Photograph by Dru Blair
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Basic Information

• Location – Blair (Buckhead Section), Fairfield County

  On the western side of Fairfield near Broad River

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Lyles-Crowder home

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1811 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1811 and 1820 – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 1000

• Primary crop – Cotton, Indian Corn

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Dru and Cris Blair; John Collins; Benjamin and Gussie Crowder; Sallie Lyles Feaster; Thomas Lyles
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 52 in 1860

Buildings

Web Resources

• Oaks Plantation

Print Resources

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Contact Information

• Telephone: 919-562-1212 or 803-653-1970

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