Kingsley Plantation is a historic plantation in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. The plantation was originally 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), most of which has been taken over by forest; the structures and grounds of the park now comprise approximately 60 acres. The park has a unique historic significance: the plantation house is the oldest still standing in the state of Florida, and the remains of the slave quarters are a rare remnant from Antebellum American life.

Timucuan Indians are known to have lived on the site about a thousand years ago, but all the remaining structures are from the plantation era. Zephaniah Kingsley owned and ran the plantation from 1813-1839. Kingsley operated under a “task” system, allowing slaves to work tending their own gardens or working at their own craft once plantation tasks were complete. Profit from their labors during their “free” time was usually kept by the slaves. He even allowed slaves to buy their freedom and married Anna Madgigine Jai, one of his own slaves, who was freed in 1811.

The Kingsley Plantation still stands today, along a rough and narrow road. On that road, near ruins of abandoned slave quarters, some people have seen Old Red Eyes, said to be the spirit of a slave who raped and killed several of the female slaves. The other slaves caught him and hung him, supposedly from the large oak tree at the entrance of the plantation. He is often spotted in the rear view mirror of a car, simply two, red glowing eyes that follow you.

Two other ghosts round out the cast at the plantation. A woman in white (there certainly are a lot of these haunting the area) who sits on the porch of the main house. She only shows up in photos and is thought to be Anna Kingsley, mistress of the plantation. The last ghost is that of a child, whose screams can be heard at the old well. It’s a spooky place towards dusk, full of history and the promise of spirits from the beyond.