History of Kingsley Plantation

A Spanish Antebellum Plantation

During Florida’s plantation period (1763-1865), Fort George Island was owned by many planters. The site name comes from one of those families. Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley lived here from 1814 to 1837.

 

History of Kingsley Plantation

The Birth of Plantation Archaeology

Archaeology at Kingsley Plantation

An investigation just outside of the tabby cabins at Kingsley Plantation. Learn more about the archaeological record.

One Family Story

Kingsley Family and Descendants

Freedom, enslavement, royalty, lineage, survival, the Kingsley family story is a web as complex as American history itself.

Explore the Stories of the Silenced

Slave Community

The enslaved community at Kingsley Plantation was a large group of people with many stories to tell, here are just a few.

3D Models

Documenting History with Technology

3D models of historic sites help us to preserve them from every angle.

Coastal Concrete

Tabby

Learn more about the oyster shell-based building material seen at Kingsley Plantation.

Clubs, Golf, and a New Era

Recreation Era

The post-civil war era on Fort George Island moved away from agricultural and towards recreation and tourism.

 

Links to Learn More

Kingsley Family and Society

Slave Community

Crops of Kingsley Plantation

Sea Island Cotton

Tabby

Archaeology

Freedom Seekers in Timucuan Preserve

Post-Plantation History

Chronology of Fort George Island

Florida History Online (Timucuan Preserve)

External (non-NPS) Websites Related to Kingsley Plantation:

UNF, UF Students Dig Through Dirt for Clues to History