3 north, range 2, which encompasses the northern half of Leon County, Florida. Includes acreage measurements and place names.

In the nineteenth century, there were several large…

The African American community of Smokey Hollow was directly south east of the capitol building, on land previously owned by the Houston family. Research suggests that the first residents of the enclave were tenant farmers and former slaves of the…

Susan Bradford Eppes was the daughter of the prominent Leon County planter, Edward Bradford. She was born and raised on Pinehill plantation, north of Tallahassee.

Later in life, Susan Bradford Eppes wrote extensively about her childhood. And…

Smokey Hollow was a large African American enclave that developed in Tallahassee in the last decades of the 19th century. Frame vernacular style homes such as these were common in Smokey Hollow, and most homes had large gardens in the front yard.…