Basic Information

• Location – Ashley River, Dorchester County

  Near Bacon's Bridge

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Fair Spring

• Current status –

Timeline

• 1697 – Earliest known date of existence
  

  Grant to William Norman
  

• ? – House built
  

• 1795 – Ralph Izard and his wife Elizabeth transfer Burton to Dr. Samuel Wilson.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 320

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Williams Adams, Timothy Ford, Ralph Izard, Moses Norman, William Norman (1697), Colonel Thomas Pinckney, Dr. Samuel Wilson (1795)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 45

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