Near Marianna in Jackson County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sylvania Plantation

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 4, 2014

1. Sylvania Plantation Marker

Sylvania Plantation, Jackson County, Florida
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Inscription.
Near this site stood “Sylvania”, the plantation home of John Milton, Florida's Civil War governor, who settled in Jackson County in 1845. Milton's holdings consisted of over 2600 acres, a manor house, a school and family chapel, barns, blacksmith shop, and quarters for 50 slaves. Chief crops were cotton and corn. Here Gov. Milton, exhausted by his labors for the Confederate cause, took his life at the end of the war.

Erected 1961 by the Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. (Marker Number F-35.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. 30° 47.525′ N, 85° 8.418′ W. Marker is near Marianna, Florida, in Jackson County. It is at the intersection of Blue Springs Road (County Road 164) and Marble Court, on the right when traveling east on Blue Springs Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5461 Blue Springs Road, Marianna FL 32446, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Panhandle.

It is also in the

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American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fight at the Chipola River Bridge (approx. 4.7 miles away); Saint Luke Baptist Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Davis-West House (approx. 5.1 miles away); Lewis-Wykoff House (approx. 5.2 miles away); Jackson County Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.2 miles away); Great Oaks (approx. 5.2 miles away); Confederate Soldiers Monument (approx. 5.3 miles away); Jackson County (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marianna.

Sylvania Plantation Marker Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 4, 2014

2. Sylvania Plantation Marker Area

John Milton - Governor of Florida (1861-65) image. Click for full size.

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3. John Milton - Governor of Florida (1861-65)

Location of marker - Blue Springs Recreation Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 4, 2014

4. Location of marker - Blue Springs Recreation Area

Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 4,046 times since then and 244 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 5, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.