— Mount Hope Plantation, Circa 1983 © National Register of Historic Places —

Basic Information

• Location – Ridgeway, Fairfield County

  Located on SC 34, about one mile west of Ridgeway
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1800s – Earliest known date of existence

• 1836 – House built (1, p. 1)
  

  Dr. John Peyne Thomas had the one-and-one-half story frame house built for $1,025. There was also a kiln built at this time to produce the bricks and tile for the house (1, p. 1).
  

• 1865-1885 – Two of Dr. Thomas' daughters, Henrietta and Emily Thomas, conducted the Mount Hope School in the basement of the house (1, p. 1).
  

• 1983 – Robert W. Thomas was owner (1, p. 1).
  

• 1986 – Walter and Tan Brown purchased Mount Hope from the Thomas family (3).
  

• 2012 – David Brown, son of Walter and Tan, was owner of record (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 3 in 1983 (1, p. 1).
  

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – David Brown (?-present, 2012); Walter and Tan Brown (1986-?); Charles Edward Thomas; Dr. John Peyre Thomas (1836); Robert W. Thomas (1983); William Thomas
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• As of 2012, the original house, outdoor kitchen/smokehouse circa 1850, and tenant house circa 1875 survive (1, p. 1 and 3).
  

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1983
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

3. Information contributed by Boyd Brown