Inverary Plantation - Jasper County South Carolina SC

Inverary Plantation – Jasper County



Basic Information

  • Location – Jasper County

    Inverary Plantation was originally in Beaufort County but now lies inside the limits of Jasper County; county lines were redrawn in the early 1900s.

  • Origin of name – ?

  • Other names – Delta Plantation

  • Current status – Inverary Plantation became part of Delta Plantation in 1830.

Timeline

  • ? – Earliest known date of existence

  • ? – House built

  • ? – Lord William Campbell acquired the property (1, p. 319).

  • 1823 – Dr. Charles W. Rogers purchased Inverary from the estate of Lord William Campbell (1, p. 319).

  • 1830 – Langdon Cheves purchased Inverary for $52,420. He also purchased neighboring Smithfield Planation and renamed the combined 1,132 acres Delta Plantation (1, p. 319) (2, p. 140).

Land

  • Number of acres – 1,250 in 1829 (1, p. 319)

  • Primary crop – Rice (1, p. 319) (2, p. 139)

Slaves

  • Number of slaves – 103 in 1829 (1, p. 319)

References & Resources

  1. Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rodgers, Jr. The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861 (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1996)
     Order The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861

  2. Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius, editors, Northern Money, Southern Land: The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Chlotilde R. Martin (Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2009)



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