Woodlawn Plantation was a large forced-labor farm built by Thomas Peter Chaires on St. Augustine Road immediately south of Chaires in eastern Leon County, Florida.
Green Chaires would establish Evergreen Hills Plantation and Benjamin would establish Verdura Plantation.
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the Woodlawn Plantation had the following: The plantations would eventually form the community hub of Chaires.
In 2000 the community of Chaires was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Chaires is also listed as a voter in First Florida Election of 1845.