W. G. Ponder Plantation

The William G. Ponder Plantation was a large forced-labor farm growing cotton on over 5,756 acres (2,329 ha) in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States.

Today that land encompasses private property north of Moccasin Gap Road and Veteran's Memorial Drive.

The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the William G. Ponder Plantation had the following: W. G. Ponder was one of two absentee planters in northeast Leon County.

Originally from Thomas County, Georgia, Ponder began purchasing land in Leon County in 1846.

Ponder Plantation grounds were purchased by Lewis S. Thompson of Red Bank, New Jersey renaming it Sunny Hill Plantation.

Location of the William G. Ponder Plantation