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Sandy Point Plantation

18 Aug 201919 Aug 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Westmoreland County, Virginia Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1700 Associated Surnames: Ashton, Biglands, Bonum, Coulbourne, Eskridge, Grigsby, Rust, Vaulx-Craddock Historical Notes: Colonel George Eskridge, who came to America (Virginia)…
Alabama…

Fairhope Plantation

15 Jul 201917 Aug 2020
OVERVIEW Location: Perry County, Alabama; Woodville, one mile east of Uniontown Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1850 Associated Surnames: Selden, Minge, Fowler Historical Notes: The plantation was established by Joseph Selden…
Alabama…

Pond Spring Plantation

14 Jul 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Lawrence County, Alabama; historic Pond Spring Date Constructed/ Founded: 1818 Associated Surnames: Jones, Hickman, Sherrod, Wheeler Historical Notes: The first land-seizing colonizers moved into this area of Northern…
Barnwell…

Silver Bluff Plantation

14 Jul 201914 Jul 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Barnwell County, South Carolina; Silverton Township, along the east bank of the Savannah River; present day Jackson, Aiken County, SC Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1737 Associated Surnames: Beggs,…
Alabama…

Caledonia Plantation

13 Jul 201913 Jul 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Lawrence County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1817 or 1819 Associated Surnames: Jones, Sherrod, Wheeler Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: Pond Spring Plantation (Lawrence Co., AL) ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED…
Alabama…

Grassdale Plantation

11 Jul 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Greene County, Alabama; city of Eutaw Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1817 or 1819 Associated Surnames: Cobb, Coleman, Johnson Historical Notes: John Coleman traveled from Edgecombe Co., NC to…
Adams…

Brighton Plantation

5 Mar 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Adams County, Mississippi; Adjacent to Brighton Woods place, near Second Creek Date Constructed/ Founded: unknown Associated Surnames: Mosby Historical Notes: Brighton was a relatively small 180 acre plantation…
Adams…

Briars Plantation

5 Mar 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Adams County, Mississippi; Natchez Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1820 Associated Surnames: Howell, Senderson Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: Brierfield Plantation (Wilkinson Co., MS) ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS 1840: 8…
Jones…

John Knight Plantation

27 Jan 201927 Jan 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Jones County, Mississippi; town of Soso, on the Leaf River, formerly Covington County Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1815 - 1817 Associated Surnames: Baylis, Chambers, Clarke, Coleman, Davis, Harper,…
Marengo…

Faunsdale Plantation

26 Jan 201926 Jan 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Marengo County, Alabama; near the town of Dayton; one of the Alabama Canebreak Plantations Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1830 Associated Surnames: Barron, Bennett, Brown, Collins, Dixon, Francis, Fortune,…

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