Mossview Plantation

Mossview Plantation was a medium-sized forced-labor farm that grew cotton on 2204 acre located in Leon County, Florida, United States established by Amos Whitehead.

Location
Mossview Plantation was located in north central Leon County on the southeast shore of Lake Jackson and just north of Live Oak Plantation

Plantation specifics
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Mossview Plantation had the following:
 * Improved Land: 1200 acre
 * Unimproved Land: 1200 acre
 * Cash value of plantation: $20,000
 * Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $800
 * Cash value of farm animals: $3600
 * Number of slaves: 58
 * Bushels of corn: 2000
 * Bales of cotton: 80

The Owner
Amos Whitehead was from Burke County, Georgia. On June 18, 1858, he married Miss Margaret M. Bradford, daughter of Dr. Edward Bradford of Pine Hill Plantation at Pine Hill. The Rev. Dr. Nash officiated.

In 1915 Mossview would become Meridian Plantation having been sold to Arthur B. Lapsley of Pomfret, Connecticut.