— Mayfair Plantation © Charles Norwood Crumpton —

Special thanks to Lynn Griffith from bringing Mayfair Plantation to our attention and contributing much of the information on this page.

Basic Information

• Location – near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County

  West side of SC 358, approximately 6 miles south of junction Highway 215
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – The house is privately owned and has been restored.

— Side of Mayfair Plantation © Charles Norwood Crumpton —

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1824 – House built by Colonel William Alston as a wedding gift for his daughter when she married Burrell Brown Cook. Cook was a planter and served in the South Carolina General Assembly (Historic sites of Fairfield County).
  

• 1883 – Thomas Chappell purchased the plantation (Historic sites of Fairfield County).
  

• ? – Bruce Hough became the plantation's next owner.
  

• ? – Mayfair's next owner was Helen Douglas Chappell Crumpton.
  

• 1985 – Anacal Corporation owned Mayfair (National Register, p. 1).
  

• ? – S.C. McMeekin purchased Mayfair (Historic sites of Fairfield County).
  

— Mayfair Plantation Prior to Restortation © National Register of Historic Places —

Land

• Number of acres – 10 in 1985 (National Register, p. 1)

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Brown Cook (1824-1883), Thomas Chappell (1883-?), Bruce Hough, Helen Douglas Chappell Crumpton, Anacal Corporation (1985), S.C. McMeekin
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• House is Federal style, two-story frame construction that has recently been restored

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1985
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Historic sites of Fairfield County: Click here - Mayfair Plantation numbered 84

• Map of Western Fairfield County: Click here - Mayfair Plantation numbered 84
  

Print Resources

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